Runtu wrote:Give me a break. So what if he's had issues with porn? I find this kind of misplaced schadenfreude distasteful. Good for him for being honest and up front.
Runtu
You are a decent man. I hope all is well with you my friend. I may be in your area in early January. If so I will let you know and maybe we can do lunch.
Jason,
I would be honored. You're one of the good ones. Drop me an email, and we'll get together if and when you're out here.
selek wrote:Do you think this is part of an "all or nothing" mindset?
The prospects are pretty much all or nothing. In practice, it doesn't work that way. If you are in the right circle of friends, have money, and so on, no doubt you can get away with virtually whatever you want. But for a teen, sure, as soon as Satan enters the stage of the mind and is entertained for 5 seconds, it's all over.
Lou Midgley 08/20/2020: "...meat wad," and "cockroach" are pithy descriptions of human beings used by gemli? They were not fashioned by Professor Peterson.
LM 11/23/2018: one can explain away the soul of human beings...as...a Meat Unit, to use Professor Peterson's clever derogatory description of gemli's ideology.
Mormonism creates the need to hate the self due to typical human behavior. It is in their interest that Mormon leaders ensure that there is always a method to depreciate the members sense of self. Through this one is able to more effectively manipulate the self-hating individual.
Masturbation and pornography are healthy.
And crawling on the planet's face Some insects called the human race Lost in time And lost in space...and meaning
Obiwan wrote:Speaking from experience.... it's a destroyer..... Sure, you think it hurts nothing for a while, but then you realize how it's changed you and that effects outward.
Unless I am mis-reading him, it seems he is admitting to personally have a "problem" with porn. Thus, we have yet more evidence that the LDS Church has created yet another pornography addict.
I wouldn't say this serves as such evidence, but it does show how unnecessarily destructive the Mormon mindset is to someone who enjoys porn.
God belief is for people who don't want to live life on the universe's terms.
Obiwan wrote:Speaking from experience.... it's a destroyer..... Sure, you think it hurts nothing for a while, but then you realize how it's changed you and that effects outward.
I think he is referring to the hairy palms it causes. As a teenager I was scared to death of getting hairy palms.
"We of this Church do not rely on any man-made statement concerning the nature of Deity. Our knowledge comes directly from the personal experience of Joseph Smith." - Gordon B. Hinckley
"It's wrong to criticize leaders of the Mormon Church even if the criticism is true." - Dallin H. Oaks
Obiwan wrote:Speaking from experience.... it's a destroyer..... Sure, you think it hurts nothing for a while, but then you realize how it's changed you and that effects outward.
I think he is referring to the hairy palms it causes. As a teenager I was scared to death of getting hairy palms.