[Mormons and Evolution] 1/19/2006 09:04:02 AM

Steve EM, your cause of liberalization is not served by offering up bad arguments. According to your logic, the Church is not against murder if your teenagers have not been specifically asked if they've murdered someone.

Gary is right about the continuing stance of the Church on masturbation. In addition to the current Church website, Elder Scott has mentioned it in General Conference fairly recently. This is a distinct matter from what one can get away with by keeping one's mouth shut. As I've hinted above, you could get away with murder by keeping your mouth shut.

If you want to put your money where your mouth is, have your teenagers declare to the bishop that they masturbate and have every intention of continuing indefinitely. See what happens and then come tell us what the Church's stance is.

(Note all I'm critiquing here are claims about what the Church's stance is on masturbation, not the merits of arguments about the underlying issue.) 

Posted by Christian Y. Cardall

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Posted by Christian Y. Cardall to Mormons and Evolution at 1/19/2006 09:04:02 AM