tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post82011625692734591..comments2023-12-16T16:17:43.886+00:00Comments on Fr Ray Blake's Blog: Infected Condoms!Fr Ray Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05584140126211527252noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-17466442740253782922007-09-29T20:47:00.000+01:002007-09-29T20:47:00.000+01:00On the safety of condoms - who, using a condom, wo...On the safety of condoms - who, using a condom, would have sex with someone they knew to be definitely infected?<BR/><BR/>I suspect the answer is "very few", which would indicate people's confidence in them as a protective measure.Physiocrathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13682019625346594568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-64002232133483434652007-09-28T23:51:00.000+01:002007-09-28T23:51:00.000+01:00This comment was on Holy Smoke:However (despite id...This comment was on Holy Smoke:<BR/><BR/>However (despite idiots like the Archbishop) the Church's teaching on condoms is not a significant factor in the spread of HIV in Africa.<BR/><BR/>The Catholic countries in west central Africa have very low HIV rates (only north African Muslim countries have lower), while the countries in southern Africa with the horrific rates are all (with the exception of Lesotho) <BR/>Protestant countries. Some stats if you doubt this ...<BR/><BR/>There are actually only five "Catholic countries" in Africa (i.e. countries in which 50% or more are Catholic). Here are the HIV levels for these 5 countries ...<BR/><BR/>Equatorial Guinea - 94 % Catholic - 3 % adults with HIV<BR/>Burundi - 65 % Catholic - 3 % adults with HIV<BR/>Lesotho - 54 % Catholic - 23 % adults with HIV<BR/>Congo - 50 % Catholic - 5 % adults with HIV<BR/>Angola - 50 % Catholic - 4 % adults with HIV<BR/><BR/>And here are the countries with the highest HIV levels ...<BR/><BR/>Swaziland - 33 % adults with HIV - 6 % Catholic<BR/>Botswana - 24 % adults with HIV - 5 % Catholic<BR/>Lesotho - 23 % adults with HIV - 54 % Catholic<BR/>Zimbabwe - 20 % adults with HIV - 9 % Catholic<BR/>Namibia - 20 % adults with HIV - 17% Catholic<BR/>South Africa - 19 % adults with HIV - 6% Catholic<BR/><BR/>The fact that Lesotho (the only Catholic country in southern Africa) has a high HIV level like its Protestant neighbours shows that it is geography - and not religious affiliation or Church teaching - that is the determining factor.<BR/><BR/>Source of HIV data:<BR/>http://www.avert.org/subaadults.htm<BR/><BR/>Source of % Catholics:<BR/>http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/country/sc3.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-78635516157871829892007-09-28T18:14:00.000+01:002007-09-28T18:14:00.000+01:00Just more Secularist Propoganda,the greedmongers w...Just more Secularist Propoganda,the greedmongers will stop at nothing.If they can make religious belief look ridiculous they will win,we have to be on our guard at all times.nickbrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09803733028691380861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-74958640993236746912007-09-28T16:56:00.000+01:002007-09-28T16:56:00.000+01:00If he makes these claims he should be asked to pre...If he makes these claims he should be asked to present the evidence for them, otherwise apologise and mend his ways. There have been cases of public exposure to toxic material for experimental purposes. There is a strong lobby for population control dressed up as human rights. The quality of condoms distributed to third world countries have been questioned. While I think this statement is outrageous, the best thing to do is get him to present his evidence.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31069882.post-43083739455663015152007-09-28T15:28:00.000+01:002007-09-28T15:28:00.000+01:00Back in the 80s a lot of people who should know be...Back in the 80s a lot of people who should know better were suckered by a concerted Soviet Communist propaganda campaign that said AIDS was a virus invented by US warfare. This lie is still being spread in different permutations.gemoftheoceanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05521207668262592414noreply@blogger.com