Sex Must Be a Four-Letter Word

Abstract

The two reactions to my proposal, that the Catholic Church reconsider its opposition to artificial methods of birth control in light of the growing threat of global overpopulation, were quite contentious. Several criticisms of the original article are shown to be incorrect. Other complaints, although correct, deal with issues that were not raised in the original article. A few thoughts on why it is difficult to engage in scholarly, dispassionate discussions in psychology of religion are then offered.