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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
I guess every little bit helps, but considering that there is no correlation between Catholicism and HIV spreading, it sounds like wasted energy and that the Catholic Church is getting more grief than it deserves on this particular issue. In fact, some predominatly Catholic counties have the lowest HIV rate in the Western world.
If people got as angry about poverty, education, and women's issues in 3rd world countries, as they do about the Catholic Church's birth control policies, we could go from changing 1 out of 1000, to changing 1 out of 100, or even better.
Just some numbers to chew on:
People living with HIV per capita:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/...hiv_aid_percap
Percentage of Catholics per country:
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/rel_cat_as_per
Percentage of Catholics vs. People living with HIV (per capita)
http://www.nationmaster.com/plot/rel...aid_percap/all
(no obvious correlation)
Based on that data, I think the Catholic Church should be low on our list of worries, on this issue anyway. |
All that is saying is that "I'm not the worst offender" - nor did I ever say that the Church was the worst offender, and I think you are just lumping me in with some of the people who have taken a much harsher stance.
Also, you need to understand that I am not targetting the church here, there is a ton of blame to go around, however, to put your head in the sand and say that if the church promoted condoms it would make zero difference is a falsehood.
Precisely what that data says is: There is a problem with condom use everywhere in Africa.