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What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 4:46 pm
(July 11, 2015 at 4:40 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I'm not as hot as she is, but you inspired me to change my avatar Tongue

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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 4:52 pm
(July 11, 2015 at 4:46 pm)Spooky Wrote:
(July 11, 2015 at 4:40 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: I'm not as hot as she is, but you inspired me to change my avatar Tongue

Don't sell yourself short  Smile

Hahaha! Thanks, Spooks.
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 5:08 pm
I am about to share way too much personal information about this subject

When my husband was deployed, masturbation made me a happier, calmer mother to my children.

In my younger, more promiscuous years, I taught a couple of lovers where I liked to be touched. I couldn't do that if I hadn't first explored my own body.
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 5:21 pm
I just feel like if you're married to someone you have the rest of your lives together to explore each others' bodies and discover what you like, what works, what doesn't, etc.

It doesn't seem like it would be necessary to do it on your own in order to discover what you like.
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 6:41 pm
(July 11, 2015 at 7:23 am)whateverist Wrote: How should I know what theists here think about when they masturbate to porn?

Judging from all the expose reporting of fallen preachers and republicans, it must be about furtively enjoying something taboo.

Well when one thinks even the thought of touching oneself is a sin then what isn't taboo?
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 6:54 pm
(July 11, 2015 at 6:41 pm)Starvald Demelain Wrote:
(July 11, 2015 at 7:23 am)whateverist Wrote: How should I know what theists here think about when they masturbate to porn?

Judging from all the expose reporting of fallen preachers and republicans, it must be about furtively enjoying something taboo.

Well when one thinks even the thought of touching oneself is a sin then what isn't taboo?

What religion teaches that? Never heard of that.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly." 

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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm
(July 11, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:
(July 11, 2015 at 6:41 pm)Starvald Demelain Wrote: Well when one thinks even the thought of touching oneself is a sin then what isn't taboo?

What religion teaches that? Never heard of that.

So you're saying thought crime isn't a staple of Christianity at large? News to me.  Dodgy
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 7:25 pm (This post was last modified: July 11, 2015 at 7:26 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(July 11, 2015 at 7:13 pm)Starvald Demelain Wrote:
(July 11, 2015 at 6:54 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: What religion teaches that? Never heard of that.

So you're saying thought crime isn't a staple of Christianity at large? News to me.  Dodgy

You need to understand what you call "thought crime" actually is. It isn't the feeling of temptation, or a thought that pops into your head. It is when you make the conscious decision to indulge in fantasies of sinful behavior. So to say "even the thought of masturbation is a sin", is wrong.

For example, say you were able to read a person's mind and you found out that this person hated all gay people, wished they'd all die, and spent a lot of time fantasizing about torturing them and burning them to death, and attaining satisfaction from those thoughts. Even if he never actually got up the guts to act on those fantasies and feelings of deep hatred, would knowing all that about him play a role in your perception of his character?

What you call "thought crime" is merely the notion that what is in our hearts and in our thoughts can and do play a role in what type of person we are.
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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 7:53 pm
"It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics,
though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and chemistry."

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RE: What do the theists here think about masturbation and porn?
July 11, 2015 at 9:01 pm
(July 11, 2015 at 7:53 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote: "It is now quite lawful for a Catholic woman to avoid pregnancy by a resort to mathematics,
though she is still forbidden to resort to physics and chemistry."

H.L. Mencken

Indeed. I've even heard it argued that the "rhythm method" being a form of birth control (albeit not a very good one) is just as "sinful" as the pill.
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