Because of the catholic.....?

Question

.........church and it's policy and beiefs on contraception, isn;t the pope responisible for spreading HIV and killing milllions of hundreds of thousands of innocent, creatures of God. It's a disgrace. Someone should have a word. Discuss?

Answer 1

Judeo-Christian tradition has taught for thousands of years:
1. Single people should be celibate.
2. Married people should be faithful to each other (adultery is wrong).
3. Married couples should welcome God's gift of children and, therefore, artificial birth control was against the will of God.

If the world is going to ignore teachings about chastity (1 & 2), then why is the world so upset about teaching artificial birth control (3)?

People who are already ignoring the more important teachings about chastity (1 and 2) should have no problem ignoring the less important teaching of artificial birth control (3).

Even if an infected person was to use a condom to help protect his or her spouse, condoms are not 100% effective (read the box) and the spouse may be infected and die anyway. A person who truly loves their spouse would not endanger them in this way.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

It's not like Catholics are the only group of people with HIV. But even within the Catholic population, I agree with a lot of the people here; it isn't just the pope, it's also personal decisions and cultural beliefs. And if people abstained from sex before marriage (which is something else the pope preaches) then HIV would be far less widespread. Admittedly, that doesn't solve the problem of married couples, when at least one of them already carries the disease, but there you have to give the Church credit. Despite decades of hardcore opposition to contraception of any kind under any circumstance, the Vatican is rexamining the issue. In fact, it looks likely that they will modify their stance to say that contraception may be used between married people when at least one spouse has HIV. So overall, I think that the claim that the pope is responsible for 'spreading HIV and killing millions of hundreds of thousands of innocent, creatures of God' may be just a teensy bit exaggerated.

Answer 3

The church is not responsible for the spread of HIV. The Church promotes abstinance, which is 100% effective at preventing HIV. The Church offers people a solution for the prevention of AIDS, which is totally effective, but it is up to the people to follow what the Church teaches. If everyone would follow the teachings of the Pope on this issue, we could stop the spread of HIV completely. But people make their own choices, and it is because of their choices that HIV is still a problem. People need to take responsibility for their actions, rather than pointing fingers at others and blaming someone else.

Answer 4

And how is the Pope responsible for the spread of HIV? The Catholic Church is against contraceptives which breed and promote promiscuity.

Promiscuity leads to social disease including HIV. The Church is for a moral society, not a sexually irresponsible people who breed not only unwanted children but also spread all kinds of venereal diseases.

The problem is that we live in a society that thrills in 'lawlessness.' I can do anything I want to! AIDS is God's way of telling the people, "Find another hobby."

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Answer 5

Are you responible for the spread of the HIV virus for encouraging people to "f--k around" and so spread the disease?

It's the hedonistic lifstyle of the west that's being exported to the africas that's responsible.

If everyone on the planet followed the pope's advice there would be no more spreading of the HIV virus at all. How is it with your logic???

Besides people are responsible for their own actions.
So stop being such a judgemental bigass liar!!!!

Answer 6

I don't understand why they want to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS, and at the same time condemn one of the only means of doing just that. I know contraception isn't 100% foolproof, but it does stop the transfer of HIV and other STD's if used correctly. All their preaching on abstinence isn't doing anything.

Answer 7

He might be held responsible but also we have to point our accusing fingers out to local traditions (i.e., having sex with a virigin girl will cure a HIV positive carrier), lack of respect for women, pharmaceutical industry, funding with strings attached that tamper with the independence of researchers, and obedience: why should people let some distant pope to dictate their private lives?

Answer 8

Yes, the catholic stance on family planning has been a disaster, and is among the world's major problems.

However, it is not reasonable to expect the church to change its stance. That stance is a major part of how the catholic church maintains its numbers, which is what religions do. It can no more change that stance than a teenager can stop thinking about sex, and ironically, for the same reason.

Answer 9

while i disagree with the catholic church's policy on contraceptives, i don't think you can hold the pope OR the catholic church responsible for the spread of HIV...no one has been forced to spread HIV to another person..this is just another example of the failure in our culture to hold people responsible for their own actions...

Answer 10

I suppose he is in the same sense that Hindu, Muslim and Jewish beliefs make female infants less valued than male and led to thousands more abortions. A system of beliefs and a leader of such can only do so much and hold so much responsibility, we all have to take responsibility for our own actions.