How do you feel about Catholic missionaries encouraging Africans in aids stricken areas NOT to use condoms?

Question

http://www.wwrn.org/article.php?idd=10586&sec=4&con=63

This is one of MANY articles you can find by googleing it.

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 a person infected with AIDS 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.

In regards to sex outside of marriage, the Church makes it a practice not to tell people how to sin. Fornication with or without a condom is still fornication. Adultery with or without a condom is still adultery.

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

This shows humans even with the fruit of knowledge for Good and Evil are confused in dealing with aids and condoms. The catholics or any who apposes condoms usage should note the essence of Christ teaching especially the sermon on the mount. The aids can inflict aids to another innocent person. This must be prevented. The best is to tell them to abstain from sex until their aids is healed. If they turn to Christ they will learn not to hurt another human. That will be the best policy. Let face it. When the need is so intense, they just help it out by performing masturbation as a solution but not encourage too often.

Answer 3

may I ask where you are getting your information, because I have never heard of that and I am curious.

Unless it is because they are promoting abstinance over all. I dont think they would do that.

Edit: I looked at your link and saw that they do not say "dont use condoms" they promote staying faithful within your marriage, and if you are staying faithful (and you and your partner are not HIV positive) then you shouldnt need condoms, because there wouldnt be the spread of aids. They are promoting marital faithfulness and abstinance not to not use condoms. But by saying freely that you could use condoms, they would be promoting adultry, etc. They are proposing a different solution to a problem, not adding to problems. If people are going to have sex outside of marriage, I am sure they have heard of condoms.

Answer 4

Catholic missionaries preach abstinence or marital monogamy, which are the only proven methods of avoiding aids.

Condoms used in 3rd world areas fail over 50% of the time.

Abstinence/marital monogamy prevents aids 100% of the time.

Answer 5

I find it hard to believe that Catholic missionaries would do that. I know contraceptives are against their religion but something that might save someones life? I've lived in Africa and worked around a lot of missionaries, most are very dedicated to saving lives and can adapt to local customs without comprising their religious believes. I would like to hear someone like Mother Teresa's views on this.

Answer 6

Source?

Answer 7

Are you advocating that condom should be used and promiscuity should expand? You are throwing rocks at a canvas that does not create a positive. Although condoms stop the spread of aids, abstinence does a better job and cost a lot less.

Answer 8

Where did your information come from? Is it a reliable source? Just for a point of reference: If you don't have sex outside of marriage then you don't need a condom and you don't spread aids or anything else. And if you only have sex with your spouse you don't spread aids or hundreds of other STD's. Sex wasn't meant to be shared outside of marriage and that is the main reason we have such rampant sexual disease today.

Answer 9

Source: http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/facts/fm0045.html

I feel that it is disgusting. I am angry that Catholics are obsessed by sex but not by the suffering caused by sex. The article is on how condoms will not stop AIDS from a Catholic site that I found to be horrendous.

Answer 10

I think it's the right thing to do. Catholic missionaries are encouraging abstinence, they are teaching that sex is a special gift to be celebrated in marriage.

Condoms are a bandaid for an epidemic problem. Teaching people to become what God has created them to be is the cure.