It baffles me to observe how our
society has been bastardized by the promotion of satanic and morally debased
philosophies, even when the consequences of such practices are very glaring. I
have observed in recent times especially with the advent of the dread HIV/AIDS,
the wide publicity given to the latex condom. In fact, a lot of human and
material resources are been put in place to champion the spread of this
‘condomic gospel’...
There is an increase effort in
creating this condom awareness in the electronic media through sponsored
programs and even advertorials in print media encouraging the public on the use
of “rain coat”. On one occasion, I was morally touched to see some medical
students sharing condoms publicly to the other students and even passersby.
They carried out this assignment with
much vigor and enthusiasm that seemed to project condom as ‘messiah and saviour’.
But, my question is; this contraceptive condom, how safe and how moral permissible
is it?
In my quest to provide an answer
to this moral issue, I ran into an article written by Kalu Innocent a reverend
gentleman. He submitted that condom maybe fairly successful in preventing pregnancies
and some sexually transmitted diseases.
However, scientific researchers
have discovered that condom is not after all the impeccable protector it claims
to be. According to him, a recent publication that was sponsored by the American
government agencies shows that condom was discovered to be of no use against
many STD’s. This is because according to the publication is human sperm is
about 50 microns in size, while the pores that occur in latex condom are about
5 microns in diameter. Then the HIV virus is said to be about 0.1 micron in
size. Paradoxically, these claims were made by the same agencies that sponsor
condom promotion in Africa. What a contraction.
Unfortunately, the safety of the
contraceptive condom is not fully guaranteed. The latex condom apart from its
porosity has the risk of leakage, break or slip off during intercourse. The myth
of a ‘safe sex’ with condom is hereby nullified. The failure rate of the latex
condom is made conspicuous in the increasing cases of HIV/AIDS in the world.
On the question of moral permissibility
of the latex condom, Kalu Innocent linked the use of condom to the ‘Onanism’ of
Gen. 38:9 where God was provoked with Onan and killed him instantly for
attempting to strip the sexual act of its dignity and sanctity act of its
contradiction that some so-called ‘Christian churches’ are encouraging the use
of condom projects a false sense of security and cheapens the dignity of an
individual by making him an object of pleasure rather than a person, then, the
promotion and spread of the ‘condomic message’ also tantamount to abuse of
human dignity.
No doubt, the condom business is
flourishing in Nigeria. But, don’t you think it is a contradiction that while
these manufacturing countries tell their people some little truths about this
latex condom, our people are kept in the dark by some of these shameless
importers.
Finally, it is high time our government
lived up to their responsibilities by stopping all the prevarications and
letting the citizens know the truth. The simple truth is that condoms do not
guarantee a one hundred percent protection. Self control, marital fidelity and
sexual responsibility remain the best way to steer clear of undesirable
situations.
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