Re:Why the Catholic church can't ignore science
by froo on Friday February 06, 2009 @11:54AM
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How is the Church "ignoring science"?
Well how about the continual opposition of safe practises (condom use) even when they've been scientifically proven to help increase the quality of life for the general population (prevention of STD transmission).
I'm not against the church in general, I think people should be allowed to believe in whichever deity they want too, but not at the expense of people's health - which is essentially what they're doing.
Re:Why the Catholic church can't ignore science
by unalone on Friday February 06, 2009 @12:55PM
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The church is against premarital sex at all, which has a hundred percent success rate. Even though I disagree with the Catholic church about premarital sex being necessarily bad, if you do listen to them it works out pretty well.
Luckily, I know a lot of people raised Catholic who know how condoms work, and as far as I know the church would probably rather they use condoms if they must have sex.
She may analyze science and apply her moral reasoning and reach a conclusion that some scientists don't like -- but that's hardly ignoring science.