(December 11, 2015 at 7:12 pm)Simon Moon Wrote:(December 11, 2015 at 6:44 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I'm not "moderate" at all. I'm a devout, practicing Catholic and I agree with and stand by all the doctrinal teachings of the Church.
Including the fact that there is zero evidence to support the Catholic Church's claim that condoms spread aids?! And mountains of evidence to support the fact that condoms reduce the spread of aids?
And you ask how your beliefs make the world a worse place?
Condoms spreading aids is not a doctrinal teaching, Simon Moon.
And besides, I'm not quite sure how it went down and what the person who said it meant. But I'm willing to bet he didn't mean it like wearing a condom makes you get aids, but rather, that the safest thing to do is to abstain. And that relying on a condom is dangerous because they have a failure rate. On that, I agree with 100%.
Being Catholic doesn't mean I agree with everything every Catholic person ever says. Even if it's the pope, unless he is making an infallible pronouncement which never happens. Being Catholic means I believe and accept the doctrinal teachings of the Church, which are official teachings on faith and morals.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
