Comments on: SHOULD THE CATHOLIC CHURCH LIFT ITS BAN ON CONDOMS? http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/should-the-catholic-church-lift-its-ban-on-condoms/ Just another WordPress.com weblog Sat, 14 Nov 2009 01:40:03 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: May http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/should-the-catholic-church-lift-its-ban-on-condoms/#comment-212 May Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:45:09 +0000 http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-212 Yes it should Yes it should

]]> By: Joe Agnost http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/should-the-catholic-church-lift-its-ban-on-condoms/#comment-211 Joe Agnost Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:20:00 +0000 http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-211 By the way Tony - it's the official stance of the vatican that ALL birth control is a sin. Condoms, the pill, pulling-out.... all of it! Hmmm... ban birth control and abortion - smart idea guys! Archaic... By the way Tony – it’s the official stance of the vatican that ALL birth control is a sin. Condoms, the pill, pulling-out…. all of it!

Hmmm… ban birth control and abortion – smart idea guys! Archaic…

]]> By: Joe Agnost http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/should-the-catholic-church-lift-its-ban-on-condoms/#comment-210 Joe Agnost Thu, 21 Aug 2008 14:45:40 +0000 http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-210 "must be considered as contributing to the deaths of any Catholics who have died from AIDS..." Oh no Tony - it's MUCH worse than that! If the person in charge of health for a country (think african nation) is catholic then the entire nation suffers because of the RCC - whether the residents are catholic or not! Or if the nation just wants help from the RCC they have to go the no condom route to get it! Condoms are prohibited in most of africa because of the RCC... Poor African country leader: "Please, we need help with the AIDS epidemic. Will anyone help?" RCC: "Sure, we'll help. But you must denounce condoms and keep them out of your country." Poor African leader: "But that would be disasterous!" RCC: "Well, if you want our help that's what you have to do." Poor Aftrican leader: "OK, if that's what it takes.... we're desperate and will do anything for help." It's a sad state of affairs... “must be considered as contributing to the deaths of any Catholics who have died from AIDS…”

Oh no Tony – it’s MUCH worse than that! If the person in charge of health for a country (think african nation) is catholic then the entire nation suffers because of the RCC – whether the residents are catholic or not! Or if the nation just wants help from the RCC they have to go the no condom route to get it!

Condoms are prohibited in most of africa because of the RCC…

Poor African country leader: “Please, we need help with the AIDS epidemic. Will anyone help?”

RCC: “Sure, we’ll help. But you must denounce condoms and keep them out of your country.”

Poor African leader: “But that would be disasterous!”

RCC: “Well, if you want our help that’s what you have to do.”

Poor Aftrican leader: “OK, if that’s what it takes…. we’re desperate and will do anything for help.”

It’s a sad state of affairs…

]]> By: Tony Kondaks http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/should-the-catholic-church-lift-its-ban-on-condoms/#comment-209 Tony Kondaks Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:15:00 +0000 http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-209 I'm shocked to learn that they have a ban on condoms. This is the first I've heard of it. Not that I've ever given the matter much consideration before now but my immediate thought was "Whaaa? The Catholic Church has been discouraging Catholics from using condoms...devices that in this age of AIDS saves lives...something we've known for nigh on two decades?" How barbaric! The only conclusion I can come to, therefore, is that the Holy Roman Church is not only irrelevant but must be considered as contributing to the deaths of any Catholics who have died from AIDS because they listened to church dictums and didn't slip a rubber on their Little Elvis. I’m shocked to learn that they have a ban on condoms. This is the first I’ve heard of it.

Not that I’ve ever given the matter much consideration before now but my immediate thought was “Whaaa? The Catholic Church has been discouraging Catholics from using condoms…devices that in this age of AIDS saves lives…something we’ve known for nigh on two decades?”

How barbaric!

The only conclusion I can come to, therefore, is that the Holy Roman Church is not only irrelevant but must be considered as contributing to the deaths of any Catholics who have died from AIDS because they listened to church dictums and didn’t slip a rubber on their Little Elvis.

]]> By: Paul Costopoulos http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/2008/08/20/should-the-catholic-church-lift-its-ban-on-condoms/#comment-205 Paul Costopoulos Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:28:52 +0000 http://neilmckentyweblog2.wordpress.com/?p=56#comment-205 Yes it should. No it won't under Benedict. Yes it should. No it won’t under Benedict.

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