Dirty little devils....

[ignoramus]

Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer magazine and author of six books including "Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries." His website is http://www.BenjaminRadford.com.


"The Vatican first issued official guidelines on exorcism in 1614, and revised them in 1999. According to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, signs of demonic possession include superhuman strength, aversion to holy water, and the ability to speak in unknown languages. Other potential signs of demonic possession include spitting, cursing, and "excessive masturbation."

Along with a handful of Vatican-sanctioned exorcists, there are hundreds of self-styled exorcists around the world. After attending 50 exorcisms during research for his book, Michael Cuneo states that he never saw anything supernatural or unexplainable: No levitation or spinning heads or demonic scratch marks suddenly appearing on anyone's faces, but many emotionally troubled people on both sides of the ritual."


"Excessive masturbation?"
Can the church please quantify this statement for us? we wouldn't want to be out of place with what is acceptable by the clergy in general....

[abaris]

Other potential signs of demonic possession include spitting, cursing, and "excessive masturbation."

I guess I would have qualified perfectly for demon possession on more than one count in my teens.

[Minimalist]

aversion to holy water

That's me. 

[Exian]

Hey! I haven't seen you since around the time I joined. Glad to have you back.

[ignoramus]

Hey man, never left ....
I poke my head in every now and again.

Haven't been around much by recommendation from my doctor.
He says I am suffering from "TARD".
"TIRED ARGUING RELIGIOUS DICKHEADS"

Now I've aquired a zero tolerance  for BS so won't be contributing much.

BTW, I watched "The Atticus Institute" last night which inspired me to look it up.
Turns out it's just all made up.
It had me for 5 seconds with the clever mocumentary concept and grainy 70's film quality.
Worth watching though.

Cheers from freezing Melbourne!

[AFTT47]

How much masturbation is excessive?

[vorlon13]

We could try some experiments. Take data, record responses . . .

[Pyrrho]

How much masturbation is excessive?

If your penis falls off from masturbation, it is excessive.  As long as you don't hurt yourself, you are good.

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Of course, I am not a representative of the Catholic Church, and am not pretending that the above is their position.  I recommend ignoring their position on this, and pretty much every other issue.

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