----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronn!Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 7:31 PM Subject: Re: Objective Evil
> At 07:27 PM 8/8/04, Dan Minette wrote: > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Damon Agretto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2004 6:35 PM > >Subject: Re: Objective Evil > > > > > > > > > > > Thus, the church opposes the use of condoms in > > > > Africa to decrease the > > > > spread of AIDs because birth control is an objective > > > > evil. Even thought > > > > the outcome is the saving of numerous lives, which > > > > is a good. > > > > > > Yeah, but if the Church encourages the use of condoms > > > to check the spread of AIDS, it would also be > > > encouraging the practice of pre- or extra-marital sex > > > as well, which from a Catholic standpoint is bad... > > > >That might be a minor result; and I agree that is bad. But, the fact is > >that a very high percentage of the men have extra-marital sex, and then > >infect their wives. If the use of condoms is socially sectioned, > > > > "sanctioned"? yup, quick typing. > > then these > >wives have a much better chance to save their own lives. > > > > Of course, the same result could also be achieved if the men learned to > keep it in their pants. But, the wives can't control that. They can insist on condoms when the husbands have sex with them. Its traditional for men, who have to work far from home for months, to see prostitutes where they work. While I don't agree with this, morally, it is a reality that the wives cannot change. They might be able to change how they have sex with their husbands, but that's about it. So, given that we will not stop the long standing sexual practices of the men (its moral to try, but its stupid to rely on sucess), do we say that the natural result is the death for both the man and his wife, and that its wrong to stop it, or that life is so important that saving the wife is more important than the possiblity of encouraging more affairs? Dan M. _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
