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In co.general Michael Zarlenga <zarlenga@conan.ids.net> wrote:
->: All he needs is this much education: "This is your best protection against a
->: disease which absolutely will kill you if you get it. It also can prevent
->: pregnancy, and another mouth for you to feed."

->That's a baldfaced lie.

->A condom is NOT your best protection against AIDS.

Change "your best" to "very good" and then how does it sit with you?

->: If he doesn't have someone feeding him delusions like "you will burn in hell
->: if you use the condom", rationality might commonly win out over the urge to
->: get laid without the condom.

->And, with a 10% failure rate for condoms, what's he to do when one
->breaks?

Even with a 10% failure rate, we've reduced unwanted pregnancies and
sexual transmission of HIV by an order of magnitude.

That's pretty good.

->re: " Burn in hell?"
->Just how ignorant are you?  The Catholic Church teaches that any
->and all sins are forgiveable, if the confessor has true remorse.

The RCC doesn't respect victims, just criminals.  If I attack someone
and put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life, then truly
regret it, everything is OK right?  

->Or the Catholic Church's Golden Rule: "above all else, love thy
->neighbor as thyself."

I try to do that, but most people don't want to be held to the
standards to which I hold myself.

-DanD

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