tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post862533243468987162..comments2024-02-22T22:14:28.796-06:00Comments on The Wild Reed: The Pope’s Latest Condom RemarksMichael J. Baylyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-21326468959887235132010-11-22T22:44:09.628-06:002010-11-22T22:44:09.628-06:00I ACTUALLY had a glimmer of hope regarding Roman C...I ACTUALLY had a glimmer of hope regarding Roman Catholicism when I heard this news...UNTIL I read the rest of the story, that is. <br /><br />This line of thinking reminds me of when the IRS tried to collect taxes a number of years ago from illegal drug dealers. The punchline of course is that no drug dealer is going to report that income any...way. So why would the Church care (sin wise that is) if prostitutes use condoms or not? The Church considers them to be in mortal sin anyway. What he should be condoning is condom use between married or committed couples with HIV+ status. <br /><br />And his views on homosexuality are more outrageous than ever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-9007941835550860502010-11-22T15:50:29.758-06:002010-11-22T15:50:29.758-06:00Hi, Marky. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your...Hi, Marky. Thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.<br /><br />Just because I may find the pope's recent comments on condoms irrelevant, doesn't mean that they're not significant to others. <br /><br />It's a topical issue, and I feel I owe it to my readers to share a range of perspectives in response to it. That's the primary purpose of this post -- to share perspectives other than my own rather impatient (and thus perhaps overly dismissive) one.<br /><br />Peace,<br /><br />MichaelMichael J. Baylyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03087458490602152648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27612445.post-58580443982767168282010-11-22T09:14:05.814-06:002010-11-22T09:14:05.814-06:00If the Pope's opinion about condom user is irr...If the Pope's opinion about condom user is irrelevant then why opine in turn? Why pay any attention to it at all?<br /><br />Erik Jensen of the Sydney Morning Herald opened his article "Church tests the water on condoms" by saying "The Pope's example was exceptionally specific: a male prostitute may use a condom where he knows he is HIV-positive and that his way of life is wrong.<br /><br />The Pope is not saying condoms are a good thing. I hear him saying using them can mitigates the damage done by misbehavior, and is better seen as the beginning of "metanoia" or conversion. An apt comparison is the use of methadone in place of heroin.Markynoreply@blogger.com