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Devout Catholics have the Best Sex!

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2013/07/17/devout-catholics-hav...

Here is an interesting paragraph:

One audience member questioned Fagan on the "danger" of selling the idea that Catholics were guaranteed better sex if they waited for marriage. But Fagan said it was clear "those who are monogamous have the best sex they ever could – because its the only sex they'll ever know."

So, is it the best sex or it is that they don't know any different?

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Permalink Reply by crestofwaves on July 18, 2013 at 12:01pm

Lol! HEY. I was a good Catholic girl!!! How come you didn't date me? You would have gotten lucky, especially if you had the parmajahn with you.

Actually, I would have been that older, experienced, married woman that some young'uns find so attractive. I've got a few years on you, Frenchy--just enough.

Permalink Reply by frenchy on July 18, 2013 at 12:08pm

not that many cresty .. maybe one or two .. did i ever tell you how much i liked older women ?? and if i had the parmajahn we both woulda got lucky .. .. probably way too lucky to talk about here....but yeah .. i bet i coulda been coconuts for you cresty ..

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on July 18, 2013 at 12:38pm

oh and by the way....she has THAT face....that make you weak in the knees italian face...good memories frenchy

Permalink Reply by Shadowman on July 18, 2013 at 10:52am

Well if any of you are in danger of going to hell because of this, just follow the Pope on twitter and you may get a break in purgatory time: Vatican offers 'time off purgatory' to followers of Pope Francis tweets

"In its latest attempt to keep up with the times the Vatican has married one of its oldest traditions to the world of social media by offering "indulgences" to followers of Pope Francis' tweets.

The church's granted indulgences reduce the time Catholics believe they will have to spend in purgatory after they have confessed and been absolved of their sins.

The remissions got a bad name in the Middle Ages because unscrupulous churchmen sold them for large sums of money. But now indulgences are being applied to the 21st century."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/16/vatican-indulgences-pop...

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on July 18, 2013 at 11:02am

indulgences were used during the crusades to fill out the ranks...go on the crusades and your sins were forgiven (or the rich could make 'donations'). if you were killed on the crusade, you got to go to heaven. ...hmmmm that sounds kinda taliban, doesn't it?

Permalink Reply by crestofwaves on July 18, 2013 at 11:09am

Indulgences were around when I was a kid. In my Sunday Missal there were prayers for the dead. If people said those prayers, the dead would have so many days less in Purgatory. I see nothing wrong with giving people this kind of hope. It's hope that keeps us going, even if it's only BS. I love being Catholic. I can honestly say it was "beautiful" for me. The music, the magic, the hope, the stories of the Saints all added so much color to my childhood.

Intelligence kind of counters all the messages, but still, it was wonderful and I don't feel cheated and I don't feel that it ever oppressed me, and I never knew any pedophile priests and I think I am richer for the experience. Like beautiful fairy tales that speak of princes and princesses, we Catholics had out stories.

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on July 18, 2013 at 12:03pm

i dated a couple devout catholics....i even married one in a bigass ceremony in the church of st anthony with her in a beautiful white wedding gown and me in a tux. it was a great day in my life.... (she was so devout she had wanted to be a nun but her folks couldn't afford it. nuns have to bring a dowry....bride of christ and all that...) anyway the catholic church is not the big bad monster some people try to paint it. it is just a global organization with some good and some bad like anything else.

Permalink Reply by Wayne Goodwin on July 18, 2013 at 2:20pm

This Thread sure is exciting ....

Permalink Reply by Kim on July 18, 2013 at 3:04pm

LOLOLOL...you guys all crack me up...I think the NEXT DISCUSSION should be.....Does talking about Sex cause ADD...WHAT was the original question again?? HAHA!

Permalink Reply by Kim on July 18, 2013 at 3:07pm

Well, I MARRIED a Catholic virgin and I think for HIM it was the best. (I was NOT) For me, hey I was 18 and we got married...all sex at that age is "the best" but when we divorced 24+ years later...well, let's just say, I didn't know what I was missing until I found the other side of the rainbow....LOL!

Permalink Reply by ProblemAgain on July 18, 2013 at 6:04pm

ahah the FRC and Fagan pop up (oops scuse that expression) in the news yet again....this time he and they want to ban whatever they term 'porn' from college campuses across the country

Religion

Christian Right Fights Porn In The Dorm

A conservative Christian lobbyist group's latest crusade is the elimination of pornography on college campuses.

By Caroline Kelley July 18, 20130

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The Family Research Council isn’t afraid to pick a tough fight. It has pushed for the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, endorsed the requirement of a one-year waiting period for couples with children who want to get a divorce, and publicly discouraged the extension of civil rights to homosexuals. Supporters of the FRC, a conservative Christian lobbyist group, gathered Wednesday to discuss the organization’s latest crusade: the elimination of pornography on college campuses.

Fighting “Porn in the Dorm”—as the FRC called their Family Policy Lecture on the subject—is an uphill battle. A 2001 study conducted by scholars at Texas A&M revealed that while 56% of men admit to using the Internet to access sexual explicit materials, 72% of college-aged men readily say the same. Recent figures show higher percentages of porn site subscriptions in zip codes with a great density of young people and those with undergraduate degrees.

The prevalence of porn on campuses hasn’t defeated Dr. Patrick Fagan, Director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute and Wednesday’s speaker. An Irish former grade school teacher and trained clinical psychologist, Fagan has worked on family issues in Washington with organizations such as the Free Congress Foundation, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Heritage Foundation. His controlled tone, combined with the hum of the FRC’s air conditioning and free Potbelly’s sandwiches, lulled the audience of about 40 young professionals into a comfortable midday trance reminiscent of Sunday school.

“Our teenagers today cannot know what is natural sexuality,” he said, citing a UK study frankly titled, “Basically…porn is everywhere.” Fagan compared modern American society to “pagan Rome,” claiming that the proliferation of sexual deviancy in our country is a direct threat to the “people-forming institutions” of family, church, and school. He considers the matter of paramount importance to civilization as a whole. “Sexual intercourse, like atomic energy, is a powerful agent for good if channeled well, but for ill if not. Healthy societies maintain their stability by channeling the sexual energies of young adults into marriage,” says his 2009 paper, “The Effects of Pornography on Individuals, Marriage, Family, and Community.”

http://swampland.time.com/2013/07/18/christian-right-fights-porn-in...