"It's better naked."

Marc Barnes, the freakishly young writer of Bad Catholic, has launched his new project aimed at spreading the word about NFP (mainly Creighton) to young people -- teens and college kids.

The site, 1flesh.org, is part "what you didn't know about contraception and condoms" and part "there is a better way."

Check it out here

Marc's blog post introducing the project is here:

Birth control has done nothing to reduce the rate of unplanned pregnancies, the Pill increases breast cancer risk, lowers female sex drive, and screws up the environment. We’re talking about how artificial contraception is one of the most falsely advertised products out there. We’re talking about how condoms ruin sex, how they’ve been remarkably ineffective in the fight against HIV, how they’ve done nothing to stop our modern explosion of STDs. We’re talking about the Pill and heart disease, about how the health benefits of oral contraceptives aren’t health benefits at all. We’re talking about the Pill’s potential to be an abortifacent, the bad philosophy behind artificial contraception, how contraception has increased the abortion rate, is linked to an increase in divorce, and how — in general — it’s been making relationships difficult for some time now.

And of course, we’re spotlighting the fact that there’s a much better way, all while having an absurdly good time.

I think there is still some cleaning-up to do, and I haven't had time to evaluate the evidence marshalled against birth control and condoms on the various arguments pages, but it looks like a really good start towards raising awareness among young people that, no, you don't have to take hormones or encase yourself in latex, and the benefits you are supposed to get might not even be, you know, real, let alone worth the cost and trouble.

Check it out. What do you think?

Comments

[LizScott]

I don't disagree with the claims against HBC, but to suggest that condoms are useless against the spread of HIV and other STDs seems downright criminal.

I wish we could make the case for NFP to this next generation without dangerous misinformation- we gain zero credibility when we do so.

[bearing]

Yeah, I've begun delving into the site and will probably post a highly critical, hopefully constructive, piece on it as soon as I have compiled enough points.

In the meantime you can see my comments deep in the thread at his Patheos link -- the introductory blog post.

[Barbara C.]

The website sounds good in theory, but I, too, would want to make sure that all of the research is sound before sharing it on Facebook. I'll look forward to seeing your review, Erin.

[Darwin]

Yeah, I haven't taken the time to dig into the studies cited, but a lot of them strike me as unlikely to hold up very well. And although 10 years ago I would have been convinced that the "100% organic sex" approach to pitching NFP to a secular audience would make total sense, having been married a lot longer now, I'm not sure that pitching NFP as the sex equivalent of being vegan or eating all organic or some such is actually likely to be all that successful for the long term. Driving trial isn't the same thing as driving adoption.