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Discipline – not condom (1)
The Reproductive Health Bill (RHB) had sparked debates raising this issue: Is it really good for the people?
To start with, let us first accept that God created man. Without Him, man is nothing. Thus, we must be very grateful to Him. Above all, we must love Him as Our Father.
How can we love God? Of course, by obeying His commands. One of these is: “Go out and multiply.” This is manifested when He said to patriarch Abraham: “I will make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky.” Later, He echoed this to Jacob, Abraham’s grandchild: “I will make your descendants as many as the grains of sand at the shore.”
God is wise. He knows that this earth cannot hold these many people at one time. So, as a solution, He designed a Divine Plan of population control. What is this solution? It is not very far from us. He placed it in the woman herself by providing a “safe period” and a “danger” period” in her menstrual cycle. During the “safe period”, no conception takes place. During the “danger period”, it does.
This is what the Catholic Church is adopting and calling it Natural Family Planning which is in accordance with the will of God – unlike the use of condom and other contraceptives which is the will of man.
To us mortals, following our own appears easier. Just use the condom and our problem is solved. But following God’s will appears difficult as it needs personal discipline to abstain from sex. But is abstaining from sex for a few days during the “danger period” really difficult?
Granting this is really difficult, Jesus warned: “Enter thru the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction and many enter thru it.”
Hence, instead of distributing condoms, why don’t the Department of Health teach discipline? For – discipline, not condom is the solution.
