by Flash 23 Replies latest watchtower bible
The thing is, they have a Bill Clinton Military Policy position.....
Don't ask...don't tell.
The truth is that they have no business policing what consenting adults do in the privacy of their bedroom.
I wonder if, when quizzed by the elders, anyone said, "This topic is not open for discussion."
Lisa
Won't touch WHAT with her hands?!?!?!? Class
I had a very good friend who divorced her husband because he often pressured her into oral and anal sex. Her main problem with him though was that he was insatiable and wanted sex many times a day. This made her feel used. I don't think it was the type of sex that bothered her as much as him making her feel like she was good for nothing but constant sex. Had he been a little more normal in his libido she may have been much happier with him.
She was an underdog that people didn't include in their social circles. This was because some of them knew of her complaints against her husband. How did they know? She hadn't told anyone. Another reason they left her and her son out of things and laughed at her behind her back was because she was divorced and viewed as damaged goods.
By the time I met her, she had remarried and went on to have another son later. People said unkind things to me about her and that just endeared her to me. She proved to be a much more loving and loyal friend than any of them. Like I say, I miss her more. She was a kindred spirit in some ways. Just one of those down to earth, non-judgmental people you instantly feel comfortable around.
Getting back to the point though: here is one marriage I know of that was broken up because of the porneia scandal.
Heather
All the current articles seem to only mention oral sex if you are unmarried. Apparently, lots of single bros and sis are having oral sex because they think this isn't actually intercourse and so they are not doing anything wrong and are not actually commiting fornication. At least that is what I read into it. My husband reckons there is nothing wrong with it as long as you are married and both are agreeable. He says the only thing wrong is if one of the partners forces the other to do things they don't want to do. I find the whole thing really daft - do people really go to the elders and tell them what they do in the privacy of their own bedrooms? I'd never tell an elder anything about anything - it's none of their business. If I had a problem with my husband forcing me to do things I didn't want to do, I'd simply wait until he was asleep and.....well....I'll leave it to your imaginiation! I certainly wouldn't involve the elders.
Terri
I seem to recall a discussion of porneia at an elder and servant meeting with a c.o. a few years ago, must have been around 2000. These were usually deadly dull but this one was enlivened when the c.o. read out something from the wtbts about porneia including telephone sex or sex via the internet where the images were live and interactive rather than just pornography.
Do any other elders or servants remember this?
