... on Birth Control

Q

What is the Catholic church's rationale for forbidding contraception - where in the Bible does it say that it's wrong?
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-Catholic-churchs-rationale-for-forbidding-contraception-where-in-the-Bible-does-it-say-that-its-wrong/answer/Hans-Georg-Lundahl

Hans-Georg Lundahl

[former] Self Employed at Writer and Composer

Answered 21h ago

Genesis 1: [28] And God blessed them, saying: Increase and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the air, and all living creatures that move upon the earth.

David Taylor

21h ago

That doesn’t preclude doing it with wisdom.

Hans-Georg Lundahl

Just now

When it is wise not to have sex it is wise not to multiply.

When it is wise to have sex, it is wise to multiply.

We value monks and nuns, but of married couples we expect fertility.

Other answer

ARq

Answer requested by Christopher Johnson

Dennis Gardner

Master's in Biblical Studies; studied Greek and Hebrew

Answered 20h ago

There’s no place in the Bible that says birth control is wrong or sinful. It’s another thing Catholic Popes and Cardinals use to control the people.

Hans-Georg Lundahl

Just now

Genesis 1:28?

Genesis 38:9–10?

Did you read that?