In our most thirdly speculative episode, Connor and Jonathan discuss the tips, tricks, and consequences of manipulating kids to be lifelong believers

In our tangentially sixth episode, I respond to Capturing Christianity's defense of the Vice President's weird ordering of love.

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Capturing's Video: https://youtu.be/S9vQjNNxlYE?si=69oTzjdPi6Czj67N

In our apparent quest to keep stretching our runtime, our seriously fifth episode follows the self-reflection of two cis het Christian boys on their sexual experiences. Content warning: There are brief and irreverent discussions of suicidality (15:30, 41:16, 57:23) and sexual assault (01:06:30 - 01:07:50)

Time Codes

(0:00) Content Warning

(0:19) Cold Open

(0:34) Introduction to the Episode

(01:00) Connor’s Porn Printing Industry

(04:18) Embarrassment to Shame Pipeline

(08:40) The inception of Jonathan’s masturbatory career

(11:00) But why though? For him and for him

(17:32) The Don Juan/Jon Tangent

(19:25) Porn vs Sex

(22:45) Jonathan doing his own thing

(26:35) The The Road Tangent

(28:20) Defense of masturbation

(30:00) Jonathan’s fumble

(35:00) The need for intimacy and the trouble of getting it

(37:18) The Purity of Connor

(39:10) The Impurity of Jonathan

(41:41) Connor’s sexual conversion into purity

(43:40) The culture of purity

(51:35) The counterculture to purity

(58:40) The goodness of sex

(01:01:10) Jonathan’s social ineptness and the inaccessibility of purity culture

(01:06:30) SA story

(01:07:50) Other barriers to purity culture

(01:11:28) Is sex even worth it?

(01:15:34) Christian sexual ethic?

(01:19:33) Connor’s sexual conversion out of purity

(01:31:50) The reasons for purity

(01:37:07) Sex as mutual masturbation

(01:38:50) Parameters for the sex trilogy

(01:39:58) Recap and Preview

(01:44:50) Outro?

[Recorded on June 25, 2024]

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