Just so we're clear I'll state my position. My position is that the Bible doesn't definitively state one way or the other that masturbation is a sin. However, if someone is personally convicted about it, stick to your own convictions.
I do have a different take on this topic though that isn't often considered. Many seem to presuppose a very specific and narrow definition of masturbation and / or, it's situational context. They typically imagine single men or women in this situation.
What bothers me is that this is a very narrow view of the topic.
For example, is it a sin to touch:
What do you think CF, what is your opinion?
- When thinking about your spouse?
- To mutually touch with your spouse?
- When thinking about your spouse who may have long passed away, or left you?
- To look at images of your spouse, or a video that you may have made together with your spouse? (this technically meets the criteria of being inappropriate contentography by it's current definition)
Cheers,
Tetra
Masturbation is a man's most private legitimate pleasure and when my wife assists me it is a beautiful experience that shares at a very deep level. I am letting her into a very intimate part of my life. It also helps liberate us from the unbiblical teaching that masturbation is wrong.
Thankfully, God did not allow the Bible to be originally written in English.
Your hormones may tend you to be aggressive. Testosterone will do that. But murder? That is NOT from God nor in the original creation of man. Murder entered after sin did. It is one of the fallen nature’s ways of expressing aggression.
Technically speaking, handjobs are masturbation. (Latin manus + sturbo; disturbed by hand)
Obviously this is outside the scope of Scripture and would be similar to reading erotic stories. I think one should pray about it and ask themselves hard questions as to why they are looking at this type of content.
But He did give us the Holy Spirit which helps us interpret and isn't language specific.
It is not good for a man (or a woman) to be alone. Not everyone is in a couple.
What does being alone have to do with masturbation? God gave Adam a "help meet" to take away his loneliness. What does that mean?
I don't understand your reasoning here... how is driving a car godly, brushing your teeth, or working out?
