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Originally Posted by JumpinJesus
I would argue that they (pro-Pope) want to frame this as a spiritual debate, but it's actually about medicine (the AIDS epidemic) and I still hold that it's far more dangerous to let a man in a fancy hat guide medical policy based on religious beliefs than to let a man in a fancy hat tell his followers how to have sex.
I think the Catholics and pro-Catholic crowd wants this framed as a spiritual debate because it's the only basis from which they can claim authority.
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In their lives and their world he is the authority.
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Originally Posted by spectre
No, it's about someone spiritual dictating attitudes about sex, and in this case, with an outcome that continues to prove to be extremely dangerous.
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And that's the crux for them. It is about THEIR spirituality not yours nor mine.
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this isn't much different than Halal/Kosher and nutrition. It doesn't make sense to those that aren't believers, and it isn't meant to be.
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