Death Of The Pope
The Pope, currently a bit ill and in hospital, recovered enough to say mass today.
Not that I dislike him or anything, but dying is about the only useful act he can still perform.
This is how I see it, the Catholic Church is responsible for mass murder in Africa, with it's anti contraception policies being one of the most direct reasons for the AIDs explosion there. This is not the fault of the current Pope, he took office before AIDs was recognised. He was old then and he is older now.
There are certain elements in the Catholic Church which don't appear to want to reverse this belief, whether it's because it will show that the church has been wrong? I don't know.
When John Paul II does finally pop his clogs, let us hope that an intelligent Cardinal makes the grade, someone who will not be afraid to make brave decisions.
The argument goes that every sexual encounter within marriage could result in a child, and so anything blocking that possibility is tantamount to preventing a possible life.
What the Catholic Church fails to realise, is that despite a lot Africans being quite devout Catholics, sex within marriage is not the only sex that happens, hence the massive spread of AIDs across the continent.
Thus thousands of Africans dying, against thousands of Africans not being concieved.
Shouldn't we be more concerned about thouse people already alive rather than those who do not yet exist.
According to the Catholic Church, apparently not. I do emphasise the Catholic Church rather than individual Catholics. There are individual Catholics who believe this, that if you have extramarital sex, then you deserve what you get. Just as the spouses of those people also deserve it, just as the children of those people also deserve it.
These individuals appear to be near the top of the church hierarchy. People who advise the Pope. I've nothing against JP II. On the whole he's been a good Pontiff, but the world has changed during his run. And on this issue at least, he has failed to change along with it.
We need a new pontiff, someone who will be unafraid to face down people who fail to understand this situation. So as I say, nothing against JP II, but his exit is required in order for someone else to become the voice of God on Earth, and let us please please hope that they can make a difference and give these people some spiritual guidance that won't kill them.
Africa cannot afford another ten or twenty years of ignorance.
Not that I dislike him or anything, but dying is about the only useful act he can still perform.
This is how I see it, the Catholic Church is responsible for mass murder in Africa, with it's anti contraception policies being one of the most direct reasons for the AIDs explosion there. This is not the fault of the current Pope, he took office before AIDs was recognised. He was old then and he is older now.
There are certain elements in the Catholic Church which don't appear to want to reverse this belief, whether it's because it will show that the church has been wrong? I don't know.
When John Paul II does finally pop his clogs, let us hope that an intelligent Cardinal makes the grade, someone who will not be afraid to make brave decisions.
The argument goes that every sexual encounter within marriage could result in a child, and so anything blocking that possibility is tantamount to preventing a possible life.
What the Catholic Church fails to realise, is that despite a lot Africans being quite devout Catholics, sex within marriage is not the only sex that happens, hence the massive spread of AIDs across the continent.
Thus thousands of Africans dying, against thousands of Africans not being concieved.
Shouldn't we be more concerned about thouse people already alive rather than those who do not yet exist.
According to the Catholic Church, apparently not. I do emphasise the Catholic Church rather than individual Catholics. There are individual Catholics who believe this, that if you have extramarital sex, then you deserve what you get. Just as the spouses of those people also deserve it, just as the children of those people also deserve it.
These individuals appear to be near the top of the church hierarchy. People who advise the Pope. I've nothing against JP II. On the whole he's been a good Pontiff, but the world has changed during his run. And on this issue at least, he has failed to change along with it.
We need a new pontiff, someone who will be unafraid to face down people who fail to understand this situation. So as I say, nothing against JP II, but his exit is required in order for someone else to become the voice of God on Earth, and let us please please hope that they can make a difference and give these people some spiritual guidance that won't kill them.
Africa cannot afford another ten or twenty years of ignorance.
posted by Caractacus at 21:44
1 Comments:
Very true, they are poorer and have less access to information, which is why when people in power such as the Pope fail to give bad advice, they follow it. And people are dying of AIDs, I had a friend with AIDs in Britain, he has now returned to America and is now very ill. And he has drugs which keep the virus at bay, unlike the Africans, who, being very poor, have no drugs. I do not say that if the Catholic Church made an instant reversal of policy then everything would be better, but I do believe that failing to give good advice to people who listen to you, indeed giving out advice which knowingly has the potential to kill uneducated people is tantamount to murder, especially on such a scale as we are seeing in Africa. A new policy will not instantly reverse the problem, however how can it not be better than the current situation.
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