30-40% of ALL LDS Mormon Missionaries Masturbate? (link)

[_LDS Missionary]

http://www.whymormons.net/2008/05/missi ... ation.html

Seems a bit low to me, but according to this Mission President, it's the 'church average.'

[_Mercury]

http://www.whymormons.net/2008/05/missionaries-masturbation.html

Seems a bit low to me, but according to this Mission President, it's the 'church average.'

And there I was thinking I was the only one bringing baptismal numbers down in the mission.

[_Brackite]

There is absolutely No where in the Book of Mormon or the New Testament where it condemns the Practice of masturbation.

Here is some very important and very useful information, From an LDS Physician:

Jesus Christ never said anything about masturbation. It was not an issue. It is significant that church leaders have not claimed or stated they received any “thus saith the Lord” revelations on masturbation from God. This is obvious since Joseph Smith and scriptures have said nothing about it. Church leaders only began talking about it in the very late 1800’s when they told youth the same false medical information that was popular at the time - that it caused insanity.

A few decades later, when that was obviously not the case anymore, and everyone knew that the masturbation insanity and disease story was false, church leaders adopted the new popular socially conservative American moral view (the “worldly” view). The church has a continual history of mimicking popular conservative public opinion when it comes to masturbation.

This behavior should make it pretty obvious that the Lord has not revealed the truth of the matter through the church leaders otherwise they would have not fallen for any of the false tales of “the world” and would have revealed the truth. Not only have LDS youth not received the truth about masturbation, they have suffered from extremely damaged self-worth. They are taught to fight against the Lord’s healthy developmental process that is only designed to drive them toward healthy marital bonding and family life.


( Link: http://www.i4m.com/think/sexuality/mast ... n_help.htm )

Again, There is absolutely No where in the Book of Mormon or the New Testament where it condemns the Practice of masturbation. Masturbation is NOT a sin among any of the Single Males.

[_dartagnan]

I suspect closer to 90% masturbated on their missions.

[_The Dude]

I suspect closer to 90% masturbated on their missions.

I suspect that homo sapien males are on their way to evolving self-lubricating palms because of the high frequency of masturbation. It makes perfect evolutionary sense, doesn't it, Dartagnan?

[_karl61]

If I was the mission president I would ask who was in their mind at the time they masturbated - especially if I had a hot wife.

[_dartagnan]

Rosey Palmer and her twin sister.

[_TAK]

and 60-70% lie about it..

[_asbestosman]

Apparently even the sisters on my mission confessed to it enough that the MP said they had a problem too.

[_moksha]

and 60-70% lie about it..

Not quite, there are the >1% who truly have little or no sexual response. Perhaps these strange ducks could be the future moral leaders for the rest.