If you’re an NFP fan (as opposed to FAM–fertility awareness method), you probably get this question from your skeptical friends:

What’s the difference between NFP & Contraception? They can achieve the same end–postponing pregnancy–so what’s the difference? Isn’t NFP just “Catholic Birth Control”?

Although Providentialists & reactionary Catholics will tell you different, the answer is that they are different in their essence. Though it’s possible to have the same end, the means are different . Jason Evert explains the difference here quite well.

Great video of Jason Evert talking about Dating & Birth Control. To get to the part on BC, forward to about halfway through this clip.