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From:\u00a0The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War, 1931-1949<\/i><\/a>,\u00a0edited by Walter Hooper, HarperSanFrancisco, 2004:<\/p>\n The three \u2018reasons\u2019 for marrying, in modern English are (a) To have children. (b) Because you are very unlikely to succeed in leading a life of total sexual abstinence, and marriage is the only innocent outlet, (c) To be in a partnership. What is there to object to in the order in which they are put? . . .<\/p>\n [editor Walter Hooper added in a footnote: \u201cLewis is citing the service for the \u2018Solemnization of Matrimony\u2019 in the Book of Common Prayer: \u2018First, It was ordained for the procreation of children . . . Secondly, It was ordained for a remedy against sin, and to avoid fornication . . . Thirdly, It was ordained for the mutual society, help, and comfort, that the one ought to have of the other.'\u201d]<\/span><\/p>\n The Prayer Book therefore begins with something universal and solid \u2014 the biological aspect. No one is going to deny that the biological<\/em> end of the sexual function is offspring. And this is, on any sane view, of more importance than the feelings<\/em> of the parents. Your descendants may be alive a million years hence and may number tens of thousands. In this regard marriages are the fountains of History<\/em>. Surely to put the mere emotional aspects first would be sheer sentimentalism. (18 April 1940, pp. 392-293)<\/p>\n As a bachelor I think I should be imprudent in attacking it [contraception]: on the other hand I should not like the job of defending it against the almost unbroken Christian disapproval. (19 August 1947, p. 798)<\/p>\n From: The Abolition of Man<\/a><\/em>\u00a0(New York: Macmillan, 1947):<\/p>\n As regards contraceptives, there is a paradoxical, negative sense in which all possible future generations are the patients or subjects of a power wielded by those already alive. By contraception simply, they are denied existence; by contraception used as a means of selective breeding, they are, without their concurring voice, made to be what one generation, for its own reasons, may choose to prefer. From this point of view, what we call Man\u2019s power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. (pp. 68-69)<\/p>\n From:\u00a0The Collected Letters of C. S. Lewis, Vol. III: Narnia, Cambridge, and Joy 1950-1963<\/i><\/a>,\u00a0edited by Walter Hooper, HarperSanFrancisco, 2007:<\/p>\n It certainly seems very hard that you should be told to arm the young against Venus without calling in Christ. . . . [N]ow that contraceptives have removed the more disastrous consequence for girls, and medicine has largely defeated the worst horrors of syphilis, what argument against promiscuity is there left which will influence the young unless one brings in the whole supernatural and sacramental view of man? (28 April 1955, p. 600)<\/p>\n Christians . . . of course agree that man & wife are \u2018one flesh\u2019 . . . this One Flesh must not (and in the long run cannot) \u2018live to itself\u2019 any more than the single individual. It was not made, any more than he, to be its own End. It was made for God and (in Him) for its neighbours \u2014 first and foremost among them the children it ought to have produced. (The idea behind your voluntary sterility, that an experience, e.g., maternity, which cannot be shared should on that account be avoided, is surely very unsound. For a<\/em>. (forgive me) the conjugal act itself depends on opposite & reciprocal and therefore unshare-able experiences. . . .) (8 May 1955, pp. 605-606)<\/p>\n Related Reading:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n C. S. Lewis on Inevitable Development of Doctrine<\/a>\u00a0[2-17-19]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Why Did God Kill Onan?\u00a0(The Bible on Contraception)<\/a>\u00a0[2-9-04]<\/p>\n Dialogue: Why Did God Kill Onan? (Contraception)<\/a>\u00a0[2-13-04]<\/p>\n Onan, Contraception, & Two Protestant Bible Dictionaries<\/a>\u00a0[2-21-04]<\/p>\n Biblical Data Against Contraception: Onan\u2019s Sin and Punishment: a Concise \u201cCatholic\u201d Argument<\/a>\u00a0 [3-7-14]<\/p>\n Bible vs. Contraception: Onan\u2019s Sin and Punishment<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 5-30-17]<\/p>\n Dialogue w Several Non-Catholics on Contraception<\/a>\u00a0[1996 and 1998]<\/p>\n Contraception: Early Church Teaching<\/a>\u00a0(William Klimon) [1998]<\/p>\n Dialogue:\u00a0Contraception\u00a0vs. NFP: Crucial\u00a0Ethical Distinctions<\/a>\u00a0[2-16-01]<\/p>\n Luther and Calvin Opposed Contraception and \u201cFewer Children is Better\u201d Thinking<\/a>\u00a0[2-21-04; published at\u00a0National Catholic Register<\/em>, 9-13-17]<\/p>\n Biblical Evidence Against Contraception<\/a>\u00a0[5-3-06]<\/p>\n Dialogue: Contraception & Natural Family Planning (NFP)<\/a>\u00a0[5-16-06]<\/p>\n Humanae Vitae<\/em>: (1968): Infallible Teaching\u00a0Against Contraception<\/a>\u00a0[12-31-07]<\/p>\n Q & A: Catholic View on Sexual Morality & Contraception<\/a>\u00a0[1-1-08]<\/p>\n \u201cDivine Family Planning\u201d (Unlimited Children \/ Anti-NFP): Critique<\/a>\u00a0[9-20-08]<\/p>\n Bible on\u00a0the Blessing of [Many] Children<\/a>\u00a0[3-9-09]<\/p>\n Protestants, Contraception, the Pill, & NFP\u00a0<\/a>[8-12-11]<\/p>\n Birth Control Pills Often Cause Early Abortions (Links)<\/a>\u00a0[8-12-11]<\/p>\n Natural Family Planning (NFP) &\u00a0\u201cContraceptive Intent\u201d<\/a>\u00a0[8-28-13]<\/p>\n Why Did Baker Books and Crossway Omit John Calvin\u2019s Strong Remarks Against Contraception in His Commentaries (Genesis 38:10)?<\/a>\u00a0[9-14-13]<\/p>\n Dialogue on NFP: Anti-Sex and Anti-Pleasure?<\/a>\u00a0[1-23-17]<\/p>\n Unlimited Children for Catholics? Reply to a Slanderer<\/a>\u00a0[2-3-18]<\/p>\n Contraception and \u201cAnti-Procreation\u201d vs. Scripture<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 6-6-18]<\/p>\n Contraception, Natural Law, & the Analogy to Nutrition<\/a>\u00a0[2-21-19]<\/p>\n A Defense of Natural Family Planning<\/a>\u00a0[National Catholic Register<\/em>, 5-25-19]<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n My book royalties from\u00a0three bestsellers in the field<\/a>\u00a0(published in 2003-2007) have been decreasing, as has my overall income, making it increasingly difficult to make ends meet.\u00a0 I provide over 2600 free articles here, for the purpose of your edification and education, and have\u00a0written 50 books<\/a>.\u00a0It\u2019ll literally be a struggle to survive financially until Dec. 2020, when both my wife and I will start receiving Social Security. If you cannot contribute, I ask for your prayers. Thanks! See my\u00a0information on how to donate<\/a>\u00a0(including 100% tax-deductible donations). 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Lewis, Vol. II: Books, Broadcasts, and the War, 1931-1949,\u00a0edited by Walter Hooper, HarperSanFrancisco, 2004: The three \u2018reasons\u2019 for marrying, in modern English are (a) To have children. (b) Because you are very unlikely to succeed in leading a life of total sexual abstinence, and marriage is the only […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2331,"featured_media":40311,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[81],"tags":[2016,84,3154,875,2017,3158,9092,9723,3157,2089,1000,575,3153,1882,276,2773,2015,2014,872,3155,873,3031,3156,1692,582,999,874],"class_list":["post-40299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life-issues","tag-abortifacients","tag-abortion","tag-anti-child-mentality","tag-birth-control","tag-birth-control-pill","tag-blessing-of-children","tag-c-s-lewis-contraception","tag-c-s-lewis-procreation","tag-childbearing","tag-conception","tag-condoms","tag-contraception","tag-contralife-will","tag-large-families","tag-marriage","tag-motherhood","tag-natural-family-planning","tag-nfp","tag-onan","tag-onanism","tag-openness-to-life","tag-parenthood","tag-pregnancy","tag-procreation","tag-sexuality","tag-the-pill","tag-withdrawal-method"],"yoast_head":"\n\nC. 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\n*<\/div>\nC. S. Lewis Believed in Vicarious, Redemptive Suffering<\/a> [10-17-19]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\nMasturbation: C. S. Lewis Explains Why it is Wrong<\/a> [10-28-19]<\/div>\n*<\/div>\n***<\/div>\n\n\nUnfortunately, Money Trees Do Not Exist<\/strong>:<\/span>\u00a0If you have been aided in any way by my work, or think it is valuable and worthwhile, please strongly consider financially supporting it (even $10 \/ month \u2014 a mere 33 cents a day \u2014 would be very helpful). I have been a full-time Catholic apologist since Dec. 2001, and have been writing Christian apologetics since 1981 (see\u00a0my Resume<\/a>).\u00a0My work has been proven (by God\u2019s grace alone) to be fruitful, in terms of changing lives (see the tangible evidences\u00a0from unsolicited \u201ctestimonies\u201d<\/a>).\u00a0I have to pay my bills like all of you: and have a (homeschooling) wife and three children still at home to provide for, and a mortgage to pay.<\/div>\n\n