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Regarding ways to redirect lust from things you see...the desert fathers talk a lot about how we'll return to dust, old age and then the grave will be our common end (before the resurrection, of course)...it helps me (when I actually think to do this) to remember that the pretty young thing I just saw will not, in a couple of decades' time, be as ideally desireable as she is right now, and old age and corruption will be the end of that body--as it will be of mine until we rise...so that helps to put a damper on it...
 
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I was not referring to masturbation. I did not say that fighting against that was obsessive-- I was referring to not taking communion after having a wet dream, something which only indicates that one's body has sexual inclinations.
You must know that not even priests can conduct the Divine Liturgy if they had sex... but that's a totally different thing. I said they are not allowed to receive communion that day (after a wet dream). It's perfectly fine the next day. I only shared the things I know from my SF.
 
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I was not referring to masturbation. I did not say that fighting against that was obsessive-- I was referring to not taking communion after having a wet dream, something which only indicates that one's body has sexual inclinations.

Anyone who is EO should ask their Priest about such matters. It is not us EO's who determine if we can or can not receive (much less if someone else can or can't receive) but the Priests.

BTW, it is a long standing tradition (small "t") that men/boys not receive after this in some areas or jurisidictions. Just as it is the same tradition (small "t") for women who are menstrating not receive. But this tradition is not universal to the entire Church. As a result all we can suggest here is that one consult their Priest on such matters. Espcially as it may be that for one person it is better they receive and for another better they do not receive. The Priest or Spiritual Father (Mother) is the one to consult, not a message board.
 
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That's fine, but I'm just saying that I heard differently from my own priest-- so there are different views within Orthodoxy.
Welcome!
You don't have a faith icon - that makes it kind of hard to know where you're coming from. (See my age thread for commentary on concealed information)

If you are Orthodox, what jurisdiction are you in?
 
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Welcome!
You don't have a faith icon - that makes it kind of hard to know where you're coming from. (See my age thread for commentary on concealed information)

If you are Orthodox, what jurisdiction are you in?
I was baptized in the OCA and was referring to an OCA priest. I also sometimes attend an Antiochian church.
 
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I was baptized in the OCA and was referring to an OCA priest. I also sometimes attend an Antiochian church.
Fair enough. Thank you!
I'd welcome your comments over on the age thread (on concealed info). It's hard to know where you are coming from when no info at all is displayed.
 
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Can abstaining from touching yourself hurt the body or cause cancer to the genital organs or damage them?
What makes you think that this could happen?
 
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Can abstaining from touching yourself hurt the body or cause cancer to the genital organs or damage them?
This can be answered with a simple "No." Period.
 
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I really had those thoughts before----that holding in the mojo could be harmful....
I will repeat what I said - how on earth do they know that abstaining from sex hurts you? I mean, let us look at it seriously - which study did examine a group of 1000 people who practice masturbation and don't abstain from sex, and a group of 1000 people who don't touch and abstain from sex? None, since you will never find 1000 people who abstain from sex/masturbation in today's society. It would be great if they did, but come on. Masturbation is one of the most widespread addictions, and all those 'prostate cancer scares' are used only to justify masturbation without any scientific imput.
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Do women who abstain from masturbation get prostate cancer? :D
 
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