tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31278044.post115635898859441918..comments2023-03-21T07:07:50.202-04:00Comments on 2amsomewhere: Counseling Session V Roundup (or: Our Therapist is a Prude)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31278044.post-1156433590254363062006-08-24T11:33:00.000-04:002006-08-24T11:33:00.000-04:00I have no patience for religious claptrap like tha...I have no patience for religious claptrap like that. None. That's just plain bull.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31278044.post-1156422494454463752006-08-24T08:28:00.000-04:002006-08-24T08:28:00.000-04:00I wonder whether your wife is allowed to masturbat...<I>I wonder whether your wife is allowed to masturbate, or if all masturbation is evil.</I><BR/><BR/>I didn't challenge the therapist's views directly, but from what she was saying to my wife, I could hear echoes of teachings that I heard when I was growing up. <BR/><BR/>Let me pull the excerpt from the passage that I linked to in the post with additional emphasis.<BR/><BR/><I>Quite clearly, chronic masturbation falls short of the Creator's intention For our use of the gift of sexuality, namely, that <B>our sexual drives should be oriented toward communion with another person</B> in the mutual love and commitment of marriage. By its very nature, <B>masturbation separates sexual satisfaction from the giving and receiving of sexual intercourse in the marital union and is symptomatic of the tendency of human beings to turn in upon themselves</B> for the satisfaction of their desires.</I><BR/><BR/>The above quotation comes from the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod website. I grew up in an LCMS church and got my K-8 education at an LCMS school.<BR/><BR/>The LCMS is one of the more conservative denominations. They aren't hellfire-and-brimstone. In fact, they're way too reserved in nature for hellfire of any kind. However, they are rigid in doctrine.<BR/><BR/>I don't know the background of our therapist, but I would guess that many of the more rigid denominations that don't go off the rhetorical deep end use similar language.2amsomewherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12343733349708172680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31278044.post-1156398523347977592006-08-24T01:48:00.000-04:002006-08-24T01:48:00.000-04:00Oh My God. I can't believe your therapist wants to...Oh My God. I can't believe your therapist wants to forbid you from masturbating. I wonder whether your wife is allowed to masturbate, or if all masturbation is evil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com