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SeattleUte · 10-03-2008, 07:36 PM

The First Presidency issues a proclamation that all married couples should have sex five times a week, certainly no less than two. They can establish sex nights like FHE.

I figure the guys presently in a torpor about LDS faith or many who are now uninterested in joining would quickly and easily buy into the "follow the leaders" mantra, and the women, especially the ones who chant "honor your priesthood" (they being the women who probably like sex the least) would be in a box. The LDS Church's appeal is to people with an old fashioned paternalistic outlook anyway.

I have to give attribution. This idea came to me while reading a novel by a Frenchman, Michel Houlebeq, called The Possiblity of an Island. It's futuristic and there's a subplot about a cult that supercedes monotheism as the dominant belief system.

Archaea · 10-03-2008, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The First Presidency issues a proclamation that all married couples should have sex five times a week, certainly no less than two. They can establish sex nights like FHE.

I figure the guys presently in a torpor about LDS faith or many who are now uninterested in joining would quickly and easily buy into the "follow the leaders" mantra, and the women, especially the ones who chant "honor your priesthood" (they being the women who probably like sex the least) would be in a box. The LDS Church's appeal is to people with an old fashioned paternalistic outlook anyway.

I have to give attribution. This idea came to me while reading a novel by a Frenchman, Michel Houlebeq, called The Possiblity of an Island. It's futuristic and there's a subplot about a cult that supercedes monotheism as the dominant belief system.

My interest is renewed.

MikeWaters · 10-03-2008, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The First Presidency issues a proclamation that all married couples should have sex five times a week, certainly no less than two. They can establish sex nights like FHE.

I figure the guys presently in a torpor about LDS faith or many who are now uninterested in joining would quickly and easily buy into the "follow the leaders" mantra, and the women, especially the ones who chant "honor your priesthood" (they being the women who probably like sex the least) would be in a box. The LDS Church's appeal is to people with an old fashioned paternalistic outlook anyway.

I have to give attribution. This idea came to me while reading a novel by a Frenchman, Michel Houlebeq, called The Possiblity of an Island. It's futuristic and there's a subplot about a cult that supercedes monotheism as the dominant belief system.

isn't this the premise behind polygamy? my friend says he may be interested in hearing more about the church if it goes back to polygamy.

SeattleUte · 10-03-2008, 08:07 PM

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isn't this the premise behind polygamy?

Some of the early quotes while the the practice was being introduced and propagated seem to say that.

TripletDaddy · 10-03-2008, 08:09 PM

I've already gone this route and it definitely works.

Whenever I get back from Priesthood meeting, my wife always asks, "What did they talk about?"

I use this as a chance to make something up and force her to do it. "They said that all the women have to allow the husbands to watch whatever they want on TV."

This approach usually buys me about 5 weeks of float, until the Conference edition of the Ensign comes out and my wife can verify for herself.

Which reminds me...tomorrow is Priesthood!

MikeWaters · 10-03-2008, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Some of the early quotes while the the practice was being introduced and propagated seem to say that.

I've read quotes saying it was unnatural and unreasonable for a man to be able to meet his needs with just one woman. That this arrangement was the only sane one that would prevent adultery.

Later of course, the church would become more puritanical.

SeattleUte · 10-03-2008, 08:21 PM

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I've read quotes saying it was unnatural and unreasonable for a man to be able to meet his needs with just one woman. That this arrangement was the only sane one that would prevent adultery.

Those are the ones I'm remembering.

Levin · 10-03-2008, 08:25 PM

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I've read quotes saying it was unnatural and unreasonable for a man to be able to meet his needs with just one woman. That this arrangement was the only sane one that would prevent adultery.

Later of course, the church would become more puritanical.

Cite?

UtahDan · 10-03-2008, 08:31 PM

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Cite?

I've definitely seem them too. I'll have to think about where.

SeattleUte · 10-03-2008, 08:40 PM

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Cite?

I've seen them in No Man Knows My History. I'm sure they're on the Internet. Somebody posted a great historical web site on polygamy here once.

10-03-2008, 07:36 PM	#1
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	Here's an idea to reverse decline in LDS membership gains and activity The First Presidency issues a proclamation that all married couples should have sex five times a week, certainly no less than two. They can establish sex nights like FHE. I figure the guys presently in a torpor about LDS faith or many who are now uninterested in joining would quickly and easily buy into the "follow the leaders" mantra, and the women, especially the ones who chant "honor your priesthood" (they being the women who probably like sex the least) would be in a box. The LDS Church's appeal is to people with an old fashioned paternalistic outlook anyway. I have to give attribution. This idea came to me while reading a novel by a Frenchman, Michel Houlebeq, called The Possiblity of an Island. It's futuristic and there's a subplot about a cult that supercedes monotheism as the dominant belief system. __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

10-03-2008, 08:09 PM	#5
TripletDaddy Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 9,483	I've already gone this route and it definitely works. Whenever I get back from Priesthood meeting, my wife always asks, "What did they talk about?" I use this as a chance to make something up and force her to do it. "They said that all the women have to allow the husbands to watch whatever they want on TV." This approach usually buys me about 5 weeks of float, until the Conference edition of the Ensign comes out and my wife can verify for herself. Which reminds me...tomorrow is Priesthood! __________________ Fitter. Happier. More Productive. "Everyone is against me. Everyone is fawning for 3D's attention and defending him." -- SeattleUte