Comments on: Baby girl, it was really nothing

By: Clean Cut

Clean Cut — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:34:31 +0000

It didn’t even occur to me that a banana was a phallic symbol. I checked out that link and I totally agree with it. I think all of those are in very poor taste. I would hope that the idea of “waiting” was what was remembered from her lesson, and that sex is very good, not bad, but all in due time.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:59:55 +0000

Clean Cut, that is too funny! For a little perspective on where I am coming from. No offense. Some of my Youth just were a bit taken aback by the phalic symbol.

By: Clean Cut

Clean Cut — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 17:24:42 +0000

From all the comments from other people about that youth conference teacher, I heard it was fantastic. And being married to that teacher, I can certify that she is definitely a fantastic person and teacher. Of course, I might be a little biased, but I thought the bananas analogy was a great analogy, as is Geoff’s hedges analogy. The whole point is that sex is great, and the youth should know that, but NOT YET. They need to wait, or the experience will be a whole lot bitter than trying to eat a green banana–which actually happened to our daughter.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 01:10:35 +0000

All I can say is apparantly green bananas are bad and it’s better to wait and enjoy a deliscious yummy ripe banana….

By: Jacob J

Jacob J — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:33:57 +0000

Now if only sheâ€™d left the bananas at homeâ€¦

This can’t possibly mean what I’m thinking.

By: Matt W.

Matt W. — Sat, 21 Jun 2008 18:20:45 +0000

in a weird moment, at youth conference today in a lesson on dating, the teacher made a point to talk about hedges and how dating under 16 is a hedge and not a sin. congrats geoff. one point for you. Now if only she’d left the bananas at home…

By: Clean Cut

Clean Cut — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:27:56 +0000

This was really great. Thanks for sharing your thoughts, insights, and experience. I think I’m going to be talking about “hedges” from now on…

By: Jessawhy

Jessawhy — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:12:03 +0000

re: 2. Matt W.
My husband manages the pensions for the firefighters, and they do really well, financially. Retired at 50 with full benefits. But, if it’s the endangering one’s life thing, well I see that.
Great post. I have a 5 yo and I don’t think he even understands that girls and boys can like each other. (although I teach his primary class and one of the other boys tries to hold a girl’s hand occasionally)
That’s a great quote about Eve. It really explains the whole scenario more clearly in my mind, and definitely makes the point about exaggerating the importance of hedges.

By: Geoff J

Geoff J — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:38:18 +0000

“It was Adamâ€™s exaggeration that afforded the serpent the possibility of persuading Eve to taste of the forbidden fruit.”

I love it. What a perfect illustration of the point I was hoping to discuss in this post.

Nice link Jacob. Very interesting stuff there.

By: Jacob J

Jacob J — Mon, 19 May 2008 05:52:21 +0000

Here you go Geoff:

The serpent began, "Is it true that God hath said, Ye shall not eat of every tree in the garden?" "We may," rejoined Eve, "eat of the fruit of all the trees in the garden, except that which is in the midst of the garden, and that we may not even touch, lest we be stricken with death." She spoke thus, because in his zeal to guard her against the transgressing of the Divine command, Adam had forbidden Eve to touch the tree, though God had mentioned only the eating of the fruit. It remains a truth, what the proverb says, "Better a wall ten hands high that stands, than a wall a hundred ells high that cannot stand." It was Adam's exaggeration that afforded the serpent the possibility of persuading Eve to taste of the forbidden fruit. The serpent pushed Eve against the tree, and said: "Thou seest that touching the tree has not caused thy death. As little will it hurt thee to eat the fruit of the tree. (Louis Ginzberg, The Legends of the Jews, emphasis mine)