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By: This Is My First Post « Joe Carter’s Blog

This Is My First Post « Joe Carter’s Blog — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 22:31:03 +0000

[...] not condoms” message to Africans struggling with the HIV epidemic has at least somewhat more evidence behind it than you’d think from the media drumbeat surrounding the issue. But I think the [...]

By: Shaun

Shaun — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 02:55:27 +0000

“We have found no consistent associations between condom use and lower HIV-infection rates, which, 25 years into the pandemic, we should be seeing if this intervention was working.”
- Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research Project at the Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

By: Tom Piatak

Tom Piatak — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:00:14 +0000

Mr. Robinson:

You might want to put down your Christopher Hitchens style talking points and acquaint yourself with the facts pertaining to AIDS in Africa: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MTNlNDc1MmMwNDM0OTEzMjQ4NDc0ZGUyOWYxNmEzN2E=

By: pb

pb — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:55:06 +0000

It’s interesting to note that part of the Pope’s solution to HIV includes “friendship for those who suffer”. Despite this sanctimonious platitude, the Pope keeps his own suffering to a minimum. Like Mother Theresa before him, Benedict avails himself of the best that scientific medical advances can offer.

What a cheap shot.

By: Jack Tracey

Jack Tracey — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:36:48 +0000

Thanks, Mr Robinson. I was beginning to miss my college history professors.

I find it interesting that behavior change along the lines of moral principles that have been continuously championed by discredited old religious institutions might possibly be substantiated by the work of earnest and progressive scientists. I look forward to reading more about Epstein’s work.

By: Peter Robinson

Peter Robinson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 06:02:39 +0000

Despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary, the Pope has announced to the largely illiterate sub-Saharan hotbed of HIV that “the distribution of condoms aggravate the problem.”

The cruel history of religious authority, leading from the rear, continues – no matter what the subject of contention – witches, slavery, evolution, cosmology, democracy, and now public health.

The scenario plays out the same way every time: human reason discovers a truth and must fight for it against religious dogma. The battle ends with the religious position in tatters; yet the religious generals declare victory – the new paradigm is God’s will!

By: charlie

charlie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:46:55 +0000

More good news for the Catholic Church supporters. According to Archbishop Rino Fisichella, the excommunication of doctors and the mother of the nine year-old who was raped (and impregnated) by her step-father was a mistake and rescinded. The excommunication had been decided on and publicised “too hastily”. So after they thought about it for a few minutes ( and were hammered by the press) they did the obvious good thing. Thumbs up.