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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Link The Pope courted further controversy on his first trip to Africa today by declaring that condoms were not a solution to the Aids epidemic – but were instead part of the problem.
In his first public comments on condom use, the pontiff told reporters en route to Cameroon that Aids "is a tragedy that cannot be overcome by money alone, and that cannot be overcome through the distribution of condoms, which even aggravates the problems".
Pope Benedict has previously stressed that the Roman Catholic Church is in the forefront of the battle against Aids. The Vatican encourages sexual abstinence to fight the spread of the disease.
After his election as Pope, Benedict described Aids as a "a cruel epidemic which not only kills but seriously threatens the economic and social stability of the continent", but reiterated the Vatican ban on the use of condoms.
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
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Dude
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 03/18/2009 : 02:59:10 [Permalink]
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This pope, like the last one, is a fucking idiot.
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Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.
-- Thomas Jefferson
"god :: the last refuge of a man with no answers and no argument." - G. Carlin
Hope, n.
The handmaiden of desperation; the opiate of despair; the illegible signpost on the road to perdition. ~~ da filth |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 03:18:29 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dude
This pope, like the last one, is a fucking idiot.
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History tells us that they all were and likely, all will continue be so in the future.
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Maverick
Skeptic Friend
Sweden
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 07:34:06 [Permalink]
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| I wish we could just move the Vatican City to some distant island where they can no longer be a menace to civilisation. |
"Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy." -- Carl Sagan |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 08:05:42 [Permalink]
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| The Vatican encourages sexual abstinence to fight the spread of the disease. |
The logic for doing this is good in a deductive sort of sense - if you're not too concerned about the premises, that is. |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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 Posted - 03/18/2009 : 08:17:24 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Maverick
I wish we could just move the Vatican City to some distant island where they can no longer be a menace to civilisation.
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I have just the place!
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist!
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Hawks
SFN Regular
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 08:47:38 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Maverick
I wish we could just move the Vatican City to some distant island where they can no longer be a menace to civilisation.
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And then vote them off, one by one? |
METHINKS IT IS LIKE A WEASEL
It's a small, off-duty czechoslovakian traffic warden! |
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Maverick
Skeptic Friend
Sweden
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 23:00:37 [Permalink]
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| Well their beliefs are just as crazy as if someone believed in the Harry Potter stories... only more dangerous since they actually really do believe in it. Or at least claim to. I'm not 100% convinced that educated thinking people really would even consider that stuff seriously without any evidence. |
"Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy." -- Carl Sagan |
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Maverick
Skeptic Friend
Sweden
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Posted - 03/18/2009 : 23:02:51 [Permalink]
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| Well as long as they don't come back here after being voted out! |
"Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of this astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy." -- Carl Sagan |
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Ex-Nazi transvestite advises Africa on condoms
