Comments on: A Hard Right http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/ Become What You Are. Catholic. Wife. Mom. Homeschooler. Knitter. Texan. Sun, 27 Dec 2009 04:22:05 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: becomewhatyouare http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1283 becomewhatyouare Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:29:44 +0000 http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1283 I wanted to add one more thing... your username: "Asimplesinner" shows just how far my head is into knitting half of the time! I read it as "A simple spinner" ~ repeatedly! I wanted to add one more thing…

your username: “Asimplesinner” shows just how far my head is into knitting half of the time! I read it as “A simple spinner” ~ repeatedly!

]]> By: becomewhatyouare http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1282 becomewhatyouare Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:27:17 +0000 http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1282 Yikes! Well, that was a show of really poor taste! That joke? I've heard it before. It's kinda funny to me. Of course, I've heard it referring to the "old" rhythm method, not modern NFP. I still have a hard time believing that the NFP teachers in the instance I mentioned got those FACTS wrong. I think either she tried to do some reading on her own and misunderstood OR she wasn't listening OR she flat out made it up. I can believe that instructors may choose to tell a joke that is perfectly inappropriate for the class environemnt. I can't believe that fertility facts were so far off. *sigh* I guess that's being human for ya! (and the italics are just the preset font for this template.) Yikes!

Well, that was a show of really poor taste!

That joke? I’ve heard it before. It’s kinda funny to me. Of course, I’ve heard it referring to the “old” rhythm method, not modern NFP.

I still have a hard time believing that the NFP teachers in the instance I mentioned got those FACTS wrong. I think either she tried to do some reading on her own and misunderstood OR she wasn’t listening OR she flat out made it up. I can believe that instructors may choose to tell a joke that is perfectly inappropriate for the class environemnt. I can’t believe that fertility facts were so far off. *sigh*

I guess that’s being human for ya!

(and the italics are just the preset font for this template.)

]]> By: asimplesinner http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1280 asimplesinner Sun, 06 Apr 2008 07:40:52 +0000 http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1280 Sadly, I can easily believe your e-mailing friend was told this by an NFP instructor. A Protestant couple I knew - who were remarkably committed to their congregation - was preparing for marriage and I talked the gal into listening to Janet Smith's <i><b>"Contraception, Why Not?"</b></i>... From there she decided to take an NFP course offered under the auspices of the local Catholic Diocese... After completing the course she came to me and said "Yea... we are going to be using condoms!" Why the change of heart? "The instructors of the NFP course explained there was a word for couples who use NFP - 'parents'!" All I could say was <i><b>"Gee, thanks a lot volunteers for the Catholic Diocese of X!, you really helped out on that one!"</b></i> So yea, I can very much believe the instructors told her that. Sadly, I can easily believe your e-mailing friend was told this by an NFP instructor. A Protestant couple I knew – who were remarkably committed to their congregation – was preparing for marriage and I talked the gal into listening to Janet Smith’s “Contraception, Why Not?”… From there she decided to take an NFP course offered under the auspices of the local Catholic Diocese…

After completing the course she came to me and said “Yea… we are going to be using condoms!”

Why the change of heart?

“The instructors of the NFP course explained there was a word for couples who use NFP – ‘parents’!”

All I could say was “Gee, thanks a lot volunteers for the Catholic Diocese of X!, you really helped out on that one!”

So yea, I can very much believe the instructors told her that.

]]> By: becomewhatyouare http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1026 becomewhatyouare Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:08:11 +0000 http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1026 thank you for stopping by. God bless you! thank you for stopping by. God bless you!

]]> By: Leigh Schuelke http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1025 Leigh Schuelke Wed, 05 Dec 2007 21:55:03 +0000 http://becomewhatyouare.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/a-hard-right/#comment-1025 Wow. Thank you so much for writing this. Your thoughts and wisdom in this area of marriage are so encouraging to me, a newlywed of four months! When I met my husband in college, he was so passionate about NFP and all its truths and I had yet to form my ideas about the subject. I was reluctant to learn more than what I had heard from others about it because I was afraid of what it would demand of me. Our love story unfolded from there as I came to learn the fullness of the teaching and was encouraged by my boyfriend's(now husband) gentleness and openness about it. Soon enough, I overcame the insecurities that I had about NFP (no woman that I knew or in my large family had ever used NFP and they were very openly against it.) God has truly used Natural Family Planning as a way to bless my family and my marriage...both of my sisters have already come to the truth on this and are active supporters of it! It has been such a blessing to witness their transformation. Also, learning about NFP and now practicing it has proved to be so incredibly rewarding. It never fails to be completely fascinating to us and we still love to read all kinds of supportive and inspirational writings (we are huge Christopher West fans). Thank you again for your wisdom. Wow. Thank you so much for writing this. Your thoughts and wisdom in this area of marriage are so encouraging to me, a newlywed of four months!

When I met my husband in college, he was so passionate about NFP and all its truths and I had yet to form my ideas about the subject. I was reluctant to learn more than what I had heard from others about it because I was afraid of what it would demand of me.

Our love story unfolded from there as I came to learn the fullness of the teaching and was encouraged by my boyfriend’s(now husband) gentleness and openness about it. Soon enough, I overcame the insecurities that I had about NFP (no woman that I knew or in my large family had ever used NFP and they were very openly against it.)

God has truly used Natural Family Planning as a way to bless my family and my marriage…both of my sisters have already come to the truth on this and are active supporters of it! It has been such a blessing to witness their transformation.

Also, learning about NFP and now practicing it has proved to be so incredibly rewarding. It never fails to be completely fascinating to us and we still love to read all kinds of supportive and inspirational writings (we are huge Christopher West fans).

Thank you again for your wisdom.

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