Is masturbation sinful?

afton · Post by **afton** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:27 am

Many people have debated about this, but I have not found any conclusive
answer yet. Is masturbation sinful?

Wyvern · Post by **Wyvern** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 1:18 am

Sounds like a setup to me, create humans with the desire but then tell them its evil to act on it. Even worse if you do act upon this desire only god can forgive this sin, self perpetuation.

sin_is_fun · Post by **sin_is_fun** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 3:21 am

afton wrote:Many people have debated about this, but I have not found any conclusive
answer yet. Is masturbation sinful?

Thoughtcrime?

Is thought a crime?

Is it possible to control thoughts?

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:31 am

afton wrote:Many people have debated about this, but I have not found any conclusive answer yet. Is masturbation sinful?

sin_is_fun wrote:Thoughtcrime? Is thought a crime?

A crime, no. A sin yes. Many years before Brave New World was written,

Matthew wrote:Jesus ... began to teach them, saying, "... but I say to you that everyone who looks at a woman with lust for her has already committed adultery with her in his heart."

This does not answer the question of whether masterbation is sinful. What if I masterbate, thinking about my wife while she is away on a business trip? What about masterbation while thinking about sex in general, not sex with a particular partner?

sin_is_fun wrote:Is it possible to control thoughts?

Yes, to a degree.
For those who are less experienced or have faced sexual abuse, this thought experiment may not work. I am sorry for you.
Think about your first kiss. No, not that one! Your first real passionate kiss; the first one that really got you going, the one that made you really want to go further, the one that made you want to dance in the street. See you can control your thoughts. By reading this you brought this particular thought to mind. Now try to get rid of it.

sin_is_fun · Post by **sin_is_fun** » Mon Mar 13, 2006 9:35 pm

Why is masturbation a sin?I cannot get the logic for such an argument.
What's Gods problem in this?How is anybody affected by what a man/woman privately does inside a closed room?

Cathar1950 · Post by **Cathar1950** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 3:45 am

1John2_26 wrote:

Anyone that looks on a woman with lust has committed adultery with her in his heart.

What if your just thinking about a tree?

lifeisboring wrote:

Well, put it this way. If God didn't want us to masturabate, then he wouldn't have created humans with that (thought?) in mind.

Yeah, and we would have shorter arms.
McCulloch wrote:

Haven't you read Genesis? God wants humans to sin. How can God show his mercy and lovingkindness to us unless we sin and fall short of his glory?

It kind of fits in with shorter arms.
Paveway wrote:

Also Angels fall short of God as well.

I see a theme developing.

Wyvern wrote:

Sounds like a setup to me, create humans with the desire but then tell them its evil to act on it. Even worse if you do act upon this desire only god can forgive this sin, self perpetuation.

Self perpetuation, self pollination it is all the same.

sin_is_fun wrote:

Is thought a crime?

Not yet. It is just a sin so far.

Is it possible to control thoughts?

No one wants to control thoughts. They just want punishment.
McCulloch wrote:

Think about your first kiss. No, not that one! Your first real passionate kiss; the first one that really got you going, the one that made you really want to go further, the one that made you want to dance in the street. See you can control your thoughts. By reading this you brought this particular thought to mind. Now try to get rid of it.

McCulloch I can't even remember my last kiss. How do you like my eye?

bernee51 · Post by **bernee51** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 4:15 am

Cathar1950 wrote: McCulloch I can't even remember my last kiss. How do you like my eye?

Kinda reminds me of one of Billy Connolly's stories....

he remembered his first sexual experience as being frightening....it was dark and he was alone.

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:43 am

Cathar1950 wrote:McCulloch I can't even remember my last kiss. How do you like my eye?

I'm not quite your age yet. Really cool.

meeble · Post by **meeble** » Mon Apr 03, 2006 10:00 am

I don't remember anything about masturbation being a sin. It might be referred to as 'unclean' in some of the passages mentioned but 'unclean' might just mean 'messy'.

People were probably more funny about it in them days.

I don't see how it's a sin though. It doesn't do anybody or even oneself any harm. Isn't it actually meant to be physically beneficial in some way?

Jenchol · Post by **Jenchol** » Tue May 30, 2006 8:42 am

i don't think its sinful.

we are not hurting anyone

it is a scientific thing... these thoughts we have... how can it be "sinful" if it is natural feelings?

i think religion is thouroughly jipped. which is why i got out when i did.

chachynga · Post by **chachynga** » Sun Jun 11, 2006 10:32 am

lifeisboring wrote:Well, put it this way. If God didn't want us to masturabate, then he wouldn't have created humans with that (thought?) in mind.

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