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I wouldn't be surprised if I'm the only one that thinks this but I'm not so sure it's a good thing. People say that the Bible doesn't condemn it but there are a lot of things that we know are wrong that the Bible doesn't directly come out and condemn either. We know it through context. Most...

If neither one of you wants it or seeks it then no there is no sin. Someone can't be denied something they don't want. I know that there are people out there that eat souse and like it but not me. I don't even want to try it. Just the look of it is disgusting. If my supermarket stopped...

What you are talking about here is something called a Josephite Marriage. It's more or less where a man and a women get married and by mutual agreement they agree not to have sex. If the two are in agreement then it is not sin. You can't deprive or deny somebody of something that they don't...

I've heard so many stories about the old Kezar Stadium from the cinder field to the locker rooms to the seagulls. The 49ers had a real home field advantage there. Now they are going to be leaving Candlestick Park. And it will always be Candlestick to me no matter what name it has. But what...

I have, I do, and I will continue to live without sex. Sex doesn't define who we are. A person can live a full life without it.

I'm not like Adam, I'm more like Paul.

Everything kept coming back to it. Being married or even in a relationship was never something that was that big to me. My sex drive or desire really isn't very strong either so that hasn't been a motivator for me. When I was younger I thought about some girls from time to time but I was...

I'm somebody that has been celibate pretty much forever so for me it's a normal thing. I think my friends are used to it so it's not something that they probably ever think about. It would probably really surprise them if I was in a relationship with someone. I doubt they would know how to...

I wish I had good news but the baby died this morning. She was her family's sole survivor. These outbreaks never end well for anyone. Prayers for this little one. I was four on 4/3/74 and even though it's closing in on 40 years now those memories are still vivid. I saw the tornado that...

Yesterday was a nightmare. You could tell something major was going to happen because the air just felt nasty and the clouds didn't look right all day. The warnings were coming in so fast that the people on TV couldn't keep up. Watching The Weather Channel is very different from a local TV...

Celibates can have an intimacy with God that is very difficult for a married person to have. The celibate person can concentrate on God to a greater degree and grow in a spiritual way that's really hard to attain otherwise. Relationships are full of politics and usually cause as much pain and...

Put it simple, that's not lust. That's being a normal person with a normal sex drive. There's nothing wrong with that. Now if someone started thinking "I bet I could bang her and I'm going to start working on that," then they've crossed the line into lust even if they never go through with...

Lust is where someone is trying to take something that isn't their's. It's more or less a form of coveting. Lust is not sexual desire, sexual arousal, or sexual feelings. Lust is where someone takes those desires to the point that they start making plans to hook up with someone they aren't...

Problem is that I don't have a scanner capable of scanning a 4x5 transparency. That takes a specialized type of scanner and they are very expensive. I did a couple of rolls of 35mm with Velvia and I might scan and post a couple of those. It can produce a level of contrast and color saturation...

I got my degree in advertising specializing in photography. I used 4x5 cameras a lot, Speedotron lights, you name it. Digital might be convenient but even these ultra mega pixel cameras can't hold a candle to something shot on a 4x5 using Fujichrome Velvia. It just can't touch it.

The town and the cathedral in Amiens. Amiens - Ave Verum Corpus - YouTube

Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Grace Cathedral San Francisco.mp4 - YouTube

It's a good thing that at least some of those churches survived the Soviet purges. St. Peter's Cathedral in Regensburg, Germany. Regensburg - cathedral interior - YouTube

The only thing that I can assure you of is that sometimes the things that we think we want so badly can sometimes be the worst things for us in the end. God knows what's best for us and sometimes it's not what we want or think we would like at first. In time we begin to see things the way He...

I guess if there's one thing that I know a lot about on here it's celibacy. I can tell you from personal experience that being celibate doesn't take your sex drive away. Most people who are celibate aren't asexual despite what people believe. We all have a cross to bear and that just might...