How do priests release the "tension"?

WombRaider

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If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?
 

djheater

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altarboys?

No but seriously, as I understand it, those who commit to celibacy talk about it like it's a wonderfully personally fulfilling experience...
I wouldn't know, I never could abstain.... :eek:
 

WombRaider

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Originally posted by: djheater
altarboys?

No but seriously, as I understand it, those who commit to celibacy talk about it like it's a wonderfully personally fulfilling experience...
I wouldn't know, I never could abstain.... :eek:

not even about celibacy. i'm referring to penis + hand. :eek:
 

djheater

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Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: djheater
altarboys?

No but seriously, as I understand it, those who commit to celibacy talk about it like it's a wonderfully personally fulfilling experience...
I wouldn't know, I never could abstain.... :eek:

not even about celibacy. i'm referring to penis + hand. :eek:

A wider definition includes masturbation.... any sexual activity....
 

Saint Michael

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Originally posted by: djheater
those who commit to celibacy talk about it like it's a wonderfully personally fulfilling experience...

Yeah, I'll bet. Those who buy shitty wares because they were suckered into it usually defend their purchase to the death.
 

WombRaider

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Originally posted by: djheater
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: djheater
altarboys?

No but seriously, as I understand it, those who commit to celibacy talk about it like it's a wonderfully personally fulfilling experience...
I wouldn't know, I never could abstain.... :eek:

not even about celibacy. i'm referring to penis + hand. :eek:

A wider definition includes masturbation.... any sexual activity....

ah, gotcha.
 
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Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?
 

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Originally posted by: her209
Originally posted by: LS20
serious question? death, taxes, masturbation...3 certainties of life
Churches don't pay taxes.

So, priests double up on masturbation to make up for it?
 

WombRaider

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.
 
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Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.

Link? :p

edit: http://www.acts17-11.com/dialogs_masturbation.html

In fact, there is no place in scripture where masturbation is even mentioned, much less forbidden. This is a very odd situation since it is so common a human experience, and given that scripture speaks of other sexual sins (some fairly perverse and rare) without any shyness at all.

Since scripture does not forbid masturbation directly, neither should Christians in general. "Nothing beyond what is written" in terms of how we should help lead others to the Lord is the rule. But since you asked, or clicked, as the case may be, we will give you the best answer we can using what we do know from scripture as our guide. We should stick to emphasizing the things God has told us are important, and not be teaching things that the Lord has never expressed His opinion on.


Basically the act of masturbation is not a sin. Lust is. Gereric sexual fantasy seems to be ok. Jerking off to mental images of your friend's hot wife is not.
 

WombRaider

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Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.

Link? :p

trust me, it is. i went to a catholic middle school and high school. masturbation is regarded as being selfish.
 
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Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.

Link? :p

trust me, it is. i went to a catholic middle school and high school. masturbation is regarded as being selfish.

http://www.youthspecialties.co...ality/masturbation.php

Aannnnddd an other link...

Masturbation is perhaps one of the most debated?and least resolved?sexual subjects in the church. The views and opinions about masturbation, its effects, and consequences (especially spiritual) have been swirling through the church probably since it first began.

In reality, it can?t be clearly said that the act of masturbation is in itself a sin, for the Bible never uses the word, nor does it imply or hint about the act of masturbation. Obviously, the Bible deals in some depth with sexual immorality, perversions, and the like, but masturbation is never spelled out as belonging to any particular category. Since Scripture is silent about it, should masturbation be classified as a sin? And if not, are there ways in which masturbation may be used to the glory of God and the building of God?s Kingdom?

Sounds more like a catholic construct than anything else. If it isn't even mentioned in the bible, how could it be a sin?

http://www.google.com/search?h...=masturbation+a+sin%3F

I stopped reading after the first six links... They all agree to one level or another that masturbation is not a sin and is not specifically condemned in the bible.
 

flxnimprtmscl

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Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.

Link? :p

trust me, it is. i went to a catholic middle school and high school. masturbation is regarded as being selfish.

So your middle and high school teachers have a better idea of what qualifies as sin than the indirect author of the Bible? That would God just in case I'm going too fast. Somehow, I have a hard time buying that one.
 
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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.

Link? :p

trust me, it is. i went to a catholic middle school and high school. masturbation is regarded as being selfish.

So your middle and high school teachers have a better idea of what qualifies as sin than the indirect author of the Bible? That would God just in case I'm going too fast. Somehow, I have a hard time buying that one.

See my post above yours... link after link and a whole google page of links that specifically says that masturbation is not a sin. ;)
 

alrocky

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Topic: How do priests release the "tension"?

Not well if you consider all the multi-million dollar lawsuits the Church has been settling out of court.
 

WombRaider

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Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
Originally posted by: Whoozyerdaddy
Originally posted by: WombRaider
If you know what I mean. Serious question.

Do you think they break the commandment and just ask for reconciliation?

There is no commandment against masturbation. So what reconciliation do they have to seek?

but it's a sin.

Link? :p

trust me, it is. i went to a catholic middle school and high school. masturbation is regarded as being selfish.

So your middle and high school teachers have a better idea of what qualifies as sin than the indirect author of the Bible? That would God just in case I'm going too fast. Somehow, I have a hard time buying that one.

I guess not then. I've been brainwashed. :confused: