Vatican: Everyone can use condoms to prevent HIV

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Christians are supposed to have sex with the intent of making children. Wearing condoms prevents that. Now, the Vatican is saying staying clear of STDs > making babies.

Do you mean Catholics and not Christians, as a whole?

Anyway, religion aside...DUH.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Do you mean Catholics and not Christians, as a whole?

Mostly Catholics, but I've heard it spill over into other denominations as well.

I guess that wouldn't matter, though, since we're talking about the Vatican

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Anyway, religion aside...DUH.

Lol

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

Mostly Catholics, but I've heard it spill over into other denominations as well.

I guess that wouldn't matter, though, since we're talking about the Vatican

Yeah, it hasn't spilled over to all denominations and condoms prevent all spillage.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

Do you mean Catholics and not Christians, as a whole?

Catholics aren't the only sect that believes sex should be reserved for procreation, although they are the primary (by size).

Either way, this is both a "game-changer" in Vatican terms, and also terribly boring for everyone else. The fact that the Vatican still has to do business like this - making proclamations decades after the fact - seems rough for everyone involved, although I do laud it for doing the right thing here.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Either way, this is both a "game-changer" in Vatican terms, and also terribly boring for everyone else. The fact that the Vatican still has to do business like this - making proclamations decades after the fact - seems rough for everyone involved, although I do laud it for doing the right thing here.

LOL. Thus is the institution of religion.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Catholics aren't the only sect that believes sex should be reserved for procreation . . . .

But those other Christians who believe this tend to be certain fundamentalist Protestants, for whom the position of the Vatican is totally irrelevant.

[KSig RC]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

But those other Christians who believe this tend to be certain fundamentalist Protestants, for whom the position of the Vatican is totally irrelevant.

Very true. Also there was supposed to be an "unfortunately" in there somewhere re: the fundamentalist segment, since many, many things are irrelevant to them besides the Vatican. Like modernity or common sense or logic or the concept of allegory.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by KSig RC

Also there was supposed to be an "unfortunately" in there somewhere re: the fundamentalist segment, since many, many things are irrelevant to them besides the Vatican. Like modernity or common sense or logic or the concept of allegory.

Yep.