There is a lot of misinformation floating around about NFP and the Catholic Church’s teaching on marriage and sexuality. Do you recognize any of the myths below? Read on to get the “straight scoop!”
Myth #1: I’m not Catholic, so the teaching against contraception really doesn’t apply to me.
Myth #2: NFP spoils spontaneity—its charts make marital relations a clinical exercise.
Myth #3: NFP harms marriage through a lack of physical intimacy.
Myth #4: NFP users have large families because the method doesn’t work.
Myth #6: NFP is only for good marriages.
Myth #7: Popes have no firsthand experience with sex, and therefore should not be considered “authorities” on the subject.
Myth #8: Doesn’t the Church teach that every sex act should have procreation as a goal, and thus a couple must have as many children as they physically can?
Myth #9: NFP is too hard to learn.
Myth #10: NFP is the same as contraception.
