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theunforgiven
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I mean since your wife passed away—can you masturbate? (surely you have the urge)
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strngrnrth
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Atheists I have read tend to find some reason to dismiss stories of restored limbs (too old, too far away, not well enough attested despite hundreds of eyewitnesses etc.). I was like that when I was an atheist too. But they also do the same with other miracle stories, including extremely well-documented ones from modern times.
People whose limbs are restored as in the example I gave above have nothing to gain but faith and a limb. If they fake it, they have nothing to gain at all. They don’t make money or get out of their chores, and they strongly believe they are in serious trouble if they fake it, so they are unlikely to do so. Indeed they can no longer beg and must return to full-time work, being able-bodied again.
When several hundred people see something and recall it separately in the same way, in detail, that’s simply not explainable by mass hysteria. That’s a major way legal cases are decided even in US courts.
God might have healed more limbs when limbs were more necessary to life and fewer replacements existed. Sometimes He gives us what we want. Other times He gives us what we need.
People whose limbs are restored as in the example I gave above have nothing to gain but faith and a limb. If they fake it, they have nothing to gain at all. They don’t make money or get out of their chores, and they strongly believe they are in serious trouble if they fake it, so they are unlikely to do so. Indeed they can no longer beg and must return to full-time work, being able-bodied again.
When several hundred people see something and recall it separately in the same way, in detail, that’s simply not explainable by mass hysteria. That’s a major way legal cases are decided even in US courts.
God might have healed more limbs when limbs were more necessary to life and fewer replacements existed. Sometimes He gives us what we want. Other times He gives us what we need.
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larry85704
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What I have the urge to do is find a woman for a good Sacramental Marriage. That is surprisingly difficult. Do I have the urge for sex, of course I do. What I want is sex in the context of a Sacramental Marriage. I don’t want to be like my brother in law. And yes, the loss of sexual activity is a really hard thing. What is harder is having sex with someone and that comes to an end and she is walking around having sex with other people. I think every time you have sex with someone you give them a part of yourself. When they are gone from your life a part of you is gone too.
Masturbation, casual sex, casual marriage all just make the longing for the real thing more intense. Seeing boobs on TV or in movies isn’t very nice when you got no boobs to look at anymore. Lots of problems in our society.
I pray that the Church will offer guidance to people that have endured the pain of having sex outside of a Sacramental Marriage. Right now there is much work that needs to be done. But I am not going to tell you if I masturbate, it is none of your business. But, I think it might be possible. If you are really wondering about it, well, if I said try it I’d get yelled at. Hope you get my meaning.
Masturbation, casual sex, casual marriage all just make the longing for the real thing more intense. Seeing boobs on TV or in movies isn’t very nice when you got no boobs to look at anymore. Lots of problems in our society.
I pray that the Church will offer guidance to people that have endured the pain of having sex outside of a Sacramental Marriage. Right now there is much work that needs to be done. But I am not going to tell you if I masturbate, it is none of your business. But, I think it might be possible. If you are really wondering about it, well, if I said try it I’d get yelled at. Hope you get my meaning.
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deb1
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Larry, I think that you accidentally posted the wrong thought on the incorrect thread.
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Mijoy2
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Sometimes posts are so good they need to be posted again!
Excellent Post.
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larry85704
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I don’t often get people liking what I post.
You know I have a hunch that people want to talk about sins because they see us Catholics as a bunch of up tight old fuddy-duddies. Our faith is about the Good News of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I believe that dwelling on any sinful act is perverse. I really think that many of the posters that talk about one sin or another are really laughing at all the effort people make to say why it is sinful.
Take my brother in law. He wasn’t married to the women he took into the hot tub. He was so proud of himself. What Catholics need to do is expose sin for what it is, it is a way to live where you do not enjoy your life as much as God wanted you to. Catholics need to stand up and say that living the Catholic faith makes them happy, that it is better than the sinful life so popular in the world today.
You know I have a hunch that people want to talk about sins because they see us Catholics as a bunch of up tight old fuddy-duddies. Our faith is about the Good News of Jesus and the Holy Spirit. I believe that dwelling on any sinful act is perverse. I really think that many of the posters that talk about one sin or another are really laughing at all the effort people make to say why it is sinful.
Take my brother in law. He wasn’t married to the women he took into the hot tub. He was so proud of himself. What Catholics need to do is expose sin for what it is, it is a way to live where you do not enjoy your life as much as God wanted you to. Catholics need to stand up and say that living the Catholic faith makes them happy, that it is better than the sinful life so popular in the world today.
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theunforgiven
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I am asking if you are physically able to masturbate? (given your arm problem) If not doesnt that give you an advantage in the sense that you cannot committ that particular sin (I understand you would still be able to committ the sin of impurity in your mind?. Are you able to physically masturbate (I am not asking if you actually do)?
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LilyM
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While not precisely a growing back of a severed limb, the reported miracle of Sts Cosmas and Damian is interesting.
These two were surgeons, martyred in the 280s. The story goes that a patient required to have his leg amputated (of course this was a frequent operation in those days before antibiotics were around to treat infections of the limbs).
The patient’s limb was indeed successfully amputated. Miraculously (remember this WAS the 280s, well before microsurgery) they ALSO successfully transplanted the leg of a recently-deceased man in order to replace it. Most interesting is the detail that the patient was Caucasian but the leg was from a recently deceased Ethiopian
These two were surgeons, martyred in the 280s. The story goes that a patient required to have his leg amputated (of course this was a frequent operation in those days before antibiotics were around to treat infections of the limbs).
The patient’s limb was indeed successfully amputated. Miraculously (remember this WAS the 280s, well before microsurgery) they ALSO successfully transplanted the leg of a recently-deceased man in order to replace it. Most interesting is the detail that the patient was Caucasian but the leg was from a recently deceased Ethiopian
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