antonia's world: Contraception Conversation

Monday, October 30, 2006

Contraception Conversation

In case you didn't notice, there is a great conversation going on about contraception in the Comments section of my contraception post, from a few days ago!

Thanks guys!

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...: Good to find your blog. God bless you and the blog richly.

I know there's nothing wrong with eating pumpkins etc, buti'm curious as to how as a Christian you would justify halloween (if indeed that is what you were doing)!

In Jesus,
Maria in the UK too
www.inhishands.co.uk; 10/31/2006 9:33 AM
antonia said...: Hi!! thanks for your comments!

I don't really understand what you mean by 'justify halloween'.

If you mean, do I support the notion of irradicating all religion from the eve of All Saint's day....then no! I don't think that's justifiable at all!

I'm not how I feel about the general concept of kids getting dressed up in costumes for fun (not ghosts, witches, skeletons though...I think that's just too twisted. Some things I don't think should really even be taken glibly. Noone should dress up as a devil- it's just shocking) and then going trick-or-treating.

Chris isn't too keen on the idea; as he says "What is the point?"...I can't quite think of a point either, but I'm not sure whether I'd ban my own child if, say, they wanted to go trick-or-treating with friends dressed as a footballer, or a tiger or something...

And as for carving pumpkins...well, I just found that site online and thought it was kinda fun!

Sorry, I don't know if that answers your question.

I don't agree with Halloween per se in the sense that it has, (as with everything else in the secular world) taken away the religion from the meaning of the day and transformed it into something very un-wholesome....but I don't know whether I'd disagree with it to the extent of stopping my own children one day from participating (but only if they dress-up as something non-scandalous, and if we, as a family, put A LOT more emphasis on the day that follows...i.e. ALL SAINT'S DAY!!); 10/31/2006 8:52 PM
Colleen said...: I've decided that Halloween is a good thing, ever since learning that it's also known as "Reformation Day." And those who celebrate the Reformation consider Halloween to be a day of pagan culture creeping into their lives.

But, juxtapose that with what I grew up with (and my parents were fallen-away Catholics, too): I was taught that it evolved from the Celtic tradition of thinking the dead would visit the world on that day. So, if you were converting from paganism to Christianity, you'd have no trouble with believing in All Saints Day. It would seem a logical explanation of what you'd believed all along.

Contrary to the Reformation view of paganism creeping into the culture, you could look at it more as an instance of where Christianity was brought to shed light upon a pagan festival.

Do I like that youngsters who are too old to dress up (and who have no trouble purchasing sweets on their own without collecting at my door) go about, stealing pumpkins or tossing eggs at each other? No, I don't like that. I don't like the commercialization of Christmas, either, but it won't stop me from reclaiming it's truth for my own children.

Just my opinion!; 10/31/2006 9:09 PM