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Paschendale said:
So, who in this example is qualified to determine what an individual Catholic should believe? Surely not those Catholics themselves, right? American Catholics who actually refuse to use birth control are few and far between. A lot of American Catholic churches don't even preach against contraception, anymore.

Besides, providing contraceptives isn't the same thing as using them. The rule is not to use them, it isn't not to handle them or acknowledge their existence. And isn't a lot of Christian dogma centered around Earth being a temptation full of evil things? Giving these folks contraceptives and then telling them not to use them sounds like a pretty standard test of faith to me.

The second part of this post was tongue in cheek, the first was not. Who are you to tell people what they should believe and use their faith against them?
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Catholic doctrine, just like the Constitution, is written down and followed. Its not up to interpretation. Also, the mindset behind not handling them isn't the issue. The issue is that by making them provide it, they are just as guilty of violating their doctrine as the person receiving them. Also, they do acknowledge birth control. If they didnt, we wouldn't be having this debate would we?
Your understanding of "Christian dogma" is not accurate. I don't know if you are a Christian or not, but you do not know what you're talking about.
I have no idea what you're talking about with your last sentence. I am merely stating facts about the Catholic religion.
 
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