Today's Spirit & Life is written by Dr. Brian Clowes, HLI's Director of Research and Training
The "Contraceptive Mentality"
The "contraceptive mentality" often directs and informs the moral aspects of a person's life. Like most severe ideologies, it is a sterile way of thinking that disregards evidence conflicting with one's belief system, thus leading to erroneous conclusions and destructive behavior. It ignores long-term consequences as it attempts to deal with short-term needs or situations. It eventually becomes habitual, and is very difficult to overcome because it is defined by a framework of unspoken (and usually poorly considered) assumptions that "everyone knows are true." Read more ...
