Loneliness doesn't have much to do with where you are.
The major civilizing force in the world is not religion, it is sex.
If you let society and your peers define who you are, you're the less for it.
I guess you could say, I'm just a typical Methodist kid at heart.
My folks were raised pure prohibitionist. They were very good people, with high moral standards - but very repressed. There was no hugging and kissing in my home.
I think that there's nothing wrong with masturbation. If you're not feeling good about your own sexuality and your own body, you're not going to feel good about anything else.