Why does the pope believe that human overpopulation is not important but using a condom is?

Answer 1

The Pope is the Vicar of Christ and as such has to live and preach the values of the Gospel, Jesus held all life as precious and He Himself kept and obeyed the Ten Commandments,so how can the Pope do any less,condoms enterfere with the transmission of the life-giving seed and so this is a crime against the gift of life itself,you may not agree with this but this is how the Pope and faithful Catholics see it,of course there are always exceptions to any rule as weak and lapsed Catholics do not obey this law.

Answer 2

Despite being the Pope, I often wonder why he only seems to get half the story or half the issue. On overpopulation, he needs to wake up and look at the world as a whole. Just because Japan and some European countries have negative population growth, doesn't means the whole world does. Many of the 3rd world countries who can least afford it have the greatest overpopulation problem. Many-not all-of these countries are Catholic. Abortion is a felony is much of Central and South American and the poorest of the population have no pre-natal care and use no birth control. (I spent time in a Cental American clinic. I saw children of 12-13 having babies. I met a 35 year old woman who was having her 13th child). I'm very frustrated at the Catholic Church's refusal to move into the modern world of science. "Condom prevent conception. Therefore, condoms are bad"--meanwhile, millions of innocent children are dying of AIDS and poor countries are rapidly depleting their natural resources to feed their exploding population--leaving little for their future when the trees, oil, farmland, rain forests etc. are gone. The only part of your question that I can't give a decent answer to is the "why is the pope" portion. Maybe the answer is a simple as stubborness, refusal to re-visit an outdated church doctrine or more sinister---like the desire for an increase in the number of the world's Catholics. I think if you asked the Pope himself "why", you would only hear church rhetoric. I'm starring your question.

Answer 3

I think you phrased your question the wrong way a bit and your question reads the opposite of what you mean. Why does the pope think that overpopulation is not a bad thing but using a condom is a bad thing? Well, because according to the catholic religion, you need to go and spread around the world and create as many people as possible (a little outdated, as these days with modern medicine we can keep people alive and kicking but in those days that was impossible). To ensure successful and high numbers of procreation, the religion also forbids any contraception, including the condoms. And finally, you should only have sex with one person throughout your whole lifetime (your spouse and nobody else) therefore there should be absolutely no risk of contracting some sexually transmitted disease. It is all outdated now, we don't need so many people, we can have contraception and indeed, we should use condoms if we have sex with strangers...

Answer 4

The Pope is rarely right about anything, so why would you expect him to be on these topics?

However, I would like to question one of your views. You seem to think the planet is over-populated with humans. I disagree. I've not seen any studies that back this view. The planet as a whole produces more than enough resources for our current population. There are problems with famine, etc in some areas, but this is not over-population. This is a failure in transporting resources to where they are most needed.

If you think the world is over-populated now, you should really look at the predictions for the next century...

Answer 5

All Protestant denominations considered artificial contraception a sin up until the Anglican Lambeth Conference of 1930. At that conference, the Anglican Communion decided that artificial contraception was no longer a sin and the rest of mainstream Protestantism followed suit.
>>>The Catholic Church holds true to Christ's teachings. Several non-Catholic Christian denominations do not, especially "liberal" ones, when confronted with today's anti-Christian, popular social trends (abortion, homosexuality, pre-marital sex, etc.) Of course, I am a sinner myself....... However, I'll let the person who has never sinned cast the first stone.

Answer 6

Far too much importance is given to what the Pope thinks.

Answer 7

Think about it. If the Cat-lix breed like (well, catholics, I suppose) and the rest of the world exercise restraint and family planning in the interests of the planet as a whole, then eventually they'll be in the majority and can take over the world - what's left of it.

Answer 8

Human population increases the power base of any organization it's called a power hungry syndrome.
Using a condom goes against the effect of increasing the population it defeats their purpose to have more followers and more power.

Answer 9

I always understood that Catholics (as is the Pope) were against contraception, but perhaps they have changed their view since I last took notice, perhaps due to the Aids virus etc.

I did always think that the reason for being against contraception was so that there would be majority Catholics on the planet.

That and their view by not interferring with God's Plan.

Perhaps I got it all wrong.

Answer 10

who cares what the pope thinks? there was a ridiculous story about chimps getting vasectomies at some zoo , so I am sure the condom isn't too far away!