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Re: A question to think about......

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From: Chris
Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 00:00
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"Dan D." wrote:
> 
> 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.

Maybe you're just to loving...
 
> -DanD
> 
> --
> #  Dan D (kd4igw)  dand@rmii.com    dand@frottage.com  http://rmii.com/~dand
> #  My God can beat up your God.

-- 

Best,

Chris -^-^-^- http://home.earthlink.net/~lightpony/index.html -^-^-^-
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From: Chris <lightpony@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: A question to think about......
Date: 1998/12/04
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