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In reply to the discussion: Why do Catholics [View all]PeaceNikki
(27,985 posts)24. The Catholic Church is killing people. Millions.
There are lots of exciting possibilities on the horizon for combatting HIV and AIDS. HIV vaccines are around the corner. Unfortunately, the vaccine may not help the millions of Africans condemned to this illness by the Catholic Churchs stance against condoms. This summer Roman Catholic bishops in Kenya went even further, organizing a boycott of polio vaccines. Last year, the church urged Catholic Kenyans to boycott the tetanus vaccine, claiming that it was a covert means of controlling the countrys population.
The Catholic Church is killing people. Not by pulling a trigger or wielding a weapon, but by imposing Dark Age ideas on a vulnerable population.
This needs to be stated clearly: The Catholic Church is morally responsible for the deaths of millions of Africans. Those that have not died as a result of imposing this theology, the Church would now like to saddle with polio and tetanus.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/were-all-africans-stand-against-hivaids-polio-and-the-catholic-church/
The Catholic Church is killing people. Not by pulling a trigger or wielding a weapon, but by imposing Dark Age ideas on a vulnerable population.
This needs to be stated clearly: The Catholic Church is morally responsible for the deaths of millions of Africans. Those that have not died as a result of imposing this theology, the Church would now like to saddle with polio and tetanus.
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/freethoughtnow/were-all-africans-stand-against-hivaids-polio-and-the-catholic-church/
It's a shocking thing to say because it's fucking abhorrent that it's happening in this day and age. Outlandish? Nope, it's the truth.
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He most certainly can tell the bishops to stop organizing boycotts of vaccinations.
PeaceNikki
Sep 2015
#43
Thankfully, there is a small contingent of humanity that are somewhere in between
LanternWaste
Sep 2015
#74
while i cant blame the church or the pope for people having unprotected sex i agree the rest
saturnsring
Sep 2015
#67
yup that's all he does, trashes women and gays while protecting pedo's that and nothing else
saturnsring
Sep 2015
#58
Wasn't there a little something called the Reformation over this very issue?
Arugula Latte
Sep 2015
#20
Yes ... religion is a cesspool mixture of corruption, politics, greed, oppression and mythology.
Arugula Latte
Sep 2015
#36