My Family's beliefs re. Homos and Jerking Off

[Leto729]

Masturbation is acting on sexual temptation and shows a lack of self control.   

Some people pray or meditate to relieve their sexual impulses, others have a wank; both are perfectly valid techniques for controlling yourself.

That is what I have done when needed.

[El]

It is my experience that only the very insecure or very young will so categorically dismiss the Bible. Me, I don't believe most of what it says, but then that's my view and I don't actually *know*.

(And the same goes with just about any so-called holy book.)

Third category:  the very very disillusioned.  Recovering catholics such as myself tend to have pretty contentious feelings about their once-religion.  I'll admit I'm biased but I also grew up with this shit and know a fair bit about it because of it, so I do think that lends some validity to me comments on it above and beyond mere nose-thumbing.

[ozymandias]

It is my experience that only the very insecure or very young will so categorically dismiss the Bible. Me, I don't believe most of what it says, but then that's my view and I don't actually *know*.

(And the same goes with just about any so-called holy book.)

Third category:  the very very disillusioned.  Recovering catholics such as myself tend to have pretty contentious feelings about their once-religion.  I'll admit I'm biased but I also grew up with this shit and know a fair bit about it because of it, so I do think that lends some validity to me comments on it above and beyond mere nose-thumbing.

Ah, I am glad to see I'm not the only recovering catholic here!     Even my wife, who is a devout catholic gave her blessing to using condoms during our dating phase and me getting a vasectomy after Amber was born.  She may be devout, but she is also wise!  Glad I married her!   

[Parts]

It is my experience that only the very insecure or very young will so categorically dismiss the Bible. Me, I don't believe most of what it says, but then that's my view and I don't actually *know*.

(And the same goes with just about any so-called holy book.)

Third category:  the very very disillusioned.  Recovering catholics such as myself tend to have pretty contentious feelings about their once-religion.  I'll admit I'm biased but I also grew up with this shit and know a fair bit about it because of it, so I do think that lends some validity to me comments on it above and beyond mere nose-thumbing.

The third category,  LI like it never been part a of a third category before.  Though growing up Catholic tends to do that to you

[Binty]

I want to read the Torah and the Qur'an.

[odeon]

I've read the Qur'an. It's easily available on the net.