Why do catholics refuse to give the Africans condoms?

Question

And make them use the "When in doubt, pull out" technique instead of "dont be a fool, wrap your tool"

Answer 1

Because bibles are much more useful... DUH.


lol.

Answer 2

>>>And make them use the "When in doubt, pull out" technique instead of "dont be a fool, wrap your tool">>>

What makes you think that "when in doubt, pull out" is what the Church teaches? It doesn't.

Catholicism teaches that people should abstain from sex before marriage, and then keep it within marriage afterwards.

People who keep to this teaching do not get AIDS. It's virtually impossible.

Would you knowingly have sex with an AIDS-infected person, with just a condom to "protect" you?

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Answer 3

Religion is the most dangerous energy source known to humankind. The moment a person (or government or religion or organization) is convinced that God is either ordering or sanctioning a cause or project, anything goes. The history, worldwide, of religion-fueled hate, killing, and oppression is staggering. —Eugene Peterson (from the introduction to the book of Amos in the Bible paraphrase The Message)

The focus was criticized as too narrow, being concerned solely with child sexual abuse. Other situations where clerics have sexually acted out with adult women and men, nuns and seminarians, have not been looked at; nor the effect on any offspring they may have sired in the process. For that matter, the personal cost to victims and their families remains uncounted. How many lives destroyed through alcohol, drugs, unsafe sex or violence have there been? How much abuse has been repeated by its victims? How many suicides and ruined families? How can the total cost ever be calculated?

There has been much complaining by victims, also, that only a handful were asked to testify, that there was too little time and too many restrictions. Many, too, point out that not all victims have yet come forward by any means. Indeed, even if there are no new cases, just the repressed memories alone of the still-unrecognized victims will guarantee that these numbers will only increase over the next twenty years.

And nothing has been said about multiple abusers and rings who swapped victims around like trading cards...

Nonetheless, A Report on the Crisis in the Catholic Church in the United States has generated a fog of figures, which cannot obscure the extent of this massive failure of institutional religion. It is indeed a crisis. Though this is a step forward, it is not the solution by any means, but a half-hearted admission that there is a problem.

Here are a few of the highlights.

US clerics accused of abuse from 1950-2002: 4,392.
About 4% of the 109,694 serving during those 52 years.
Individuals making accusations: 10,667.
Victims' ages: 5.8% under 7; 16% ages 8-10; 50.9% ages 11-14; 27.3% ages 15-17.
Victims' gender: 81% male, 19% female
Duration of abuse: Among victims, 38.4% said all incidents occurred within one year; 21.8% said one to two years; 28%, two to four years; 11.8% longer.
Victims per priest: 55.7% with one victim; 26.9% with two or three; 13.9% with four to nine; 3.5% with 10 or more (these 149 priests caused 27% of allegations).
Abuse locations: 40.9% at priest's residence; 16.3% in church; 42.8% elsewhere.
Known cost to dioceses and religious orders: $572,507,094 (does not include the $85 million Boston settlement and other expenses after research was concluded). (Hartford Courant, 2/27/04)


Four in 10 US Catholic nuns report having experienced sexual abuse, (a rate equivalent to that reported by American women in general), a study by Catholic researchers supported by major religious orders, has found. The study found that sisters have known sexual abuse less in childhood, dispelling what the authors call an "anti-Catholic" canard that girls fled to convents to escape sexual advances. During religious life, close to 30% of the nation's 85,000 nuns experienced "sexual trauma," ranging from rape to exploitation to harassment. A total of 40% reported a least one experience of that kind. NCR, 1/15/99 See The Nuns' Stories for details.

Answer 4

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 is 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. With or without a condom:
+ Fornication is still fornication
+ Adultery is still adultery

With love in Christ.

Answer 5

If this is indeed the case I can only think that it has to do with money in comparison to saving people's lives. This "pull out" crap is not any safer where STD's are concerned and probably only work a small part of the time when dealing with unwanted pregnancies! D'n'D

Answer 6

I'm not sure if the Africans are taking the advice
of western society. It appears that a lot are doomed
for destruction.
Midge: that's the biggest bullshit, ever. Viruses don't
penetrate latex? If that was the case the whole
healthcare industry would be in trouble. Why
do you think that healthcare workers wear
gloves?

Answer 7

catholics are the only source of condoms in Africa??

regardless of continent, natural selection is alive and well if STD numbers are on the rise, maybe that will cure overpopulation

"overpopulation is a myth?" let's put that to the test and either:
A) switch to all organic farming around the globe tomorrow
B) have a nice little gamma ray burst tomorrow
see how many people we can feed then ...

Answer 8

Because that would dramatically lower the birth rate, affecting future income for the church. The fewer people, the less money in the collection plate.

Answer 9

Why would you think catholics would be responsible for Africans, because if you believe you are your brothers keeper then get your cheque book out and start helping them.

Answer 10

"Dont be silly, wrap that willy" sounds better. Anyway, The Catholics dont want condoms because they may "encourage" the Africans to commit adultery.

Answer 11

HIV molecules are smaller than the holes between the rubber molecules and they slip through---Condoms do not stop aids but what they do is stop pregnancies which is the main thrust of what they are trying to do in these countries. The Masons are behind this New World Order thing where they want to stop reproduction "for the common good" they say. Why can't people just stop having sex all over the place? Just return to sex within the boundaries of marriage.

Trust me there is enough other people there with condoms---they don't need the Catholics to dish them out too.