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You're showing some glaring bias and hostility here Isaac Send a noteboard - 12/02/2013 01:58:17 PM
I'm no fan of the RC church nor fond of whitewashing previous bad choices but they do run the largest private HIV/AIDs care network in the world. There are over a hundred thousand Catholic medical facilities out there. Also, while my own church approves birth control as do I, they are right that abstinence is much less likely to result in a STD then protected sex, even when used properly and consistently which they rarely are especially in developing nations. It is also free, and I think it is easy for people to forget that condoms aren't cheap in places where the GDP per capita is the 3 or 4 digit range, and even at some theoretical bulk discount of a dime a piece a person in the Congo - 2011 Nom. GDP/cap $211 - who went through a hundred in a year just burned 10% of their income when they already don't have a penny to spare. Not too mention I'd bet bulk cheap condoms distributed for aid are probably lower quality, either less safe, or less comfortable, or both.

Dumping condoms by the ton out of blimps and getting the Pope to give it the thumbs up does no good if people don't like using them, and don't use them properly. Simply muttering about education doesn't help us much outside of dealing with a small groups like prostitutes considering virtually every place with an AIDS epidemic also happen to be places where literacy rates are low and education is minimal and rare.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.
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So the Pope has resigned - 11/02/2013 01:01:59 PM 1241 Views
Re: So the Pope has resigned - 11/02/2013 02:29:13 PM 655 Views
As a catholic, I am surprised, but please by the Pope's decision..... - 12/02/2013 03:05:34 AM 608 Views
Re: As a catholic, I am surprised, but please by the Pope's decision..... - 12/02/2013 09:21:30 PM 561 Views
One mistake in my original post..... - 13/02/2013 01:27:48 AM 564 Views
Re: As a catholic, I am surprised, but please by the Pope's decision..... - 13/02/2013 01:35:14 AM 527 Views
Re: As a catholic, I am surprised, but please by the Pope's decision..... - 13/02/2013 03:45:23 PM 604 Views
Luke or Paul? - 13/02/2013 04:36:27 PM 540 Views
That is what I get for only having decaf coffee this morning... - 13/02/2013 05:43:57 PM 607 Views
I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this point. - 13/02/2013 06:36:03 PM 442 Views
Re: I'm gonna have to disagree with you on this point. - 14/02/2013 11:12:34 PM 555 Views
Hate to jump you again but are you sure you mean Timothy? - 14/02/2013 11:54:00 PM 578 Views
Yep, I ment Timothy - 15/02/2013 04:18:21 AM 548 Views
Re: Yep, I ment Timothy - 15/02/2013 11:03:16 AM 579 Views
So Roman Catholic priests CAN marry, under tortuous conditions? Interesting.... - 13/02/2013 03:40:48 PM 469 Views
A priest can't marry, but a married person can become a priest. - 13/02/2013 03:51:02 PM 521 Views
Heh, yeah, I guess I slightly mischaracterized what you were saying. - 13/02/2013 05:54:05 PM 616 Views
There are a bunch of semi-Catholic denominations that allow priests to marry. - 13/02/2013 06:06:13 PM 535 Views
That makes more sense. - 13/02/2013 06:23:36 PM 615 Views
Here's my chance. I'm putting in my application. - 11/02/2013 04:20:52 PM 714 Views
Unfortunately it matters due to the power he has... - 11/02/2013 04:42:25 PM 649 Views
You would like the Roman Catholic Church to do some good FOR ONCE?! - 11/02/2013 08:00:26 PM 721 Views
Well said. *NM* - 11/02/2013 10:55:18 PM 345 Views
You give them too much credit. - 11/02/2013 11:19:06 PM 672 Views
Put on blinders much? - 11/02/2013 11:50:01 PM 603 Views
I lol'd. *NM* - 11/02/2013 11:54:09 PM 312 Views
Grant me Chastity and Continence, But Not Yet! *NM* - 12/02/2013 03:35:26 AM 262 Views
Chastity: A Virtue best found in others *NM* - 12/02/2013 12:53:26 PM 260 Views
and continence too, apparently..... *NM* - 14/02/2013 12:18:22 AM 332 Views
Well said. - 13/02/2013 01:43:47 AM 502 Views
You really don't know how human psychology works, do you? - 13/02/2013 06:28:23 PM 568 Views
..and you don't get that it isn't what people will/may do, but what they should. - 15/02/2013 04:22:26 AM 773 Views
It's not religion, it's HIV or no HIV. - 15/02/2013 10:45:52 PM 551 Views
it's not HIV or no HIV, it is about what people should do. - 16/02/2013 07:02:36 PM 597 Views
Of course they don't have to teach people how to use condoms. - 17/02/2013 10:46:38 AM 530 Views
You're showing some glaring bias and hostility here - 12/02/2013 01:58:17 PM 515 Views
No, you are giving them far too little. - 13/02/2013 03:33:03 PM 527 Views
Oh, that. - 12/02/2013 03:04:42 PM 485 Views
That's such a load - 13/02/2013 01:39:45 AM 580 Views
Oops, I meant to reply here - As a catholic.....my take. - 12/02/2013 03:39:42 AM 646 Views
I'd say the chances are about as good... - 12/02/2013 03:48:29 PM 719 Views
So teh chances are excellent then! Good to know. - 12/02/2013 04:51:43 PM 576 Views
I doubt there's much of a chance of a real progressive. - 12/02/2013 06:38:14 PM 537 Views
IDK, two straight non-Italians? Will they put up with a 3rd? Has that even happened since Avignon? - 13/02/2013 01:46:28 AM 606 Views
Who says Benedict/Ratzinger is straight? - 13/02/2013 04:56:52 AM 523 Views
Don't think so, but the Italians will have to get used to it. - 13/02/2013 06:34:24 PM 527 Views
This will be a very interesting time. - 13/02/2013 06:27:41 PM 644 Views
He's retiring into a monastery in the Vatican, as I understand it. - 13/02/2013 06:42:14 PM 638 Views
Now this would be interesting.... - 13/02/2013 06:51:40 PM 610 Views
Right now I would settle for making up lost ground... - 14/02/2013 05:02:38 AM 522 Views
Pope Bene-victed... - 19/02/2013 07:56:17 AM 757 Views
Hurrah, Ras. I love a good pun or three. *NM* - 19/02/2013 01:55:11 PM 242 Views

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