Really this is consiced appropriate on a Sunday???? WTF

[_zeezrom]

I didn't read the blog post. Did the bishop happen to tell the sisters that masturbation has a place in the world?

[_Drifting]

If my wife came home from Sunday School and mentioned that the Bishop had been talking to her about how to keep me satisfied, the Bishop and I would be having a very short, one-way conversation.

[_beefcalf]

Here is the problem: we have no confirmation of the story. We only have this woman's word for it. We only have her interpretation of the event. And her over the top reaction to it. That is all we have.

Here is the problem: we have no confirmation of the story. We only have [Joseph Smith]'s word for it. We only have [his] interpretation of the event. And [his] over the top reaction to it. That is all we have.

yes... you are beginning to see already.

[_why me]

If my wife came home from Sunday School and mentioned that the Bishop had been talking to her about how to keep me satisfied, the Bishop and I would be having a very short, one-way conversation.

Except of course if you talked to the bishop about not getting enough. Right? So, drift, if your wife did not want to go to bed with you and you had a 10 month dry spell, what would you do? Would you talk to the bishop? Would you step outside the marriage?

[_why me]

Here is the problem: we have no confirmation of the story. We only have this woman's word for it. We only have her interpretation of the event. And her over the top reaction to it. That is all we have.

Here is the problem: we have no confirmation of the story. We only have [Joseph Smith]'s word for it. We only have [his] interpretation of the event. And [his] over the top reaction to it. That is all we have.

yes... you are beginning to see already.

Except that we have no idea what was going on behind the scenes. First, is the story true? Second, is the bishop hearing from a few priesthood men about not getting any or enough? My guess is that what the bishop said was not exactly how it was reported by the lady who was there.

[_Drifting]

If my wife came home from Sunday School and mentioned that the Bishop had been talking to her about how to keep me satisfied, the Bishop and I would be having a very short, one-way conversation.

Except of course if you talked to the bishop about not getting enough. Right? So, drift, if your wife did not want to go to bed with you and you had a 10 month dry spell, what would you do? Would you talk to the bishop? Would you step outside the marriage?

Sorry, you're going to have to explain what "10 month dry spell" means...

[_why me]

Sorry, you're going to have to explain what "10 month dry spell" means...

No sex. Nada. What would you do if you were an active Mormon male?

[_Drifting]

Sorry, you're going to have to explain what "10 month dry spell" means...

No sex. Nada. What would you do if you were an active Mormon male?

Sometimes things fly right over your head and it doesn't even ruffle your hair...

[_Stormy Waters]

Except of course if you talked to the bishop about not getting enough. Right? So, drift, if your wife did not want to go to bed with you and you had a 10 month dry spell, what would you do? Would you talk to the bishop? Would you step outside the marriage?

I don't know how it works in most other religions, but the idea that you would take your sex problems to a church leader seems bizarre to me. The bishop isn't an expert. He has received very little training. Yet within Mormonism people often treat bishops as personal or marriage counselors. More generally within Mormonism it seems that leaders are frequently regarded as experts on subjects for which they have little qualification.

[_cafe crema]

It's creepy and disturbing.

Here is the problem: we have no confirmation of the story. We only have this woman's word for it. We only have her interpretation of the event. And her over the top reaction to it. That is all we have.

I see no reason not to believe what she has written, but go ahead call her a liar.

If I talk to a priest about how I am not getting it from my wife I would hope to get more feedback then go to a counselor. I would be hoping for something more from the priest. Also, we know that a sexual sin does not have the same weight in the catholic faith as it does in the Mormon faith. There are many catholics who are living with men and women and are not married. Also, many catholics have no problem with sex outside of marriage. It is a little different in the Mormon faith and consequences are too, especially if one is male.

Why shouldn't a priest refer a couple to counseling, a counselor is qualified to help in these situations, and it's quite obvious from this woman's blog that Mormon bishops are not in the least bit qualified in this area. Referring couples is proper response in this situation not dressing down all the women in the ward for not undressing for their husbands.

Why do all the woman in the ward need to be told to sleep with their husbands, and if they do why are all of these women so sexually dysfunctional? I doubt you could find in any other church, a parish or congregation in which all of the women were refusing to have sex with their husbands.