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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story...059068,00.html
Edit: it should also be noted that the vatican's original position on condoms was that not only did they not help contain the spread of HIV/AIDS, but that condoms actually increased one's chances of contracting the disease.
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When the other alternative is abstinence, then condoms do promote AIDS. Abstinence is the only thing that is 100% effective, and while condoms are highly effective, once in a while people still contact HIV when using them. While the church's assertation in that story is stupid (ie. that condoms have holes that viruses can fit through), it is true that they don't always work.
So promoting something that is 100% effective over something that is less than that, is not genocidal - quite the opposite actually.
And like I said, Catholic countries tend to have lower rates of HIV infections. They must be doing something right.
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/he...ing-per-capita
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/re...-as-percentage
No correlation:
http://www.nationmaster.com/plot/rel...aid_percap/all