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True Dough

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32. In fairness,

Reply to JoseBalow (Reply #14)

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 07:57 PM

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it would probably have been awkward for Jesus to masturbate with those holes in his hands, so we are simply asked to refrain out of respect to him.

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