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Lewd thoughts.
In the thread "Rid of John Paul . . . finally", one of the contributors stated that John Paul attended confession daily. This prompted me to speculate on what he might be doing in the Vatican Palace, to necessitate a daily confession. Perhaps, between the ages of 14 and 34, I might have needed (had I been religiously inclined) to make a daily confession of lewd thoughts. These kept cropping up, inconveniently, every few minutes when I was 16 years old, but I had managed to reduce their occurrence to once every hour or so (on average) by the time I was 26.
At the age of 63, I have slowed down considerably and nowadays would require the services of a Father Confessor on a fortnightly basis. Except in one week, a few months ago, when I unwisely experimented with Viagra.The question arises:- Should lewd thoughts, if we refrain from translating them into practical action, be considered a sin at all? Where is the harm? Surely, it is only natural that a 16-year old, male or female, should have lewd thoughts in abundance. You would be concerned for his health if he did not have such fleeting thoughts. Is the Church, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, just making us feel guilty about an issue where no person ought to have a feeling of guilt? Is this just a means of making people addicted to their religion, by making them dependent upon their confessor for even the most trivial of so-called "sin"? If the trivial matter of a lewd thought is a sin requiring confession, what sort of confession would I need to make if I did something really bad, such as an act of violence?
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
At the age of 63, I have slowed down considerably and nowadays would require the services of a Father Confessor on a fortnightly basis. Except in one week, a few months ago, when I unwisely experimented with Viagra.The question arises:- Should lewd thoughts, if we refrain from translating them into practical action, be considered a sin at all? Where is the harm? Surely, it is only natural that a 16-year old, male or female, should have lewd thoughts in abundance. You would be concerned for his health if he did not have such fleeting thoughts. Is the Church, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, just making us feel guilty about an issue where no person ought to have a feeling of guilt? Is this just a means of making people addicted to their religion, by making them dependent upon their confessor for even the most trivial of so-called "sin"? If the trivial matter of a lewd thought is a sin requiring confession, what sort of confession would I need to make if I did something really bad, such as an act of violence?
Richard Chambers Leeds UK.
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[nq:1]hour or so (on average) by the time I was 26. At the age of 63, Ihave slowed down considerably ... [/nq] I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here; but actually I think "criminalizing" the natural movements of one's mind is one of the Churches' most potent weapons for keeping people in subjection.
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[nq:1]hour or so (on average) by the time I was 26. At the age of 63, Ihave slowed down considerably ... what sort of confession would I needto make if I did something really bad, such as an act of violence?[/nq]
I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here; but actually I think "criminalizing" the natural movements of one's mind is one of the Churches' most potent we
I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here; but actually I think "criminalizing" the natural movements of one's mind is one of the Churches' most potent we
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Mike Lyle wrote on 10 Apr 2005:
[nq:1]I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here;[/nq]
I never condemned spirituality, Mike, only organized spirituality. Even we existential nihilists can wax spiritual
[nq:1]but actually I think "criminalizing" the natural movements of one's mind is one of the Churches' most potent weapons for ... is the bit where he's claim
[nq:1]I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here;[/nq]
I never condemned spirituality, Mike, only organized spirituality. Even we existential nihilists can wax spiritual
[nq:1]but actually I think "criminalizing" the natural movements of one's mind is one of the Churches' most potent weapons for ... is the bit where he's claim
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[nq:1]Mike Lyle wrote on 10 Apr 2005: [/nq]
[nq:2]I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here;[/nq]
[nq:1]I never condemned spirituality, Mike, only organized spirituality.[/nq]
Makes me think of a New Yorker-type cartoon with Franke shown in one panel smiling in approval at one man holding up a sign that says "Repent Now! The End Is Near!", but frowning in c
[nq:2]I'm all for spirituality, so I don't want to steal Franke's lines here;[/nq]
[nq:1]I never condemned spirituality, Mike, only organized spirituality.[/nq]
Makes me think of a New Yorker-type cartoon with Franke shown in one panel smiling in approval at one man holding up a sign that says "Repent Now! The End Is Near!", but frowning in c
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[nq:1]Mike Lyle wrote on 10 Apr 2005: [/nq]
[nq:2]Personally, I feel inadequate because I don't seem to have enough lewd thoughts these days.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm told that if eat enough dried tiger ***** powder in a choclate milkshake or green Chinese tea, your capacity for lewd thoughts will tumescintillate and that your hair will turn black, white, and orange around the groin and in the armpi
[nq:2]Personally, I feel inadequate because I don't seem to have enough lewd thoughts these days.[/nq]
[nq:1]I'm told that if eat enough dried tiger ***** powder in a choclate milkshake or green Chinese tea, your capacity for lewd thoughts will tumescintillate and that your hair will turn black, white, and orange around the groin and in the armpi
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Mike Lyle wrote on 10 Apr 2005:
[nq:2]Mike Lyle wrote on 10 Apr 2005: I'm told ... around the groin and in the armpits. Too expensive, though.[/nq]
[nq:1] Well, keeping on topic, how about if I drink green tea and think about powdered tiger *****?[/nq]
You'd have to be a zewn Buddhist to do that with any success. See my soon to be published monograph Zen and the Art of Lewd Thoughts of
[nq:2]Mike Lyle wrote on 10 Apr 2005: I'm told ... around the groin and in the armpits. Too expensive, though.[/nq]
[nq:1] Well, keeping on topic, how about if I drink green tea and think about powdered tiger *****?[/nq]
You'd have to be a zewn Buddhist to do that with any success. See my soon to be published monograph Zen and the Art of Lewd Thoughts of
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irwell filted:
[nq:1]A tomcat's ***** is supposed to have serrated edges which makes the *** act very painful.[/nq]
Please re-transmit your limerick...it sounded like a good one, but came through hopelessly garbled..r
[nq:1]A tomcat's ***** is supposed to have serrated edges which makes the *** act very painful.[/nq]
Please re-transmit your limerick...it sounded like a good one, but came through hopelessly garbled..r
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irwell wrote on 11 Apr 2005:
[nq:1]A tomcat's ***** is supposed to have serrated edges which makes the *** act very painful.[/nq]
Actually, I believe it has barbs to keep its little ****** inside, but I've never been interested enough to check. Just thinking about it is painful enough and gives me another reason to hate cats, especially those that yowl in the streets around my house late a
[nq:1]A tomcat's ***** is supposed to have serrated edges which makes the *** act very painful.[/nq]
Actually, I believe it has barbs to keep its little ****** inside, but I've never been interested enough to check. Just thinking about it is painful enough and gives me another reason to hate cats, especially those that yowl in the streets around my house late a
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[nq:1]The question arises:- Should lewd thoughts, if we refrain fromtranslating them into practical action, be considered a sin at all? Where is the harm?[/nq]
As we might have thought, Roman Catholic pastoral
theology has already dealt with this matter and judges lewd thoughts a sin, not least because they betoken indulgent pleasure and a failure to maintain the level of self-discipline p
As we might have thought, Roman Catholic pastoral
theology has already dealt with this matter and judges lewd thoughts a sin, not least because they betoken indulgent pleasure and a failure to maintain the level of self-discipline p
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[nq:1]thoughts these days. (Finally got round to trying thongs last week: as hinted by the AUE lingerie experts a year or so ago, they really do make you feel good!)[/nq]
I... I... I... Nevermind.
No.
I... I... I... BlameCharlesforthis.
I... I... I... Nevermind.
No.
I... I... I... BlameCharlesforthis.
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