In my previous post, I refuted the first argument set forth by Bryan Hodge against the moral acceptability of contraceptive use: the argument from the historic consensus of the church. I argued that the Church Fathers made mistakes in their reasoning and that their authority is not sufficient to justify moral or doctrinal conclusions without Scriptural support (this is the principle of sola Scriptura). In this post, I will critique Hodge's argument against contraception from the Scriptures themselves. Again, the reader is encouraged to read Hodge's work for themselves and study my responses to each of his points. I will begin with the section of the chapter on the Old Testament and continue on to the New Testament.
