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| quote: | Originally posted by DeleteFromUsers
As terrifying as the thought of getting into an online discussion about religion with a zealot is, I can't help but point out that your message simply does not acknowledge reality. |
I'm hardly a zealot.
| quote: | | People are going to have sex with multiple partners. Whether the Pope thinks this is right or wrong has virtually nothing to do with this natural, built-in human behavior. |
Indeed, you are correct. People are also going to have sex without using condoms regardless of whether or not the pope tells them they should or should not.
| quote: | | Denying this observable truth simply exacerbates the problem. |
I wouldn't say this is a denial of anything... Did you even bother to read the question posed to the Pope? He was asked to respond to people who view the church's position on how best to stop the spread of HIV as ineffective, that is exactly what he did. Now, whether you believe the position to be practical or not is another thing; however, one cannot deny that if followed the church's position would be more effective then anything else in preventing the spread of HIV. In terms of practicality I would submit that people who ignore the Church's position on pre/extra marital sex aren't choosing not to use condoms because the Pope told them not too, as they clearly don't give much credence to the Pope to begin with. Regardless, the church is not practicality; it's about theology and you cannot expect the largest religious organization in the world to abandon it's theology.
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| quote: | Originally posted by RickyM
you're just a shit version of Moral Hazard. At least he knows what he's talking about. |
| quote: | Originally posted by pkcRAISTLIN
lol, i love it when moral feels the need to lay the smack down 
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