Ben, you can use a condom now!

[Al B. Sure!]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101123/ap_on_he_me/eu_pope_condoms

VATICAN CITY – Using a condom is a lesser evil than transmitting HIV to a sexual partner — even if that means a woman averts a possible pregnancy, the Vatican said Tuesday, signaling a seismic shift in papal teaching as it explained Pope Benedict XVI's comments.

Well, if you have HIV, you can use a condom

[BeBMan]

I think he also said the pope is not infallible or something. Can you believe that?!?

[giblets]

Technically, I'm pretty sure the Catholic Church still thinks people with HIV should abstain from sex.

[Cort Haus]

Ben has left the building.

[Elok]

Thankfully. But he might return.

[Asher]

Not if God is merciful.

[EPW]

I'm glad that the church has finally endorsed male prostitution.

Seriously though, I'd be pissed if I were a Catholic. 40+ years of teaching that contraception is a mortal sin, and now its okay in certain cases? Do the people who went to hell for using them in the past get out now? Well, hopefully they'll stop claiming to be moral absolutes in the future.

[Elok]

Not if God is merciful.

Oh, so now you appeal to God? Sort of a foxhole atheist thing?

[giblets]

Ben is evidence of God's nonexistence.

[Elok]

Surely you don't think such a non-functional organism evolved?

[giblets]

It may be the result of inbreeding.

[Kidlicious]

Not if God is merciful.

God want's you to learn to be patient with people

[EPW]

Like how god was patient with the people of sodom and gomorrah?

[Kidlicious]

Like how god was patient with the people of sodom and gomorrah?

I didn't say anything about God's patience. I said he teaches you to be patient.

[giblets]

God is a sadist.