This motivational poster has to be one of my favorite creations. I hope the spirit accompanies you as you view it, too.
You really seem hung up about this. Why is that?
Won't do as a distractor.
We are talking about masturbation because it is a known obsession of LDS leadership, at the level of both public discourse and private encounters between bishops and young people. This is a bizarre thing for a religion to do. Discussion of this odd fact, and the reasons for it, on a board about LDS topics is quite legitimate.
KimberlyAnn wrote:Mormons believe that God used Joseph Smith as a Prophet, even though Smith had sex with other men's wives, broke his own wife's heart repeatedly, lied publicly about polygamy, wrongfully maligned Martha Brotherton, and was involved with a banking scandal--yet Mormons also believe God cannot spread the "gospel" using nineteen year old boys who masturbate because they're "unworthy."
Makes no sense to me.
Yet another difference between Internet Mormons and Chapel Mormons.
"Finally, for your rather strange idea that miracles are somehow linked to the amount of gay sexual gratification that is taking place would require that primitive Christianity was launched by gay sex, would it not?"
Dr. Shades wrote:Why not post your image directly? Here it is:
This poster says it all. It takes nineteen years of passive-aggresive hypnosis to get a young male mind to shoulder anxiety and shame for not pushing the mind of Joseph Smith on nonmembers.
That the LDS church is hung up on it makes it an easy target. Apostles Richard Scott, Boyd Packer, Mark Peterson, all have a history of helping people 'overcome' masturbation. It's always a strong theme in Mormondom for some reason.
I gotta tell you. In one of our areas we were having particularly dismal results. My comp and I weren't getting along at all. He was always moody eating too much chocolate and continually lying on our stats (he was my senior companion).
Then one morning he confesses to me that the reason why we had no success was because he was masturbating. At the time it made perfect (I mean perfect) sense. Yep, that's why.
Well, no. He was a self absorbed jerk. That's why. The real people just didn't sense much goodness in his daily walk.
As for this boy problem. I was an abstainer my entire mission (believe it or not). The price was just too high if I committed such a natural act. I mean, my comp literally thought he was going to go to hell and there was no forgiveness for years. Literally.
Besides, I saw very little success anyway. What else was it that kept me from baptising?
I got kissed by a beautiful female investigator - it was just a peck on the cheek that caught me off guard. I guess that's how they say thank you, right? It's funny and pathetic as I read my journal entry for that day. I was going to hell too.
I really struggled with fatigue my first month as a missionary, due to jet-lag and depression. I decided to sleep to 6:30, and just ate breakfast while I did personal scripture study. So I got everything done, and got a half an hour more sleep. This drove my senior comp crazy. One morning, while I was eating cereal at the same time as I was reading scriptures, "What would Jesus think if he walked in and saw you???" I figured he would think I was smart to get an extra half an hour of sleep that I so desperately needed. But her attitude was to be expected, given what we'd been taught about obedience and success.
We hate to seem like we don’t trust every nut with a story, but there’s evidence we can point to, and dance while shouting taunting phrases.
"ate breakfast while I did personal scripture study"
- Tell me, rabbi; may I smoke while I am studying the Talmud?
- No. No! NO !!!.
- Then tell me, rabbi; may I study the Talmud while I am smoking?
- You may always study the Talmud ...
- Whenever a poet or preacher, chief or wizard spouts gibberish, the human race spends centuries deciphering the message. - Umberto Eco - To assert that the earth revolves around the sun is as erroneous as to claim that Jesus was not born of a virgin. - Cardinal Bellarmine at the trial of Galilei
