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Is masturbation wrong?
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PolyHedral
Superabacus Mystic
Why would it be?
emptybe
Om Mani Padme Hum
You're gonna ejaculate whether you want to (masturbation) or not (wet dreams/blue balls)... Why not enjoy it?
dust1n
Zindīq
No idea. Kinda what this thread is about. I remember back in the younger days, I attended this all-male church sleepover thing. The thing the authorities were ultimately getting at was that it was impossible to not think of a woman when masturbating, and Jesus said that to look at a woman in lust was adultery of the heart and a sin. Why? I don't know.
emptybe
Om Mani Padme Hum
Nowhere in the Bible does it say masturbation is wrong. You are right, lusting is the issue at hand. And most people feel those go hand in hand.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I figure the only thing wrong with masturbation is, if it is broken and doesn't work.
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Nowhere in the Bible does it say masturbation is wrong. You are right, lusting is the issue at hand. And most people feel those go hand in hand.
I've always wondered how even lust can be wrong when lust is something our bodies just do. It's not like there's an off button to our hormones.
emptybe
Om Mani Padme Hum
They say there is a difference between thinking about a girl in a sexual way and meditating upon it. Passing thoughts aren't sins...
I say they cause I don't agree with it!
dust1n
Zindīq
How exactly can you masturbate without meditating and entertaining the notion of the opposite sex?
Primordial Annihilator
Well-Known Member
Masturbation is not wrong..but it is not healthy in excess..like anything.
emptybe
Om Mani Padme Hum
I can't... And that's why they think it's wrong
Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
sorry guys but this man-thread makes me feel icky, so i'll be brief
masturbation is not directly condemned in the Bible but that doesn't mean it's harmless. Its a means of arousing ones sexual appetite and if your sexual appetite becomes too great, then you might find it difficult to resist the temptation to practice sex whenever you can and this will certainly put you at odds with Gods laws on sexuality and cleanness.
Colossians 3:5-6 "Deaden, therefore, YOUR body members that are upon the earth as respects fornication, uncleanness, sexual appetite, hurtful desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of those things the wrath of God is coming.
Christians need to be found acceptable to God and if we loose control of our own sexuality by developing a sexual appetite that we cannot control, then we will likely stand disapproved.
Is a few seconds of pleasure really worth it?
masturbation is not directly condemned in the Bible but that doesn't mean it's harmless. Its a means of arousing ones sexual appetite and if your sexual appetite becomes too great, then you might find it difficult to resist the temptation to practice sex whenever you can and this will certainly put you at odds with Gods laws on sexuality and cleanness.
Colossians 3:5-6 "Deaden, therefore, YOUR body members that are upon the earth as respects fornication, uncleanness, sexual appetite, hurtful desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. 6 On account of those things the wrath of God is coming.
Christians need to be found acceptable to God and if we loose control of our own sexuality by developing a sexual appetite that we cannot control, then we will likely stand disapproved.
Is a few seconds of pleasure really worth it?
SLAMH
Active Member
Nicely said. :yes:
Primordial Annihilator
Well-Known Member
Sexual appetite is only percieved to be a bad thing if you are sexually repressed.
There is nothing wrong with having sex either...the sooner you christians realise that the sooner you stop repressing others and corrupting their minds.
For this 'you' are guilty and should be sanctioned appropriately.
Do I have to tell you what damage the 'sexually pure' priesthood of the church has done to thousands of little boys over the centuries..?
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Rainbow Mage
Lib Democrat/Agnostic/Epicurean-ish/Buddhist-ish
That's what I think. I think the notion that "sexual appetite" is somehow sinful, to be a very primitive one
Primordial Annihilator
Well-Known Member
It is the cause of much agony in the world.
Pegg
Jehovah our God is One
of course if you consider any rules about sex to be repressive, then i can understand your point. But like everything else from driving cars to buying houses, some rules are beneficial to our well being.
Paul said that if one feels the need to be sexually active, then find a mate and marry because that is better then committing fornication and breaking Gods laws. No one is being told they can never have sex...its natural and normal to want sex, but it is also something which should not be abused and if you take away all rules surrounding it, then it will inevitable be abused.