Thanks for being patient. I’m almost done with my post on this… I just don’t want to be flippant with such a weighty topic!

I’m planning to write a lengthy response this weekend.

I want to cover all my bases so I don’t make any blanket statements that might confuse people about what the Bible teaches!

On the Pill, I have always had a hard time making that call. I haven’t done the research that I should, but if the pill causes a fertalized egg to not implant then I say it is wrong. I know lots of women who have become pregant while taking the pill so obviously it doesn’t always do this, but I personally wouldn’t take it even if there was a chance of it. I also think that physically it may not be a great idea. I get very sick when I take anything that raises my hormones. Any pill that can make me feel that terrible can’t be good for me!

Abortion in form is wrong.

On other methods, I think the calender method and condoms are a totally exceptable way of preventing pregnancy.

I don’t think that God calls every couple to have a house full of kids, but I do think that often we act as if He doesn’t get a say in the matter. We decide on our own to have the normal 2 kids a dog and a cat. I think He often lets us have our way and we miss out on the joy and blessing that He had planned for us!

I don’t know what He has in store for Jas and I or how many kids we will have, but I do know that my goal is to raise them to be people loving, gospel proclaiming, Bible beliving Jesus lovers! My prayer is that through our children God’s kingdom will be furthered! If that happens through only our Ada and Isabelle that is fine. If He chooses to give us 4 more (I may pull my hair out), but that is ok w/ me!

I think we need to stop worring about not having kids and worry about what do do w/ the ones He has blessed us with.

2 silver stars for going the extra mile there :0)

And I could be wrong, but if you get pregnant while on the pill, although you should stop taking the pill immediately, it doesn’t always abort the baby if you’ve taken the pill for a few weeks before you realize you’re pregnant. I think I heard somewhere that the morning after pill is a super high dose of birth control, not a regular dose. Of course, these are all things I have heard or read, not researched.

As for me, I believe any form of birth control that prevents an egg from being fertilized is fine. Any form of birth control that prevents a fertilized egg from living and growing is murder.

What’s NFP?

I think in general this is a matter of personal conscience. The bible tells us that we are to value children. Our world really doesn’t. We need to be sure to make whatever choice we make in light of biblical values.

I think it is something that husband and wife should give serious thought to, it is not as trivial or casual as our culture treats it.

The argument for birth control (preventative methods) is generally that if it is god’s will for you to get pregnant then it won’t matter if you are on the pill, condoms etc..

As far as the morning after pill and abortion are concerened, I don’t think the bible would support either one of them.

Note: the pill is not a purely preventative method of birth control, the pill trys to prevent fertilized egg implantation.

I’ll weigh in a little later, but just a clarification: I don’t believe that things like the ‘morning after’ pill are a different topic, in the sense that many people consider them to be perfectly acceptable forms of birth control.

In fact, in the book, he notes certain cities where the number one form of ‘birth control’ is abortion.

So I think that should be part of the conversation!