[CobaltBlue]

Using a condom during intercourse is more likely to prevent transmission of HIV than not using a condom during intercourse.

Is abstinence more effective? Yes.

Is everybody able to abstain? No.

It is better to examine one's own conscience, and accept the fact that one is going to sin, and prepare for it, than pretend that one won't, and not prepare.

God will forgive you for sinning, but HIV is forever.

[Unam Sanctam]

My conscience is perfectly clear. Those who counsel people to sin and sin "safely" (when it in fact is nothing of the kind) should examine their consciences. There are plenty of social forces in the world telling people how to sin. That is not the Church's job. It is to tell people not to sin. It is utterly hegemonic for sexual liberals to say that the Church must not only deny its very beliefs but must affirmatively tell people how to sin. How dare the Church not walk in lockstep with the politically correct "safe sex" ideology! How dare they point out that condoms are not failsafe (which the words "safe sex" on their very face denies, notwithstanding your sophistry)! How dare they hold such "Dark Age" beliefs that promiscuity is bad! I have never heard such a malicious, bad faith and ill-intentioned smear campaign as the current campaign against the Catholic Church on this issue.