MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

The catch-all forum for general topics and debates. Minimal moderation. Rated PG to PG-13.
Post Reply
_Ludd
_Emeritus
Posts: 499
Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 12:31 am

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _Ludd »

sansfoy wrote:Conservative Mormons and their masturbation fixation. It's like they're stuck in 1893.

I have a book that I think was my great-grandfather's. It's called "Sex - Avoided Subjects Discussed in Plain English" by Henry Stanton, copyright 1922. In the chapter entitled "Sex in the Adolescent Male" there is a short section called "Masturbation" that reads:

Masturbation, the habit of self-abuse, often formed before puberty, is an artificial development of sexual precocity. Most boys, from the age of nine to fourteen, interest themselves in sex questions and matters, but these are usually presented to them in a lewd and improper manner, by improperly informed companions. Dwelling upon these thoughts the boy is led to play with his sex organs in secret and masturbation results. A secret vice of the most dangerous kind, masturbation or self-pollution is often taught by older boys and takes place, to quote an authority "in many of our colleges, boarding, public, and private schools," and is also indulged in by companions beneath the same roof. If it becomes habitual, generally impaired health, and often epilepsy, and total moral and physical degradation results. Stains on the nightshirt or sheet occurring before puberty are absolute evidence of the vice in boys.


So there you have it!
_Rambo
_Emeritus
Posts: 1933
Joined: Thu Feb 18, 2010 6:43 am

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _Rambo »

Damn that video gave me the creeps. Brings back awful memories of all those talks that I have heard on porn and masturbation. Some of the talks I heard were just as bad as that one.

I love how he said 30-40% have a problem with masturbation. That means he has about 60-70% lying to him. I feel sorry for missionaries currently serving with all that guilt in their hearts. I know how they feel.
_DarkHelmet
_Emeritus
Posts: 5422
Joined: Tue Mar 03, 2009 11:38 pm

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _DarkHelmet »

just me wrote:WTSF?!

The issue is resolved by teaching missionaries to clean their damn house.


Or have the sister missionaries do it for them.
"We have taken up arms in defense of our liberty, our property, our wives, and our children; we are determined to preserve them, or die."
- Captain Moroni - 'Address to the Inhabitants of Canada' 1775
_zeezrom
_Emeritus
Posts: 11938
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:57 pm

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _zeezrom »

DarkHelmet wrote:
just me wrote:WTSF?!

The issue is resolved by teaching missionaries to clean their damn house.


Or have the sister missionaries do it for them.

I suppose one of the elders could do it as well. Boys can "clean house" too, ya know.
Oh for shame, how the mortals put the blame on us gods, for they say evils come from us, but it is they, rather, who by their own recklessness win sorrow beyond what is given... Zeus (1178 BC)

The Holy Sacrament.
_why me
_Emeritus
Posts: 9589
Joined: Fri Feb 02, 2007 8:19 pm

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _why me »

Bob Loblaw wrote:
What kinds of bathrooms must this creep be hanging around in?


If I were 20 and I had a roommate who was spanking the monkey in the bathroom while I was in the kitchen, I would not like to be there. The missionaries are with each other 24/7. Not good to be a masturbating bear when your partner is in the living room. Just my opinion. And then to have to go to the toilet knowing just what happened...is not a good feeling.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FU2l-XU5cg
I intend to lay a foundation that will revolutionize the whole world.
Joseph Smith


We are “to feed the hungry, to clothe the naked, to provide for the widow, to dry up the tear of the orphan, to comfort the afflicted, whether in this church, or in any other, or in no church at all…”
Joseph Smith
_3sheets2thewind
_Emeritus
Posts: 1451
Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2010 11:28 pm

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _3sheets2thewind »

Why me, reading your.posts in this thread makes wonder if all your masturbation knowledge comes from"something about Mary".

A roomate who leaves their masturbation byproduct on full display has much much much more serious issues that the other roommate should be worried about than the roommates masturbation.
_Lucretia MacEvil
_Emeritus
Posts: 1558
Joined: Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:01 am

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _Lucretia MacEvil »

why me wrote: :biggrin: I thought most people knew this.

Imagine being a companion to a missionary who acts like the masturbating bear. Not good. One reason why it should not be done on a mission.


Oh, stop it. The guy's problem is that he doesn't know how to clean up after himself. If he spilled milk on the floor, you'd tell him to stop drinking milk, I suppose.
The person who is certain and who claims divine warrant for his certainty belongs now to the infancy of our species. Christopher Hitchens

Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions. Frater
_Lucretia MacEvil
_Emeritus
Posts: 1558
Joined: Mon Dec 18, 2006 7:01 am

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _Lucretia MacEvil »

DarkHelmet wrote:
just me wrote:WTSF?!

The issue is resolved by teaching missionaries to clean their damn house.


Or have the sister missionaries do it for them.


OMG. I just tonight heard a story about a sister missionary moving into an apartment that had housed elders for 15 years. She and her companion had to take two days off clean it up. Now I can only hope they had biohazard suits for the job.
The person who is certain and who claims divine warrant for his certainty belongs now to the infancy of our species. Christopher Hitchens

Faith does not give you the answers, it just stops you asking the questions. Frater
_krose
_Emeritus
Posts: 2555
Joined: Tue Dec 04, 2007 1:18 pm

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _krose »

Ludd wrote:... masturbation or self-pollution...

O. M. G.

If it becomes habitual, generally impaired health, and often epilepsy...

Seriously? Epilepsy from chicken choking? Awesome. Reminds me of Reefer Madness.

I suppose it's a step up from the notion that epilepsy is caused by demon possession, but jeez.

Just think, if Prophet Smith were familiar with this theory in the 1800s, he might have put it in the Word of Wisdom as a health guideline, just as he adopted the old notion that heated drinks harm the body.
Last edited by Guest on Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
"The DNA of fictional populations appears to be the most susceptible to extinction." - Simon Southerton
_sansfoy
_Emeritus
Posts: 161
Joined: Wed Jun 27, 2012 2:33 am

Re: MormonThink, Pres. Allan Pratt & Masturbation

Post by _sansfoy »

why me wrote:If I were 20 and I had a roommate who was spanking the monkey in the bathroom while I was in the kitchen, I would not like to be there. The missionaries are with each other 24/7. Not good to be a masturbating bear when your partner is in the living room. Just my opinion. And then to have to go to the toilet knowing just what happened...is not a good feeling.


If this were anywhere else, I'd wonder if you were being ironic and this was some sort of meta commentary on the unhealthy psychosexual obsessions found within Mormonism, and then I would worry that I was too dense to get it. But no, I think you're serious.
Hey listen don't you let 'em get your mind...
Post Reply