The Pope is delusional

Pope Benedict exhibits scientific knowledge and observational skill:

Benedict also said the Roman Catholic Church was at the forefront of the battle against AIDS.
?You can?t resolve it with the distribution of condoms,? the pope told reporters aboard the plane heading to Yaound?. ?On the contrary, it increases the problem.?

Okay. First, the Church is only in the forefront of the battle if you define the battle as something which can be won with mind over matter. Faith beats science every time, right?
Second, nobody has claimed AIDS will be defeated solely by condom usage. Nearly everybody does agree that condoms help prevent transmission of HIV, not add to the problem.
What the Pope is really arguing is that sex outside marriage is a bad thing, but he’s trying to hide that argument (since he surely knows his edict alone won’t stop that) by fuzzing it up with scare tactics about condoms.
The worst part about that is that he may in fact persuade some of his more ingenuous followers not to use them, which will add to the numbers of people suffering from AIDS.
Join the 21st century, Pope.

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  1. Would you ask someone who never played tennis to be your tennis coach? When the Pope has a normal sex life, I might listen to his views on sex. Until then I quote: “he who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool, shun him.”

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