Bishop/Stake President "meetings"

[_Ceeboo]

Hey Morley,

I did what I've always tended to do, and went home and researched the practice.

I bet that was a fun day! :)

Peace,
Ceeboo

[_ludwigm]

Bishop: Do you have a problem with masturbation?

Me: I don't know what that means.

Bishop (going red in the face): Oh, uh, it means that you touch your body to stimulate your passions.

Me (genuinely puzzled): What?

Bishop (looking at the floor now): Uh, I mean, you stroke your penis with your hand to get, um, feelings of pleasure.

Me (horrified): No! I've never even thought of doing that, up to now. From this minute on, I will try the method You suggests me. And other fell on good ground, and sprang up, and bare fruit an hundredfold, as Luke 8:8 says.

Bishop (looking less embarrassed): Oh, good, I'm glad to hear it. I think you're worthy to be ordained.

My brain has got going...

[_bcspace]

Bishop: Do you have a problem with masturbation?

Interesting how you worded your recollection of the question. As for myself, I've never been asked nor have I asked about masturbation since I began doing interviews in the late 1970's.

[_ludwigm]

Bishop: Do you have a problem with masturbation?

Interesting how you worded your recollection of the question. As for myself, I've never been asked nor have I asked about masturbation since I began doing interviews in the late 1970's.

You are unique, as we all know.

[_jon]

Bishop: Do you have a problem with masturbation?

Interesting how you worded your recollection of the question. As for myself, I've never been asked nor have I asked about masturbation since I began doing interviews in the late 1970's.

How did you handle the interviews with Black people where you had to tell them they couldn't go to the temple because they were black? Or perhaps that never happened to you either...

[_malkie]

"Do you have a problem with masturbation?"

Isn't the correct answer: "No, I'm usually successful, but thanks for asking. Are you having a problem that way, Bishop?"

[_why me]

I was asked about it when I was 12

When, as a deacon, the bishop hit me with his battery of questions about masturbation, I did what I've always tended to do, and went home and researched the practice. The result was probably not what the bishop would have wanted.

At the age of 12 you went home and researched the practice? Did you google it? Did you know about masturbation?

[_why me]

Hey People,

Okay, so over several months, I have been learning/reading a decent amount of stuff concerning things/topics that are discussed with LDS Bishops/LDS Stake Presidents. (Infidelity, masturbation, sexual practices/orientation)

For those of you that have had these meetings (with either the Bishop or Stake President), and would be willing to share with people like me who obviously have never had these experiences, how do they go down?

If you are willing, paint me/us a picture.

Thanks and peace,
Ceeboo

Why this fascination with masturbation? This board seems to have a fetish with masturbating. I feel like I am with a group of teens who are overly wondering about it.

However, I have never been asked about sex or masturbation by any bishop or branch president. No one seems concerned with my sexual habits or anything else. But I do believe the catholic church is also concerned about masturbation and would like young people to confess such sins to the priest. Am I correct? Can you share with the audience just what happens in the confessional with priests and teens when masturbation is confessed? What is the usually reaction of the priest to such sins and what advice is given?

[_jon]

Hey People,

Okay, so over several months, I have been learning/reading a decent amount of stuff concerning things/topics that are discussed with LDS Bishops/LDS Stake Presidents. (Infidelity, masturbation, sexual practices/orientation)

For those of you that have had these meetings (with either the Bishop or Stake President), and would be willing to share with people like me who obviously have never had these experiences, how do they go down?

If you are willing, paint me/us a picture.

Thanks and peace,
Ceeboo

Why this fascination with masturbation? This board seems to have a fetish with masturbating. I feel like I am with a group of teens who are overly wondering about it.

However, I have never been asked about sex or masturbation by any bishop or branch president. No one seems concerned with my sexual habits or anything else. But I do believe the catholic church is also concerned about masturbation and would like young people to confess such sins to the priest. Am I correct? Can you share with the audience just what happens in the confessional with priests and teens when masturbation is confessed? What is the usually reaction of the priest to such sins and what advice is given?

I think I missed a memo, when did the board become 'Catholic Discussions'?

[_why me]

I think I missed a memo, when did the board become 'Catholic Discussions'?

I would like to get ceeboo's take on it. Just curious. I remember as a young catholic boy, masturbation was on the high list of not what to do. Many boys were in the confessional confessing that sin. The exmos here act like it is an invasion of privacy. But I think that no church to my knowledge was encouraging masturbation and they were condemning it as a sin.