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emotionally vulnerable individuals, such as adolescents with a same-sex attraction.

LOL!! Your hurts are showing. This is my own lifestyle. Ask my son and his GF whether I try to impose my lifestyle choices on others.

Remember that in Mormon culture a celibate lifestyle is regarded as abnormal.

zeezrom wrote:
"Proserpina with Pomegranate" by Dante Gabriel Rossetti

That is beautiful. A print of that, or even low relief would be nice on my wall.

That is how I believe God would judge it, and the standard I set for myself. Divine reality may be different, but as the guy says (even though I rarely read his posts) LittleNipper wrote: Dwelling on an unknown one has no control over, concerning things that have no consequence, is a moral waste of...

Your choice is your choice and I won't judge you for it.

Idolatry of one's sex parts-- go to hell. Occasional self-stim-- a bit of purgatory.

No sex in the afterlife, and we will be happy without it. Being with God forever is too much joy to even be compared with the joys of sex. God forgives all.

Mr Eros:

Analogy between sin and criminal law, which Mormons tend to regard as identity:

Idolatry of one's sex parts is a capital offense. Simple occasional self-stim is a minor misdemeanor, maybe overnight at the county jail. Don't make a snap judgment on what such a sermon might contain.

Blixa wrote:I am so sorry I didn't get it together in time to prepare some sort of advent ritual at my house this year---not even a calendar!

It is not too late.

harmony wrote:But not unexpected. Sometimes we forget that they LOVE correlated Mormonism.

I thought it would be impossible to correlate a gnostic religion???

Some times people trade in a car because of bad paint. Everything else may be in excellent condition, but they have to have something that LOOKS good. A real deal, especially if you live in an area where there is a lot of poverty and don't want to drive something flashy.