The Society To Promote The Death Of Catholics
...aka, the Catholic Church. That's some "culture of life" you got there, Catholics!
A powerful Vatican cardinal who nearly became pope last year has taken the radical position of saying it might be okay to use a condom -- but only with your spouse, and only if your spouse has AIDS, and only if you haven't caught the disease yet.Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini's comments are seen by Vatican experts as being crazily liberal, because the official Holy See rule is that condoms can never be used.
Bible scholars have long been confused by the Vatican's strict stance on rubbers, because there's nothing in the Bible about condoms.
The Church is so furiously anti-condom that it actually runs a global disinformation campaign to try to convince people that condoms offer no protection against sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS.
...Historians note that the Catholic Church has a well-documented reputation for just making stuff up, such as its rule that priests be celibate or the weird proclamation that Mary Magdalene -- the "Bride of Christ" and "Apostle to the Apostles" -- was actually a dirty whore!
Links within the story are hot if you'll click on the above link to Sploid...from whence it came!
Mary Magdalene WAS a dirty whore. That's why I love her!
Lena at April 26, 2006 4:00 PM
Interesting that Catholic beliefs should be the topic, since that was a huge issue in the Terri Schiavo case, and I have just finished Michael Schiavo's book. In the interest of fairness, I even read Mark Fuhrman's (hereafter referred to as Mark Vermin) book, "Silent Witness" on the subject. Though why the literary efforts of a disgraced, racist ex-detective and admitted perjurer (pleading "no contest") should be taken seriously is beyond me.
The Schindlers would have had us believe that Terri Schiavo was a devout practicing Catholic (Catholic, yes, but not devout or practicing) and that it was against her religion to cut off life support to a patient in a PVS (not true, as attested by Father Murphy, an expert witness in the Schiavo case).
If you want to find a good and rip-roaringly funny look at what Catholics believe, check out Christopher Durang's "Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You," in his collection of plays entitled "Christopher Durang Explains It All For You."
It's hysterical and on the subject of what Catholics believe, laser accurate, too.
Patrick at April 27, 2006 7:16 AM
I don't find it hard to believe that Terri Schiavo was a devout practicing Catholic. Didn't you see those photos of her in the tube top and pink lip gloss?
Lena at April 27, 2006 9:32 AM
The Catholic Church isn't anti-condom, it's anti-contraception. It teaches that sex is a sacred gift for the creation of children, and that using sex for the physical satisfaction alone is an abuse and a sin.
It really wouldn't make any sense for the Catholic Church to decide that condoms are ok. If all Catholics followed their own Church's teachings about sex to begin with, their chances of contracting HIV would be miniscule. If they aren't following their own religious beliefs anyway, then they are free to use condoms since they've already chosen to ignore the Church. And if the Church announces that it's ok to break the rules (ok to sin??), then how can they expect anyone to respect their authority on other issues?
Personally, I don't understand why some religions have tried so hard to demonize sex. It's a perfectly normal, healthy way for people to relate to one another. If these religious groups hadn't tried so hard over the millenia to shame people about it, AIDS might never have become the epidemic that it is.
Bear at April 30, 2006 4:44 PM
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