Contraception: Why Not? (part 3)

This post is part of a series by Professor Janet E. Smith.

Slide: God is Love

Let’s return to the main narrative.

The first principle of all first principles is: God is love.  God created the whole universe out of love.  To create, to give, is very natural for lovers.  God is a lover.  God is a Trinity of persons who love each other.  There is no reason they shouldn’t: they are perfectly good.  It’s hard for us to love each other because we are not perfectly good.  Among humans, it is never the case that the lover or the beloved are perfectly good.  But God is perfectly good and so there is perfect love among the members of the Trinity.  Those of us who have been blessed to know very loving people, know that it is very natural for love to overflow.  Love just gives, gives, gives.  God wanted to share His goodness, His love, His wealth with others.  So He created new beings.  In fact, He made the whole universe for human beings; it is our support system.

Remember that the first commandment God gave mankind was: “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”  Those are our working orders right there.  “Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.”  Also remember that one of the miracles that Christ performed was multiplying loaves and fishes.  Shouldn’t we have a little trust in the King of the universe, that if we were to meet His commandment to be fruitful, multiply and fill the earth, He would provide?

Slide: Male and Female He Created Them

Male and female He created them.  He said it is not good that man should be alone.  God did this most incredible thing.  He gave to spouses the great gift of transmitting human life.  He could have brought life into existence any way he wanted to but he chose to work through spousal relationships.

I’m not a male basher, but I can’t resist telling a joke.

Consider the fact that the first male was created from mud whereas the first female was created from the rib of a rational creature.

I’ve always thought that that explained a lot…..

One man came up to me after one of my talks and said, “I know what it explains, it explains why I’m treated like dirt”!

Slide: The Importance of Marriage

God wanted spouses to be His emissaries of love in this world.  He wanted spouses to be the symbol of love for their children.  God is the source of all life.  He is the source of all love.  He want spouses to love each other in the same way in which He loves, in a committed and unconditional way.  He wants spouses to be committed and unconditional lovers to each other and to their children.  Because that is how God loves.  God brings forth new human life through the sexual act of two human beings who love each other and have made a lifetime commitment.  Isn’t it clear, then, that sex belongs within marriage?

This is a picture of my brother and his wife before they had their six children.  You will notice that they were a lot better looking before they had six children.

It is a fact that you will lose your looks having children.  But you will lose your looks anyway, so you might as well do it having children!   At least then you have all these beautiful creatures in your house that remind you of how attractive you were at one time.

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