Apart from the physical horror of AIDS, the stunning complexity of the HIV/AIDS problem is enough to freeze my blood. Any solution will have to span almost all aspects of life; economic, social aspects (especially in the areas of stigma and respect for women and children), medical (hygiene, prevention, and treatment), morality, and spirituality.
I suppose it is unpopular to drag morality into the mix. It's kind of an all-or-nothing proposition, though. Either you address the moral issues related to AIDS, promiscuity, child molestation, and rape as part of a solution, or you don't. If you don't you end up trying to treat symptoms instead of causes. Maybe those "moral" issues are important to solve in and of themselves. They are each dehumanizing in their own way. AIDS provides additional motivation to address them, especially because it spreads the effects of certain behaviors to innocent bystanders, especially children, who have made no "moral" decisions at all.
Today I wore a T-shirt with a red ribbon on the front and a stylized cross from my church on the back. I never know how to feel about that, like maybe the front of my shirt and the back of my shirt are in opposition to each other. I know it looks like that to some people. I suppose I hope that someday I will know instinctively that being a Christian and working to fight AIDS are not only compatible, but inseperable. I am sorry for every excuse I have made about this.
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God bless you brother for your comments. I believe the answer to AIDS can only be found in the Cross of Jesus Christ from whom all healing occurs. The "cure" of AIDS is not found in medicine but in a person, Jesus Christ. I am living with HIV and have actually been to South Africa (Durbin and Pretoria) to share my testimony. It was with Operation Mobilization in 2004. I have a website which has videos of my testimony. Thank you for standing on the truth that AIDS should not be separated from the Church. Have a great day in the Lord, bro!
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