Evangelical's Struggle to Address Premarital Sex & Abortion
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gdemetz wrote:Yes, I have read it, and it is very disturbing to me! It has been on the increase in recent years, and the only positive thing that I can say is that, as the article states, it is still below the national norm.
This is not a new thing. It is as old as marriage itself.
7 Oct, 1898 - At general conference Apostle John W. Taylor reports that in one rural area in Utah, 80 percent of LDS marriages involve pre-marital sex. (Quinn, "The Mormon Hierarchy : Extensions of Power")
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"A man is accepted into a church for what he believes and he is turned out for what he knows." - Samuel Clemens
The name of the "king" in Facsimile No. 3 of the Book of Abraham is Isis. Yes...that is her name.
The name of the "king" in Facsimile No. 3 of the Book of Abraham is Isis. Yes...that is her name.
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God damnit. If only I'd known I was one of the only guys in the church not having sex. So many missed opportunities!
Actually, there weren't that many missed opportunities, if any. I was far too Mormony for most girls. However, if I could have attracted a nice Molly and just stayed out past the Holy Ghost's bedtime, oh, the possibilities!
Actually, there weren't that many missed opportunities, if any. I was far too Mormony for most girls. However, if I could have attracted a nice Molly and just stayed out past the Holy Ghost's bedtime, oh, the possibilities!
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God does not need to apologize for any smoking gun!
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gdemetz wrote:God does not need to apologize for any smoking gun!
Is this an euphemism?

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gdemetz wrote:Yes, I have read it, and it is very disturbing to me! It has been on the increase in recent years, and the only positive thing that I can say is that, as the article states, it is still below the national norm.
I wonder if the remaining 42% were like you, not getting any, or were they getting some but just didn't admit it?
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Drifting, I think that you are encouraged by the lack of the moderators stopping your immature juvenile posts here, but you are only showing your very obvious childishness!!!
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just me wrote:gdemetz wrote:God does not need to apologize for any smoking gun!
Is this an euphemism?
Nah, until earlier this evening I had a quote from Jaybear as my sigline, that went something like "Apologists are fixers who wipe God's fingerprints off the smoking gun." I thought it was a great quote, but I used it for a long time, eventually it's time to move on.
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