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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Pope Benedict's Holocaust
Posted by Jill | 7:16 PM
However nonreligious I am, I am Jewish, and therefore I am allowed to use the "H" word. Because what else do you use to describe the actions of an ex-Nazi Pope who uses the respect people inexplicably give his office to spread lies that condoms spread AIDS:
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — Pope Benedict XVI said condoms are not the answer to the AIDS epidemic in Africa and can make the problem worse, setting off criticism Tuesday as he began a weeklong trip to the continent where some 22 million people are living with HIV.

Benedict's first statement on an issue that has divided even Catholic clergy working with AIDS patients came hours before he arrived in Cameroon's capital _ greeted by thousands of flag-waving faithful who stood shoulder-to-shoulder in red dirt fields and jammed downtown streets for a glimpse of the pontiff's motorcade.

In his four years as pope, Benedict had never directly addressed condom use, although his position is not new. His predecessor, Pope John Paul II, often said that sexual abstinence _ not condoms _ was the best way to prevent the spread of the disease.

Benedict also said the Roman Catholic Church was at the forefront of the battle against AIDS.

"You can't resolve it with the distribution of condoms," the pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane heading to Yaounde. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."

The pope said a responsible and moral attitude toward sex would help fight the disease, as he answered questions submitted in advance by reporters traveling on the plane. His response was presumably also prepared in advance.

The Catholic Church rejects the use of condoms as part of its overall teaching against artificial contraception. Senior Vatican officials have advocated fidelity in marriage and abstinence from premarital sex as key weapons in the fight against AIDS.


Of course abstinence from all kinds of sexual activity is the only "foolproof" method. But when for most people, abstinence is not practical or doesn't happen, are you going to deprive people of a way to protect themselves when they "Do what comes naturally"? And isn't it funny how it's in a continent full of dark-skinned people that he's directing his comments?

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Blogger Bob said...
Jaysus H. Cripes. Saying abstinence is best for avoiding HIV is a truism. Of course it is. You can avoid a lot by not having sex. But African men pick up the disease from prostitutes when they travel to the cities to find work,spread it to other prostitutes, then infect their wives when they return home, in cultures where women are not empowered to protect themselves. & the last thing the Vatican is gonna do is give women power.
3/17/09, 10:27 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The Pope seems to be under the delusion that saying no is an option.
3/17/09, 11:31 PM  
Blogger missy said...
What ShortWoman said - so many African cultures are deeply paternalistic (what's for a PopenFuhrer not to love?), and how else is a wife supposed to protect herself from the serial infidelities and sexual demands of her husband?
3/18/09, 12:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Listen to the idiotic RC ideology of abstinence and we all becomes priests desperate to screw alter boys.
3/22/09, 7:22 PM  
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