Friday, October 10, 2003
I can just about accept that the Pope and, by extension, the Catholic church, have some numpty-headed views about sex, most humourous for a crew that are supposed to be celibate. However, to send letters of support to a seperate church (who, by the logic of faith are presumerably going to burn in hell for supporting 'the wrong faith') for their attempts to force the American branch of Anglicanism to retreat on their appointment of a gay bishop is surely impossible to justify, while telling people in African countries that condoms don't stop AIDS, while it might make sense to the Pope's twisted brand of morality is equally dodgy when they have absolutely no proof to back up such a fallacious statement.
If we make an extremely conservative estimate then a lot of people in Africa, just as in the rest of the world, are having extra-marital sex and are therefore 'sinning'. Popular cures for AIDS tend to involve having sex with a virginal girl. With this message the Catholic Church are saying it's better that people die of AIDS than to stay alive, and healthy, and repent of their sins. Do we need any more proof that Christianity is a death-cult that reveres pain and suffering amongst it's followers?
If we make an extremely conservative estimate then a lot of people in Africa, just as in the rest of the world, are having extra-marital sex and are therefore 'sinning'. Popular cures for AIDS tend to involve having sex with a virginal girl. With this message the Catholic Church are saying it's better that people die of AIDS than to stay alive, and healthy, and repent of their sins. Do we need any more proof that Christianity is a death-cult that reveres pain and suffering amongst it's followers?
