re: #207 Walter L. Newton

I am no friend of any church (or any mythical thinking) but nope, he is saying the the use of condoms increases sexual activities in a society which in turn could increase the chances of getting STD’s. You are making a leap.

There is absolutely no evidence that using condoms “aggravates” the risk of getting AIDS (which is what the Pope said), and vast amounts of evidence that it protects against AIDS.

And if you investigate a little further, you’ll see that many other Catholic officials have said explicitly that condoms make the AIDS problem worse.

In my opinion, this was an absolutely appalling thing for Pope Benedict to say.