Is Dr Ruth correct in saying the only way to prevent AIDS is by having a committed relationship?

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There's a very good reason that I only speak of safer sex and not safe sex, and that's that there is no 100 percent sure way of preventing the transmission of HIV if you are having sex with an infected partner. Latex condoms, not the sheepskin variety, do prevent the virus from entering the vagina, but condoms do break once in a while; some people are careless in removing the condom and leakage could seep into the vagina; and the virus can also be communicated through oral sex. If you really want to be protected against AIDS, in addition to using condoms, both partners should be tested for the virus first, and after you've been given the all clear, you have to be able to trust one another not to cheat and have sex outside of the relationship.

If everyone followed the Biblical teaching of one man and one woman for life would there be an AIDS problem?

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Yes, God's Word is meant to protect us

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To your original question, no. You can protect yourself from AIDS by having your partner and yourself tested before engaging in sexual activity and then using protection every time. A committed relationship is not necessary, just easier.

To your additional question, probably. HIV could still be transmitted between one man and one woman, passed to their children and continuously passed through lifelong monogamous relationships, theoretically.

But even the bible allowed divorce so we have clearly always realized the unrealistic expecation of "one man, one woman, forever"

It is one way. And it will also bring about world peace if we all love each other... And it will also end all crime if people were all good... Yessss Dream on.

Here is another impossible dream - total abstinence from sex even in marriage, it will solve the over population in one generation.

If people only stayed with one partner for their whole life, no cheating, no previous partners, then maybe we would see a decrease in STD's. That's assuming that each person was a virgin before the relationship and that there were no extra marital affairs.

Yes, if abstinence worked for everyone. That's obviously not the case.

And AIDS is not only sexually transmitted. Plenty of other infection methods.

Abstinence doesn't work. Plain and simple.

Telling people in Africa not to have sex, when they already live in poverty and have little other entertainment in their lives is ridiculous.

It is not a good idea to preach abstinence to children using the fear of aids. Your story is not much better. I know several people who died of aids who did not get it from sex. Surely you also realize that it is possible.

From the incidence figures, the way to prevent AIDS is to be a lesbian, apparently.

Last time i checked married people were still having affairs.

EDIT: If everyone followed all the biblical teachings we'd think sharia law was a dos.

"If everyone followed the Biblical teaching of one man and one woman for life"
Have you ever even read the Bible?
Or did you just get the nice parts shoved down your throat at Sunday School?

yes the only sure way of never being at risk is to have no sex or just with one partner you know was a virgin when you married.

Is the reason you're so concerned with the sex lives of others because you don't have your own?

"If everyone followed the Biblical teaching of one man and one woman for life would there be an AIDS problem?"

Yeah... cuz that'd really make people happy. F*** the bible, and f*** cats.

What if you have 3-4 women living with you and you're all committed? Oh I guess then you're a mormon.

"and the virus can also be communicated through oral sex"

As of about 10 yrs ago, only ONE case of oral transmission had ever been reported, and that was suspect. It was a dental patient who allegedly received the virus from her dentist through routine dental procedure. Any other verified cases?

"If everyone followed the Biblical teaching of one man and one woman for life would there be an AIDS problem"

Staying within the confines of your argument (no infection at marriage and fidelity thereafter), I believe AIDS could be drastically reduced, and would certainly protect the couple from any and all STDs.

That would be as true for "one man and one woman" as well as for 2 men or 2 women.

By following truthful Bible and Godly standards we can avoid the many pitfalls in life that destroy us, or cause us venerial diseases and other more deadly ones such as aids, etc.

There would be nothing better than to have a very good, tall, dark handsome man to be married to but he'd have to be God-fearing and dedicated to caring for my heart, body, home .... to properly take care of me and me to him. He must love God though because these worldly slobs in their world today that think their crap don't stink and into "parties man", can seriously jump off a cliff for all I care.

It is though that most men tend to get on my nerves and I am abstinate anyway. I like my life free from problem men and sex. It's all so dirty anymore.

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In a way yes, the more partners one person has the more likely that person will get aids.

However limiting yourself to a single relationship can be a little restrictive, especially in ones teenage years. If people practice safe-sex and do regular check-ups for STDs then the problem would be very small.

PS: AIDS is an STD, but it is transmitted by various other means.

So no, if everyone followed the bible perfectly it wouldn't halt AIDS/HIV. It would lower the rate however. But the same could be said about some other holy books.