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07-29-2008, 08:21 PM | #1 |
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Taught lesson chastity to YM
It was my turn, and my assigned lesson. Of course, it was a bummer to check the lesson Sunday morning and see that it was chastity.
I pretty much stuck to the lesson manual (as I normally do). I did note that there was nothing about masturbation in the lesson. So I did not mention it at all. Is it surprising that a lesson on chastity to the YM would not mention masturbation? Is there some hidden meaning there? |
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Jessica Alba's fine, but you can do much better. She hasn't had one good movie role. She'll be a forgotten actress.
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The factory talk was the only time it was talked about when I was young. Either we were already masters of our domain or more likely we were already past the point of help.
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Once in the past in a lesson on chastity, also in which masturbation had not been mentioned, the Bishop interjected and asked the boys if they knew what it was, and told them not doing it was part of being chaste.
Should the lesson be more specific, as the Bishop was? |
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Kids should know that masturbation is like a gateway drug, and to take care accordingly. But a little smoke here and there is nothing to beat yourself up over.
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I think the message from the Church is clear. Masturbation is like eating too much or drinking cola drinks. The Church says that these are bad habits that should be minimized or avoided.
But masturbation is not a worthiness issue. There is a reason that lessons and instructions to leaders are vague on the issue or omit it entirely. The Church attitude toward masturbation is still pretty strict and old-fashioned. The secular world (with which I tend to agree) says masturbation is totally normal, natural, and probably even healthy/beneficial for people and other primates without access to a sex partner. On an unrelated note, I'm a little disappointed that nobody suggested that you should have given the object lesson where you chewed up a stick of gum. That one is a classic. The best lesson on the law of chastity for married men would be a viewing of Fatal Attraction. That movie makes me more determined to always be faithful than any Church lesson ever has. |
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And I have to say that this was NEVER a subject of discussion in YW a generation ago, but I wonder if it comes up now? Which would be interesting if the suggestion is that YM hear it less than they used to and YW hear it more. If that were true, there would be some sign of a move toward equality. ha. Last edited by RedHeadGal; 07-30-2008 at 07:16 PM. |
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