tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post3949676944681264920..comments2024-02-28T04:48:59.561+08:00Comments on The Pinoy Catholic: Laity says no to condom drive of governmentPedro Lorenzo Ruizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06817125203522413704noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918598045168602139.post-72617204636379762882010-03-18T00:48:42.350+08:002010-03-18T00:48:42.350+08:00Condoms do prevent the spread of HIV 98% of the ti...Condoms do prevent the spread of HIV 98% of the time. But Pope Benedict is correct to say that it cannot halt the HIV pandemic. Scientific theory cannot be overturned by theology since theology cannot provide the experimental evidence. But as a scientist I accept that condoms are like drugs, it can arrest the initial symptoms, but if the disease is to be eliminated, one needs to change behavioral attitudes to sex. And condoms cannot at all change that only Christian catechesis could!Ben Vallejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02963290696331676531noreply@blogger.com