The Hazards of Belief

Hotblack Desiato · 08-06-2012 06:48PM

bluewolf wrote: »

but killing people in video games is WRONG and VIOLENT

What if it was an Old Testament-themed video game? You could play God or Satan. It'd probably end up rated 18.

Hotblack Desiato · 08-06-2012 06:51PM

robindch wrote: »

In 2006, Margaret Farley said that women should enjoy a good ****

Watching, or lending a hand?

Turtwig · 08-06-2012 06:54PM

ninja900 wrote: »

What if it was an Old Testament-themed video game? You could play God or Satan. It'd probably end up rated 18.

I believe there was one that actually failed to get a rating. :pac:
Gonna take some time to research this again. ..

robindch · 08-06-2012 10:43PM

ninja900 wrote: »

robindch wrote: »

In 2006, Margaret Farley said that women should enjoy a good ****

Watching, or lending a hand?

Digital self-stimulation, I gather:

Margaret Farley wrote:

Masturbation usually does not raise any moral questions at all ... it is surely the case that many women have found great good in self-pleasuring — perhaps especially in the discovery of their own possibilities for pleasure — something many had not experienced or even known about in their ordinary sexual relations with husbands or lovers. In this way, it could be said that masturbation actually serves relationships rather than hindering them [...]

Which is decidedly strange -- Farley seems to be suggesting that women should figure out how to ****, since "many" had never been with men who'd wanked them?

Now, I've no idea what a nun might think constitutes "ordinary sexual relations", but if she thinks that most men don't engage in at least a little bit of jiggery-wankery upon their partners, then, well, uh, I'm not sure she's the best person to be writing a book about sex.

MrPudding · 09-06-2012 07:32AM

robindch wrote: »

Digital self-stimulation, I gather:Which is decidedly strange -- Farley seems to be suggesting that women should figure out how to ****, since "many" had never been with men who'd wanked them?

Now, I've no idea what a nun might think constitutes "ordinary sexual relations", but if she thinks that most men don't engage in at least a little bit of jiggery-wankery upon their partners, then, well, uh, I'm not sure she's the best person to be writing a book about sex.

I read it more as a suggestion that some women might not experience pleasure, full stop, in their sexual relationship, not necessarily that their husband or lover did not, specifically, digitally stimulate them.

I also find it interesting that she mentions "husbands or lovers". Sex before marriage? Never.

MrP

Hotblack Desiato · 09-06-2012 08:34AM

robindch wrote: »

Digital self-stimulation, I gather

Yes I know

but isn't the phrase 'having a ****' pretty much exclusively used by men?

Which is decidedly strange -- Farley seems to be suggesting that women should figure out how to ****, since "many" had never been with men who'd wanked them?

Any girlfriend I've ever had was already familiar with the art of self-stimulation, including the 'good convent girls' - especially the good convent girls... :eek:

then, well, uh, I'm not sure she's the best person to be writing a book about sex.

I wouldn't read a book about how to cook steak, written by a vegetarian.

robindch · 09-06-2012 09:36AM

ninja900 wrote: »

isn't the phrase 'having a ****' pretty much exclusively used by men?

Not in my experience

Ladies -- thoughts?

09-06-2012 10:13AM

robindch wrote: »

Not in my experience

Ladies -- thoughts?

men only as far as ive ever heard

shizz · 09-06-2012 10:18AM

Ah it all means the same thing in the end

Sarky · 09-06-2012 11:29AM

One past girlfriend of mine used to call it "scratching records". Presumably like a 90s dj.

Kivaro · 09-06-2012 04:05PM

robindch wrote: »

Not in my experience

Ladies -- thoughts?

There should be a way that I get paged/emailed/jolted when threads go in this type of direction. (I will pay extra in my subscription for it).

Now please wait until I have my popcorn ..................

I'm ready. Please continue ................................

Nodin · 09-06-2012 08:35PM

She is the American nun who after 15 years spent working with war refugees in El Salvador now leads the majority of the 57,000 Catholic sisters in the US. He is the American cardinal who marched in San Francisco protesting against gay marriage and was accused of turning a blind eye to paedophile priests before he took over the Vatican's doctrinal office, the modern version of the Inquisition.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/09/vatican-showdown-america-liberal-nuns

She, however, or any other nun, cannot ever attain his rank, because they have the wrong genitals - a perfectly sane way to run an organisation.

recedite · 10-06-2012 12:30PM

I'm confused. Whats the difference between digital stimulation and analogue stimulation?

Sarky · 10-06-2012 12:32PM

Analogue still uses valves, so when it goes wrong it goes very, very wrong.

Cossax · 11-06-2012 02:46AM

ninja900 wrote: »

Yes I know but isn't the phrase 'having a ****' pretty much exclusively used by men?

I've known one girl who referred to it thus but most don't.
I'd certainly view it as a male action though, doesn't sound right for what women do, IMO.

robindch · 11-06-2012 10:15AM

Hmm, well, moving along rapidly...

Korean creationists demand that Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology remove evidence of evolution from school textbooks. Ministry says, well, basically, that's fine with us:

http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-surrenders-to-creationist-demands-1.10773

According to a survey in 2009, around one third of Koreans are creationists.

Delirium · 11-06-2012 08:21PM

Story from Washington state about a 17 year old that died from a burst appendix as parents try to pray him better :mad:

OKANOGAN — A pretrial ruling upholding a state law that allows faith healing for Christian Scientists but not other religions will go unchallenged now that Greg and JaLea Swezey agreed to plea deals, their lawyer says.

As members of the Church of the First Born, the Swezeys believe in faith healing. They were accused of failing to call a doctor while their 17-year-old son died of a ruptured appendix, and they prayed for him to get better.

Before their trial, Okanogan County Superior Court Judge Chris Culp declined to dismiss their case after their attorneys argued that they were not being treated equally under the law.

State law — RCW 9A.42.005 — allows treatment by a “duly accredited Christian Science practitioner in lieu of medical care” but does not include treatment by other church practitioners.

Source

Jimoslimos · 11-06-2012 10:32PM

robindch wrote: »

Hmm, well, moving along rapidly...

Korean creationists demand that Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology remove evidence of evolution from school textbooks. Ministry says, well, basically, that's fine with us:

http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-surrenders-to-creationist-demands-1.10773

According to a survey in 2009, around one third of Koreans are creationists.

And to think Kim-Jong in the North got/gets stick for being crazy:(

eblistic · 12-06-2012 10:49AM

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0612/1224317755314.html

Church influenced birth procedure, says report

A DRAFT report commissioned by the Government into the use of a controversial childbirth operation says one of the reasons it was used was to obey laws influenced by the Catholic Church that banned contraception and sterilisation.

It is estimated up to 1,500 women underwent symphysiotomies – an operation to widen the pelvis – between the mid-1940s and mid-1980s. The procedure has since been linked with lifelong health problems such as incontinence, chronic pain and mobility problems. ...

Bannasidhe · 12-06-2012 11:02AM

eblistic wrote: »

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/frontpage/2012/0612/1224317755314.html

Symphysiotomy was advocated in 1597 by Severin Pineau after his description of a diastasis of the pubis on a hanged pregnant woman. Thus symphysiotomies became a routine surgical procedure for women experiencing an obstructed labour. They became less frequent in the late 19th century after the risk of maternal death post-caesarean section decreased due to improvement in techniques, hygiene, and clinical practice.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphysiotomy

fitz0 · 12-06-2012 11:32AM

A bunch of old men telling women how to have children. Yet another reason to look at the church with yet disgust.

recedite · 12-06-2012 12:35PM

robindch wrote: »

http://www.nature.com/news/south-korea-surrenders-to-creationist-demands-1.10773

According to a survey in 2009, around one third of Koreans are creationists.

It also found that 40% of biology teachers agreed with the statement that “much of the scientific community doubts if evolution occurs”; and half disagreed that “modern humans are the product of evolutionary processes”

:eek: And I thought that Koreans were a clever bunch! Ah well, it gives a little more hope for the future of Europe as economic power shifts eastwards.

Hotblack Desiato · 12-06-2012 08:28PM

recedite wrote: »

I'm confused. Whats the difference between digital stimulation and analogue stimulation?

Analogue will turn off on October 24. You'll need to get a new box...

Bannasidhe · 12-06-2012 08:31PM

ninja900 wrote: »

Analogue will turn off on October 24. You'll need to get a new box...

What? Again?!?! I just managed to get rid of my old old box what had been under the stairs since I got my old new box 2 years ago now you're saying I need a new new box. :mad:

recedite · 12-06-2012 09:31PM

Sarky wrote: »

Analogue still uses valves, so when it goes wrong it goes very, very wrong.

But digital makes you go blind.
Its a minefield out there.

Sarky · 12-06-2012 09:42PM

That's true, yeah. Ugh, and don't get me started on the DRM issues.

Bannasidhe · 12-06-2012 10:13PM

Sarky wrote: »

That's true, yeah. Ugh, and don't get me started on the DRM issues.

AND it causes carpel tunnel syndrome.

Sarky · 12-06-2012 10:18PM

It's just a step or two away from forcing a monthly subscription on everyone, you mark my words.

Galvasean · 12-06-2012 11:06PM

koth wrote: »

Story from Washington state about a 17 year old that died from a burst appendix as parents try to pray him better :mad:

As someone who once had a burst appendix I can assure everyone that it is not a pleasant or quick way to go...

Bannasidhe · 12-06-2012 11:17PM

Sarky wrote: »

It's just a step or two away from forcing a monthly subscription on everyone, you mark my words.

The Digital Stimulation Levy.

The Hazards of Belief

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