Sunday, November 6, 2011

The antiquated Aristotelian-based theology behind the Catholic Church's anti-birth control stance?

Something for the religious RH bill opponents to consider. Sinabi daw ni ng isang Hesuitang pari na si Bernard Lonergan, isang pilosopo ng ika-20 siglo, na ang posisyon daw ng Simbahang Katolika ay nakabase pa rin sa sinauna (at maling) pananaw ng Griego ukol sa biology of reproduction.
[T]raditional Catholic doctrine on the sexual act followed rigorously from the position adopted by Aristotle in his De generatione animalium. That position was that the seed of the male was an instrumental cause that changed the matter supplied by the female into a sentient being … The efficient causality of the male was needed to produce the sensitive principle or soul. On that basis it was clear that every act of insemination was of itself procreative and that any positive interference was an act of obstructing the seed in its exercise of its efficient causality.
Tandaan ho na akala ng ancient Greeks eh parang lalagyan lang ang sinapupunan ng babae at ang sperm ng lalaki ang tanging may kinalaman sa characteristics ng lalabas na bata. Bale ang kamalian pa dito eh pinaniniwalaan ng Simbahan na ang "insemination" at ang "conception" ay iisa--at ito bale ay naging basehan ng Katoliko na hindi dapat gumamit ng contraception dahil bawa't labas daw ng sperm ay hindi dapat masayang.
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http://envacances2010.blogspot.com/2010/09/paris-ii-sun-king-napoleon-and-end-of.html

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