From: SmartMuffin | #008
Yeah, back to the matter at hand. Here's Stu again.
http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/no-98-of-catholics-do-not-use-contraception/
So, this obviously is a complete and total lie by the MSM. What they say is "98% of catholic women use contraception." What the study ACTUALLY INDICATES is that 98% of women between the ages of 15-54 who are sexually active and who claim to be actively trying to avoid pregnancy use contraception. That's a huge difference, and it becomes a self-affirming statement. Well DUH, if you're sexually active, and trying to avoid pregnancy, of COURSE you're going to be using contraception, unless you're an idiot or something? Furthermore, the only reason the media even quotes the 98% statistic is to drive home the narrative of "the catholic church leadership is out of touch, real catholics don't even obey those rules anyway." Except that the "rules" of catholicism ALSO include not having sex out of wedlock and not attempting to avoid pregnancy. So what the study really says is that women who don't listen to the catholic church on the rules of sex also don't listen to the catholic church on the rules of contraception. Also, 40% of the women in this survey admit to having gone to church "less than once a month" or "never" so yeah, they don't seem hugely catholic to me.
Now for this little nugget of joy.
I've been Catholic all my life and have never personally met a catholic who toed the "no contraception line."
In fact, it was my VERY catholic grandmother who gave me the "Don't be a Silly, wrap your willy" speech, so the church taking such a stand here both confuses me and fails to resonate with that facts of my Catholic life.
Just sayin.
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edwardsdv and swordz9 are basically the comedy heel tag team of this topic, why would people be taking them seriously?