In a devotional address to young adults, Earl C. Tingey said, "Postponing marriage until money is sufficient to sustain a stylish living is not wise." Tingey may be right. Psychologist Christopher Ryan writes,
Criminologists have long known that unmarried young men commit the bulk of the crimes in the United States. The best way to end a criminal's career is to get him married -- or at least laid regularly. The relationship between sexual frustration and violence is evident in chimps, where most of the male/male conflict arises over access to ovulating females. Among free-loving bonobos on the other hand, there is little, if any, male sexual frustration and thus little, if any, violence. This is no coincidence.
Sadly the LDS church doesn't allow sex before marriage. Faithful young men have no other choice but to get married as quick as possible after a mission.
DoubtingThomas wrote:Sadly the LDS church doesn't allow sex before marriage. Faithful young men have no other choice but to get married as quick as possible after a mission.
Or maybe the church could just lay off the going to hell for masturbation rhetoric?
"Jesus gave us the gospel, but Satan invented church. It takes serious evil to formalize faith into something tedious and then pile guilt on anyone who doesn’t participate enthusiastically." - Robert Kirby
Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer. -- Henry Lawson
DoubtingThomas wrote:Among free-loving bonobos on the other hand, there is little, if any, male sexual frustration and thus little, if any, violence. This is no coincidence.
It might be wise to start a task force to begin planning for the Bonobos Mission.