Papal Rubber

So, the Pope, the leader of the most aggressive religion on the planet, has finally conceded that the use of condoms is viable in certain circumstances. Namely for male prostitutes who want to avoid spreading diseases.

This doesn’t surprise me much as most priests are gay or even paedophiles, so as always the religious right are protecting themselves. No mention yet as how they would sanction the use of the condom in areas like Africa, where the AIDS virus is virulent amongst the believers, especially believers of the female gender. Obviously, women are not thought of as worthy in the Bible, always castigated and ignored, a commodity to be traded or abused as seen fit.

Ever since the beginnings of the church the hierarchy have had to step back from its doctrine when understanding has reached a certain level. Amongst others, Galileo was right, Newton was right, Darwin was right, Einstein was right. With each new discovery the church had to concede its ridiculous stance upon a subject, dragging them screaming into the century that preceded the one we are actually living in. One of these days the church might actually catch up, hopefully realising that praising an invisible deity which has not provided proof of its existence since its conception is a waste of time.

Imagine a world where the church evolved as society learns. Imagine the sexual revolution with a church that understood its connotations, imagine a world where faith and science are not at odds with each other. Sounds fantastical doesn’t it.

As a believer in personal spiritualism, I always feel slightly perturbed by people who congregate in churches, it almost feels to me like they are so unsure of their own faith that they need to bolster it with other lackluster believers. True believers don’t need a church, they have a moral grounding within themselves, a true belief in what is right and wrong. I don’t need to turn up to a building built upon the blood and tears of the poor to be preached at by a person that is most likely trying to fuck an 11 year old boy whilst simultaneously trying to drain the cash from my wallet for a roof that never needs fixing.

I suppose we should count ourselves lucky that the Pope has finally agreed that priests should be allowed to wear condoms to sodomise a child. We should always be thankful for small mercies.