Sugar, you are entitled to all of those opinions.

My only objection is to your earlier claim that the "death [of] tens of thousands of Africans who contracted HIV due to unprotected sex" is somehow the Church's fault. That is not only outrageous but quite stupid.

Christianity, and Judaism before it, have always condemned promiscuous sex and will continue to do so. Like many articles of Jewish law, the prosciption is hygienic in origin.

The social service agencies that distribute condoms in Africa and provide information on how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases make no moral judgements. This is a luxury that religion does not have.

A married couple living in a committed relationship with each other and with their Creator need have little worry about dying of AIDS.

The Catholic Church advises its members on which methods of family planning it considers morally acceptable. Beyond that, the choice rests with the couple's own conscience.

AIDS is spread by filthy behavior, not by the advocacy of basic standards of morality.