Quote Originally Posted by thir View Post
[I][B]to make contraception acceptable.
Not likely, as that would at least imply that women have the right to choose for themselves whether or not they want to have children. At best, I think, you might see a grudging, silent acceptance of contraception, without all the bluster and hand waving that seems to permeate most religions nowadays. But most religious organizations are facing declining memberships, and aging memberships, and the only real way they have to counter that is to keep their female members "barefoot and pregnant". They all know that the best way to make new drones for the church is to get them while they're young and their minds still malleable. If the kids are steeped in their religion at an early age it's harder for them to break away.