The traditional teaching of the church has proven to be the only failsafe way to prevent the spread of HIV/Aids.and that
It is of great concern that the fabric of African life, its very source of hope and stability, is threatened by divorce, abortion, prostitution, human trafficking and a contraception mentality.Here lies the most obvious difference between science and religion: the intoleration and unwillingness to change that traditionalists teach. In keeping populations healthy and in check, science has proven itself more than able with its extensive health care and birth control. Contraception too has proven itself in preventing unwanted children and stopping much STD transmission.
This is essentially a power struggle between church and science. Clearly, science triumphs in trully saving souls and lives. Religion, in this case represented by the Pope, is reluctant to let go of the masses that it has held in unquestioning loyalty for so long. Now, with the advent of more open usage of science against traditional dogma, religion is striking back, tieing science to social ills such as divorce, abortion, and prostitution which itself can not solve. It is pointing the finger at science instead of confronting its own deficiencies in solving these problems.
What's at stake here is not the lives of those currently of age. The children and those too young to understand the battle between modernism and traditionalism are going to be affected the most. As they are brainwashed by church and anti-science propoganda, they develop a mindset against using science to prevent disease and unwanted pregnancies. Instead of moving into the future, they return to the past. The past decades of HIV and other STD prevention and treatment will have gone to waste as the people forsake science for doctrine.
Instead of acting on behalf of the people, the Pope is acting for himself and his church only.
