But that's like saying if humans didn't breath oxygen we'd live longer. (which is true) You can't defend a position like that, since condoms do protect against STDs if used correctly. Name me one STD that condoms don't protect against?
Really? When comparing Catholicism to most of the other Christian sects, RC "rules" seem pretty lax. We have people in Scotland who still don't allow dancing or for air ambulances to stop on their islands on a Sunday and chain up swingparks on Sundays. Why do some (most) protestant churches outlaw alcohol when Jesus clearly drank wine? I'm an atheist but, if I'm gonna pick a form of Christianity, I'll choose the one that allows drinking, gambling and pumping boys
But you're comparing to smaller sects, and they always tend to be extreme. Catholicism is a major religion, but it hasn't adapted to the times. If you were going to choose one though, surely you'd pick Protestantism? It allows the drinking and gambling, but also contraception. Though you'd probably have to support Rangers.
Name one STD that abstaining doesn't protect against? I can easily defend that position. Because it happens to be true. the church advocates the sanctity of a loving, caring, monogomous relationship. it values the love between two people. This is a moral message that also protects against the spread of disease. It is far easier to promote abstaining than it is to show people how to properly put on a sheath.
That's bullshit, how ****ing hard is it to put on a condom? The desire to have sex is a human instinct, there's no point in trying to fight it. Look at all your priests that bum boys, they're meant to be leaders but break the rules, how can you expect everyone else to abstain? Their position against the use of condoms has probably increased the spread of the disease, but keep on believing what the ex-nazi says
Name one STD that instant suicide doesn't protect against. But it's not going to happen is it? Just as you're not going to convince the whole world to abstain. It's much easier to convince people to use condoms.
Nope - Scottish Protestantism traditionally asks it's members to abstain from Alcohol (CoS - not just the wee frees) - English Anglicism also did this and was, at its origin more puritanical than any other strain (banning Christmas, rival sects etc etc) That's before we even get to burning witches, not being allowed joy in sex and a litany of bizarre ****e taken from the literal interpretation of mistranslated text. Which protestant church did you attend that allowed gambling (hint: not the Church of England) - the Church of England is much more lax than other forms of Protestantism - that's why Scottish and Northern Irish despots decry it as a "Catholic" church.
I never attended church, I think it's a load of bollocks. But C of E, which is generally accepted to be Protestant, is the easiest of the religions to follow in its current form. Maybe not 500 years ago, but definitely now. If I was religious, I would be C of E, it's how I was christened. But I'd be more likely to believe in the Matrix these days.
Blew a gasket there. The only point up for debate out of all of that is the difficulty rating of putting a condom on. I discussed this with someone who had been in Africa promoting the use of condoms and he suggested that this was the most difficult aspect of the entire operation, distribution was fine, but teaching people how to use them was not. Anecdotal evidence I know, but there you go. That is the only thing worthy of debate.
Like I say, I don't believe it is. Promoting a moral code that values the love between a man and a woman within the sanctity of marriage is much easier to promote.
The CoE is not, and never has been, a Protestant Church despite the efforts of a few 16th and 17th century zealots to make it so. All that was finally laid to rest with the publication of the King James Bible, which to this day remains the definitive English translation. I was actually brought up a Catholic, but from my experience I would have to say it's a nasty, squalid little religeon run by a sexually repressed mafia of conservative men. The CoE on the other hand, from Henry VIII and Cardinal Wolsely through to the current Synod who have distinguished themselves by ordaining women priests, has always had real balls.
I wouldn t put my kids anywhere near the Catholic church, those rapist priests should be executed...... Its just one big ***** syndicate.......
Jip, the CofE is the laxest form of Protestantism in the world (in major religions sense) Ask any other Protestant what they think of the CofE - they'll tell you that they are too Catholic (i.e not mental enough) to be Protestant. Their use of crosses, for example, is viewed as heretical in Scotland.
It does have a more poetic liturgy. It's only real negative in my view is that it's too f*****g middle class. That's probably because your honest working class English man or woman has too much sense to be bothering with religeon at all.
Pentecostal is a type of worship service, not a denomination. There is no central authority, like the Pope, for those churches. But I have Never heard of them banning the use of contraception.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentecostalism "Pentecostal" churches in Mozambique arranging a campaign against condom advertising http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15098428
