the3rdman666@hotmail.com wrote in news:1130597908.049877.270120
@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com:
> Well no too much about Mormon Pr0n, just a couple of guys dishing about
> different topics -- tuned out early as it was boooring.
>
> I've been toying with the idea of putting up a spoof site (ala' the old
> 'Osama Porn' page) on this topic for several years now, but have been
> concerned about copywrite issues as the LDSers have trademarked lots of
> Mormon imagery. "Bring 'em early, brigham young" -- that kinda stuff.
Here's one for you:
http://www.rmwhome.com/jackson.htm
I don't blame you for being hesitant. Despite the fair use idea which
exempts parodies, they've got a lot of dough and have no problem SLAPPing
when they feel the urge (though they don't rival the $cient0l0gists in
this regard).
>
> Sorry to see you didn't have much luck getting a love connection going
> between Art Bullah and Tani -- that would've been 'priceless'.
>
I still have "faith" that these two stellar prophets, seers and
revelators will someday lock in a slow orbit around one another, a binary
kook system, and the fine regs of both our groups will be able to bask in
the starlight of their combined power to illuminate and amuse.
> Been thinking about toying with the people in this group:
> http://www.ldsr.org/clean/ -- "Clean-LDS is a resource for the support
> of those struggling to overcome pornography addiction or abuse, using
> the framework of the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of
> Latter-day Saints." Could be funny posting examples of Profits (sic)
> Prophets banging 13-year-old girls.
Harry, I have felt the prompting of the spirit, and am strongly moved by
a stiffening in my loins to warn you against the unhealthy problems of
both pr0n and pole-polishing.
I pray, in the name of Joseph Smith, that you might change your evil ways
and come to a true peace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. God the holy
ghost is calling out to you, encouraging you to take up this sacred cause
yourself. Let it be a mission you serve, to all kindreds tongues (LOL)
and peoples.
I close this evening with a most inspiring message from the apostle
Petersen (a name I couldn't parody here, even if I tried), so that your
forearm might be strengthened as you hold to the iron rod in these latter
days. I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN!
STEPS IN OVERCOMING MASTURBATION
Mark E. Petersen
Council of the 12 Apostles
Be assured that you can be cured of your difficulty. Many have been, both
male and female, and you can be also if you determine that it must be so.
This determination is the first step. That is where we begin. You must
decide that you will end this practice, and when you make that decision,
the problem will be greatly reduced at once.
But it must be more than a hope or a wish, more than knowing that it is
good for you. It must be actually a DECISION. If you truly make up your
mind that you will be cured, then you will have the strength to resist
any tendencies which you may have and any temptations which may come to
you.
After you have made this decision, then observe the following specific
guidelines:
A Guide to Self-Control:
1. Never touch the intimate parts of your body except during normal
toilet processes.
2. Avoid being alone as much as possible. Find good company and stay in
this good company.
3. If you are associated with other persons having this same problem, YOU
MUST BREAK OFF THEIR FRIENDSHIP. Never associate with other people having
the same weakness. Don't suppose that two of you will quit together, you
never will. You must get away from people of that kind. Just to be in
their presence will keep your problem foremost in your mind. The problem
must be taken OUT OF YOUR MIND for that is where it really exists. Your
mind must be on other and more wholesome things.
4. When you bathe, do not admire yourself in a mirror. Never stay in the
bath more than five or six minutes -- just long enough to bathe and dry
and dress AND THEN GET OUT OF THE BATHROOM into a room where you will
have some member of your family present.
5. When in bed, if that is where you have your problem for the most part,
dress yourself for the night so securely that you cannot easily touch
your vital parts, and so that it would be difficult and time consuming
for you to remove those clothes. By the time you started to remove
protective clothing you would have sufficiently controlled your thinking
that the temptation would leave you.
6. If the temptation seems overpowering while you are in bed, GET OUT OF
BED AND GO INTO THE KITCHEN AND FIX YOURSELF A SNACK, even if it is in
the middle of the night, and even if you are not hungry, and despite your
fears of gaining weight. The purpose behind this suggestion is that you
GET YOUR MIND ON SOMETHING ELSE. You are the subject of your thoughts, so
to speak.
7. Never read pornographic material. Never read about your problem. Keep
it out of mind. Remember -- "First a thought, then an act."
The thought pattern must be changed. You must not allow this problem to
remain in your mind. When you accomplish that, you soon will be free of
the act.
8. Put wholesome thoughts into your mind at all times. Read good books --
Church books -- Scriptures -- Sermons of the Brethern [sic, Cistern
too?]. Make a daily habit of reading at least one chapter of Scripture,
preferably from one of the four Gospels in the New Testament, or the Book
of Mormon. The four Gospels -- Matthew, Mark, Luke and John -- above
anything else in the Bible can be helpful because of their uplifting
qualities.
9. Pray. But when you pray, don't pray about this problem, for that will
tend to keep [it] in your mind more than ever. Pray for faith, pray for
understanding of the Scriptures, pray for the Missionaries, the General
Authorities, your friends, your families, BUT KEEP THE PROBLEM OUT OF
YOUR MIND BY NOT MENTIONING IT EVER -- NOT IN CONVERSATION WITH OTHERS,
NOT IN YOUR PRAYERS. KEEP IT _OUT_ of your mind! The attitude of a person
toward his problem has an affect on how easy it is to overcome. It is
essential that a firm commitment be made to control the habit. As a
person understands his reasons for the behavior, and is sensitive to the
conditions or situations that may trigger a desire for the act, he
develops the power to control it.
As one meets with his Priesthood Leader, a program for overcoming
masturbation can be implemented using some of these suggestions. Remember
it is essential that a regular report program be agreed on, so progress
can be recognized and failures understood and eliminated.
Suggestions:
1. Pray daily, ask for the gifts of the Spirit, that which will
strengthen you against temptation. Pray fervently and out loud when the
temptations are the strongest.
2. Follow a program of vigorous daily exercise. The exercises reduce
emotional tension and depression and are absolutely basic to the solution
of this problem. Double your physical activity when you feel stress
increasing.
3. When the temptation to masturbate is strong, yell STOP to those
thoughts as loudly as you can in your mind and then recite a prechosen
Scripture or sing an inspirational hymn. It is important to turn your
thoughts away from the selfish need to indulge.
4. Set goals of abstinence, begin with a day, then a week, month, year
and finally commit to never doing it again. Until you commit yourself to
never again you will always be open to temptation.
5. Change in behavior and attitude is most easily achieved through a
changed self-image. Spend time every day imagining yourself strong and in
control, easily overcoming tempting situations.
6. Begin to work daily on a self-improvement program. Relate this plan to
improving your Church service, to improving your relationships with your
family, God and others. Strive to enhance your strengths and talents.
7. Be outgoing and friendly. Force yourself to be with others and learn
to enjoy working and talking to them. Use principles of developing
friendships found in books such as How to Win Friends and Influence
People by Dale Carnegie.
8. Be aware of situations that depress you or that cause you to feel
lonely, bored, frustrated or discouraged. These emotional states can
trigger the desire to masturbate as a way of escape. Plan in advance to
counter these low periods through various activities, such as reading a
book, visiting a friend, doing something athletic, etc.
9. Make a pocket calendar for a month on a small card. Carry it with you,
but show it to no one. If you have a lapse of self control, color the day
black. Your goal will be to have no black days. The calendar becomes a
strong visual reminder of self control and should be looked at when you
are tempted to add another black day. Keep your calendar up until you
have at least three clear months.
10. A careful study will indicate you have had the problem at certain
times and under certain conditions. Try and recall, in detail, what your
particular times and conditions were. Now that you understand how it
happens, plan to break the pattern through counter activities.
11. In the field of psychotherapy there is a very effective technique
called aversion therapy. When we associate or think of something very
distasteful with something which has been pleasurable, but undesirable,
the distasteful thought and feeling will begin to cancel out that which
was pleasurable. If you associate something very distasteful with your
loss of self-control it will help you to stop the act. For example, if
you are tempted to masturbate, think of having to bathe in a tub of
worms, and eat several of them as you do the act.
12. During your toileting and shower activities leave the bathroom door
or shower curtain partly open, to discourage being alone in total
privacy. Take cool brief showers.
13. Arise immediately in the mornings. Do not lie in bed awake, no matter
what time of day it is. Get up and do something. Start each day with an
enthusiastic activity.
14. Keep your bladder empty. Refrain from drinking large amounts of
fluids before retiring.
15. Reduce the amount of spices and condiments in your food. Eat as
lightly as possible at night.
16. Wear pajamas that are difficult to open, yet loose and not binding.
17. Avoid people, situations, pictures or reading materials that might
create sexual excitement.
18. It is sometimes helpful to have a physical object to use in
overcoming this problem. A Book of Mormon, firmly held in hand, even in
bed at night has proven helpful in extreme cases.
19. In very severe cases it may be necessary to tie a hand to the bed
frame with a tie in order that the habit of masturbating in a semi-sleep
condition can be broken. This can also be accomplished by wearing several
layers of clothing which would be difficult to remove while half asleep.
20. Set up a reward system for your successes. It does not have to be a
big reward. A quarter in a receptacle each time you overcome or reach a
goal. Spend it on something which delights you and will be a continuing
reminder of your progress.
21. Do not let yourself return to any past habit or attitude patterns
which were part of your problem. Satan Never Gives Up. Be calmly and
confidently on guard. Keep a positive mental attitude. You can win this
fight! The joy and strength you will feel when you do will give your
whole life a radiant and spiritual glow of satisfaction and fulfillment.
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