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lindalove · 07-20-2005, 06:06 AM

One of my work colleagues said to me earlier that it's the Pope's fault that AIDs is so widespread in Africa because most of the population is catholic and thus don't use contraception (i.e. condoms, which helps prevent STDs such as AIDs). Apparently, if the Pope said it was okay to use condoms, Africans would use them thus stopping the spread.

I don't think I've ever heard this sort of logic before. Other than the question of how the Africans (poorer ones) would get condoms in the first place, does anyone have any sort of input into this logic?

I mean, it sounds sort of interesting and makes sense in a daft way, but I don't know that much about the Catholic religion/etc. It just got me thinking about what other's thought.

Mini disclaimer.. I mean to offence to either Africans, Catholics or anyone with AIDs. The views expressed above are not my own, I'm just curious about them.

07-20-2005, 06:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
lindalove Registered User	Pope's fault that AIDs is so widespread in Africa One of my work colleagues said to me earlier that it's the Pope's fault that AIDs is so widespread in Africa because most of the population is catholic and thus don't use contraception (i.e. condoms, which helps prevent STDs such as AIDs). Apparently, if the Pope said it was okay to use condoms, Africans would use them thus stopping the spread. I don't think I've ever heard this sort of logic before. Other than the question of how the Africans (poorer ones) would get condoms in the first place, does anyone have any sort of input into this logic? I mean, it sounds sort of interesting and makes sense in a daft way, but I don't know that much about the Catholic religion/etc. It just got me thinking about what other's thought. Mini disclaimer.. I mean to offence to either Africans, Catholics or anyone with AIDs. The views expressed above are not my own, I'm just curious about them.