Here's Some Interesting Philosophy

The Catholic church has reiterated, yet again, its position on abortion, birth control, and same-sex marriage. Apparently "the family" is threatened.

In the statment, the Vatican confirmes that the use of condoms is wrong, even within a marriage to protect a partner from contracting HIV.

Wait a minute. If your partner is HIV positive or has AIDS, then engaging in unprotected sex with that person is tantamount to suicide (forbidden by the Catholic church), and their engaging in unprotected sex with you is tantamount to murder--Yet trying to protect that other person is banned as well.

Furthermore, any fruit of that union may be blessed (thank you Lord) with HIV at birth (which I suppose at least eliminates the whole thorny abortion question). To willingly expose a baby to a fatal illness is surely murder too.

Yet in Catholic philosophy, the command to "go forth and multiply" is taken as (ahem) Gospel. In some places Catholic couples refer to sex as "marital duties" and take it as a duty to God.

Damned if you do . . .

Jewish people are allowed to eat pork under extreme circumstances--"the saving of a life". Why is this so hard for the Vatican?

Is it any wonder that most modern Catholics shrug and buy rubbers? Why in the name of the gods would anyone take sex advice from a group of (at best) bachelors?




On the lighter side:
The priest was trying to explain the Catholic position on birth control to a group of young urban men:
"Basically you have two choices," he said "periodic abstinence or complete continence."
There was a puzzled silence.
"Oh I get it!" One of the boys cried "Rhythm and blues!"