I just want to state for the record that not all Catholics are like this.
I went to Catholic school for 14 years. We were taught proper condom use, how to put them on (in an all girl Catholic school!) and their effectivity. We were also given reasons why waiting for marriage for sex was a good choice, but it wasn't anything like "You will go to HEEEELLL!" In fact, many of their reasons are reasons I've seen expressed on Vagina Pagina and other woman communities. (No worries about risks of disease and pregnancy, no regrets about having done it with the wrong person, etc etc) And while I made a different choice in the matter, I still understand and respect their reasoning.
There are ignorant people in every religion, it's unfortunate that only the ignorant ones seem to get any press in Catholicism.
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I went to Catholic school for 14 years. We were taught proper condom use, how to put them on (in an all girl Catholic school!) and their effectivity. We were also given reasons why waiting for marriage for sex was a good choice, but it wasn't anything like "You will go to HEEEELLL!" In fact, many of their reasons are reasons I've seen expressed on Vagina Pagina and other woman communities. (No worries about risks of disease and pregnancy, no regrets about having done it with the wrong person, etc etc) And while I made a different choice in the matter, I still understand and respect their reasoning.
There are ignorant people in every religion, it's unfortunate that only the ignorant ones seem to get any press in Catholicism.