It is perhaps old news that the Catholic Church is not a fan of condoms; however, they are rarely as blunt about it as the other day. Pope Benedictines, a man who seems to be dreaming of past times (medieval times), has now publicly announced that condoms is not the way to go if you want to stop HIV. Indeed, the pope is even claiming that condoms make the problem worse because people have more sex.
What evidence does he have for this claim? None, of course, the Catholic Church does not seem to know what evidence means. Their method for finding the truth is asking the pope and whatever he says is the truth, never mind that there are numerous studies showing that the pope is simply wrong in his statement.
Rarely does the distinction between the scientific method and the catholic (or religious) way become so clear. Do you want to trust what the pope says just because he is the pope, or do you want to trust people who have actually gone out and looked at the effects of condom use? Know that choosing the latter will make you a heretic in the eyes of the Catholic Church. Religion or Science? Irrationality or Rationality? Your choice...
Yeah Condom don't help... So You too..
SvaraRaderaThank you for the comments, I know that the church see abstinence as the ultimate solution to the HIV epidemic, and furthermore I agree that more abstinence would be desirable in Africa. However, the pope also said that condoms are worsening the epidemic and this is just not true. My objection is on the way in which the pope just goes out and says things without having to show any evidence. It is his job to speak for God and therefore he does not use terms like "I think", or "according to this and that study", he just speaks the truth, and regrettably people listen to him because according to their religion they have to listen to him. It saddens me that such a powerful and influential man goes out and says things that will almost certainly result in a lot of deaths in the third world. If you perceived any aggressiveness in my tone, that is the reason.
SvaraRaderaInteresting. Sounds indeed like a miracle cure. Do you have the references to the scientific papers that you say have been published?
SvaraRaderaLet's wrap this mother-fucker (the Poop)in Rubber, and Bury him in shit.... and we'll see if rubber protects him.
SvaraRaderahello excellent blog about The pope: condoms don't help against HIV this topic is very controversial , Thanks for sharing
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