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Did the bishop ever ask if you masturbated?

 
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stemelbow wrote:I am abit curious now. Let's say 95% of men didn't masturbate and some 98% of women never did. What would that do with these studies that indicate how healthy it is? hmmm...makes me curious.


? Could you clarify? Are you suggesting the studies are rigged by those who favor the activity?
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Tator wrote:Mattie, what I find curious is that the church is obsessed with no sex, masturbation, chastity, etc. to the nth degree. But magically, if you get married, you are encouraged and urged to screw like rabbits and populate the earth. Even with multiple wives in the past, or today having "prophets" preaching not to delay marriage or delay having kids. The church is obsessed with sex both ways, 180 degrees, bipolar.

Your statement is, to me, a very negative distortion of what the church really does.
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liz3564 wrote: I know that several guys in my ward were asked about it, and had to stop for 3 months before being able to turn in their mission papers.

This doesn't seem like too much to ask of a young man that wants to serve a mission. I'm surprised to see how many people here believe that asking young men to do this is completely unreasonable. Even oppressive. I don't understand that.
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Mattie wrote:
liz3564 wrote: I know that several guys in my ward were asked about it, and had to stop for 3 months before being able to turn in their mission papers.

This doesn't seem like too much to ask of a young man that wants to serve a mission. I'm surprised to see how many people here believe that asking young men to do this is completely unreasonable. Even oppressive. I don't understand that.


They are also supposed to discontinue the practice for the entire 2 year mission. So, that makes it well over 2 years sans masturbation.

It's like asking everyone to become vegan.
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Mattie wrote:
liz3564 wrote: I know that several guys in my ward were asked about it, and had to stop for 3 months before being able to turn in their mission papers.

This doesn't seem like too much to ask of a young man that wants to serve a mission. I'm surprised to see how many people here believe that asking young men to do this is completely unreasonable. Even oppressive. I don't understand that.


Hi Mattie,

I'm guessing that you have never been a young man. Three months without some sort of sex is a very long time for a young man. That's just nature. Young men need to have sex, I don't know if that is the same for young women.
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Mattie wrote:This doesn't seem like too much to ask of a young man that wants to serve a mission. I'm surprised to see how many people here believe that asking young men to do this is completely unreasonable. Even oppressive. I don't understand that.


It's not just for 3 months that you have to stop masturbating it's for your whole life. Do you consider masturbating a sin?

For most guys it is easy enough to stop for 3 months but for their whole lives is another story. Unless there getting constant sex than it's easy enough not to masturbate.

The longest I could go was 6 months and then I would do it again. This was something that was impossible for me to stop. Now I realize it is actually natural and healthy for you. Just like taking a piss is natural and healthy. No wonder I had such a hard time stopping something so natural.
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Mattie wrote:
liz3564 wrote: I know that several guys in my ward were asked about it, and had to stop for 3 months before being able to turn in their mission papers.

This doesn't seem like too much to ask of a young man that wants to serve a mission. I'm surprised to see how many people here believe that asking young men to do this is completely unreasonable. Even oppressive. I don't understand that.


Maybe you could tell us why it's reasonable for octogenarians in Salt Lake City to micromanage the private moments of 19-year-old men around the world.
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I didn't masturbate until I was 24. But when I started, I realized quickly what I had been missing!
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Tator wrote:Mattie, what I find curious is that the church is obsessed with no sex, masturbation, chastity, etc. to the nth degree. But magically, if you get married, you are encouraged and urged to screw like rabbits and populate the earth. Even with multiple wives in the past, or today having "prophets" preaching not to delay marriage or delay having kids. The church is obsessed with sex both ways, 180 degrees, bipolar.

And it all traces right back to JSJr, the original Mormon horn dog.
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Mattie wrote:
Tator wrote:Mattie, what I find curious is that the church is obsessed with no sex, masturbation, chastity, etc. to the nth degree. But magically, if you get married, you are encouraged and urged to screw like rabbits and populate the earth. Even with multiple wives in the past, or today having "prophets" preaching not to delay marriage or delay having kids. The church is obsessed with sex both ways, 180 degrees, bipolar.

Your statement is, to me, a very negative distortion of what the church really does.



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