I remember an elder in my congregation gave the talk "Godly view of Sex and Marriage" in the 90's. He was talking about Masturbation. He said to the audience if you have ANY problems with masturbation, please let him know, he also said please do not be embarrassed. Do you think he has ulterior motives for saying that?
a very weird elder
by asilentone 16 Replies latest jw experiences
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cantleave
The comment was completely out of order and certainly not following direction. I have delivered that outline no where does it ask the speaker to solicit for confessions.
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stillin
no problem
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flipper
ASILENTONE- Perhaps the elder wanted to get every publisher he knew into a circle jerk so they could overcome masturbation together. You know : brings more unity to the congregation
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Confuzzled
Perhaps he was hoping that some women would go confess (or men LOL) so he could get his rocks off by descriptions?
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milola
You know my dad will get upset if a movie has any cursing or any hint of sexuality in it ...heck he thinks the viagra commercials are pornographic. I
can't imagine him sitting thru a meeting with a lecture be given along those subject lines. Those people are incredible with their ideas for sermons.
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finallysomepride
my vote is on him being a 'Weirdo' of major proportions. those who have to get up and make those sort of statements are most likely to be commiting that 'jw sin' them selves.
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wantstoleave
I find it odd that he had to bring up masturbation in a talk about sex and marriage. Is it normal to do so in those talks? Usually the marriage/sex talks I've heard revolve around the wife 'paying her due'. I don't think I've heard anything about masturbation before. You would assume it had to be a problem area in the congregation for him to mention it. But how would he know that unless lots had already been confessing? Weird is an understatement.
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designs
The Society did its usual job of blundering into people's lives. Laying guilt on couples for wanting children, on and on it went.
Leaders with very bad marriages advising others. What a mess it all became.
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asilentone
wantstoleave, you can see the outline somewhere, Someone has a list of outlines here downloaded here, you might want to start a new thread about it and you will see the outline.