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Tilted Cat Head
Administrator
Location: Manhattan, NY
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MM I don't find the Vatican obsolete, maybe in my life and your life, but there are many who follow their teachings and rulings. I find it oddly strange that people who don't follow or care for their dogmas to call them obsolete where there are many who care for the Pope and the Vatican's position, this coming especially from free thinking website members. We're not going to get much dissenting positions from people since they are already driven away in smaller contests of discussions, ala Rev. Tim from a few years ago.
rb, that may be very true, but again, the idea is that if some are educated via the marketing process either by a corporate model or a religious model, what difference does it make that it is education of people? how is this much different that if it saves some lives that's the benefit? Becuase you or many of you believe that organized religion is bad?
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“I would say that this problem of AIDS cannot be overcome with advertising slogans. If the soul is lacking, if Africans do not help one another, the scourge cannot be resolved by distributing condoms; quite the contrary, we risk worsening the problem. The solution can only come through a twofold commitment: firstly, the humanization of sexuality, in other words a spiritual and human renewal bringing a new way of behaving towards one another; and secondly, true friendship, above all with those who are suffering, a readiness - even through personal sacrifice - to be present with those who suffer. And these are the factors that help and bring visible progress."
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I distribute AIDS information and condoms at concerts for Lifebeat. I can tell you that kids will grab condoms by the armful. Adults? Not so much, some seem to snicker at the idea, and these are adults that are at least 30+ so it's not like AIDS education is lack of awareness. But here's what was missing from the Lifebeat condoms, actual education. We handed out condoms, but what good is it if we didn't explain WHY the condoms were a better deterrent to AIDS? I'm chock full of knowledge as trained by Lifebeat.
Eventually Lifebeat took the condoms and wrapped them in educational materials. There's additional cost of printing and attaching them to the condoms without damaging the condoms. We have stick and stuff parties each month to create the materials for distribution. It's all volunteer and condoms are donations.
So I agree with the Pope's statement. There needs to be education of sorts, without it, it's just a condom.
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Last edited by Cynthetiq; 03-20-2009 at 06:29 AM..
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