Episode 164. Christopher West answers our tough questions. Or does he? (Part 1)

Christopher West is the face of the Theology of the Body in most Catholic circles, aside from Pope John Paul II himself (Karol Wojtyła). Craig wrote to Christopher West and asked him two questions. Question 1: What does the Church teach about the morality or licitness of "other acts" (i.e. those acts between a husband and wife that result in climax but don't involve or occur at the time of intercourse. Question 2: Why does the Church teach that, and what is the harm that he believes comes to marriage. Craig and Jonah listen to part of his response, and offer their commentary on what he said and whether and how persuasive it is. What do you think of Christopher West's explanation? Is it persuasive? And is it persuasive only to those who already believe, or is it also persuasive to those who don't already believe what the Catholic Church teaches about birth control, contraception, masturbation, and acts of intimacy between husband and wife. Link to Episode 164 (Part 1): https://youtu.be/AhWZkPH6KDc?si=ifBXGA0W2Tv33fhK Link to Episode 166 (part 2): https://youtu.be/N4Wa8YYq-8I Link to Christopher West Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ask-christopher-west/id1448699486?i=1000631441810 (Minutes 30:25 to 45:43) Episode 141: id we solve Onan? https://youtu.be/KKEwzknUHY8 Onan Fans playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLX75rIeVl16Nt0ErX3rS1ShTRV4pWng4U Taylor Marshall on Onan: https://taylormarshall.com/2017/11/god-really-kill-onan-spilling-seed-something-else.html Humanae Vitae: https://www.vatican.va/content/paul-vi/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-vi_enc_25071968_humanae-vitae.htmlEpisode 162: Story of Onan and the Dark Passages of Scripture. https://youtu.be/Gb7HH12E6yY Section 2352: "2352 By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. "Both the Magisterium of the Church, in the course of a constant tradition, and the moral sense of the faithful have been in no doubt and have firmly maintained that masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action." "The deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose." For here sexual pleasure is sought outside of "the sexual relationship which is demanded by the moral order and in which the total meaning of mutual self-giving and human procreation in the context of true love is achieved." To form an equitable judgment about the subjects' moral responsibility and to guide pastoral action, one must take into account the affective immaturity, force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety or other psychological or social factors that lessen, if not even reduce to a minimum, moral culpability." #catholicpodcast #ChristopherWest #tobinstitute #johnpaul2 #KarolWojtyła #loveandresponsibility #endsofmarriage #catholicmorality #unchartedcatholicman #nfp #naturalfamilyplanning #marriage #catholicmarriage #abstinence #theologyofthebody #catechism #catholiccatechism #humanaevitae #contraception #chastity #faithfullness #catholic #onanfans #onan #catechism #catechismofcatholicchurch #baltimorecatechism.