Is Masturbation a Sin?

[mrlolman04]

LOL if touching yourself's a sin, then I guess I have hundreds of sins that I need to get rid of.

 

[2001MustangGT]

Over touching yourself can lead to importence??? That is very interesting. I would love to know the reference for that little known fact.

This is not true. Masturbation does not lead to impotence. I did a google search and found nothing about masturbation causing impotence. Not on menstuff, not on globalfamilydoctor, not on webmd, not anywhere.

I also did a search on google for masturbation and prostate cancer, and I found that there was a study recently that showed that regular masturbation well decrease your chances for developing prostate cancer


Since Im under 15 posts I cannot put exact links on yet otherwise I would.


So either do a search on google for "masturbation and prostate cancer" there is stuff on globalfamilydoctor website and on menstuff website.


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[Rafael]

Here's good link about mastubation. Might as well call it what it is and deal with it in truth:
http://www.bible.com/answers/amasturb.html

 

[gary cook]

yes their is in gen. GOD cursed a man for taking it out of a women ,our seed is HOLY ,but our flesh is weak and controls most people ,when in truth we are too control it ,He also said it is better to put your seed in the belly of a harlot than on the ground ,you judge is it better to put those million or so babys on the ground or have the one above the rest that make it to be a child ?we are MORE than we appear,

 

[Dust and Ashes]

Tell me if I'm wrong, one cannot touch without having lustful and immoral mental images in the mind or the imagination. This, in itself is sin.
Ben

So, if my wife is out of town for a few days and I notice my eyes lingering a bit too long on images on tv or the net so I decide to touch while fantasizing about my wife, that's immoral? hmmm...what does that make the things we do when we're together?

 

[Dust and Ashes]

yes their is in gen. GOD cursed a man for taking it out of a women ,our seed is HOLY ,but our flesh is weak and controls most people ,when in truth we are too control it ,He also said it is better to put your seed in the belly of a harlot than on the ground ,you judge is it better to put those million or so babys on the ground or have the one above the rest that make it to be a child ?we are MORE than we appear,

Onan got into trouble because he was supposed to be giving his late brother's wife offspring for his brother as was the custom. Instead, he just used her for sex and pulled out so that she wouldn't get pregnant. It had nothing to do with masturbation.

The part about putting your seed in the belly of a harlot is a just an urban legend. It's not in the Bible.

 

[Grace_Alone4gives]

So, if my wife is out of town for a few days and I notice my eyes lingering a bit too long on images on tv or the net so I decide to touch while fantasizing about my wife, that's immoral? hmmm...what does that make the things we do when we're together?

I have wondered about this myself - but my conclusion is - it is still immoral as you are using images of your wife - and not your wife. Could you do this and pray right afterwards for God to bless you marraige?

Note that I am not calling you a sinner - I understand this is a struggle - but it would not be a struggle for humankind to resist such temptations to please themselves, if it wasn't infact sinful. KWIM?

 

[Dust and Ashes]

I have wondered about this myself - but my conclusion is - it is still immoral as you are using images of your wife - and not your wife. Could you do this and pray right afterwards for God to bless you marraige?

Note that I am not calling you a sinner - I understand this is a struggle - but it would not be a struggle for humankind to resist such temptations to please themselves, if it wasn't infact sinful. KWIM?

It's not really a struggle with me, I was just using myself as an example to make a point. When things like that start bothering me, I'll pray about it and if that doesn't help, I'll go to rotten.com and look at some autopsy pics to get a better perspective on the ultimate nature of flesh.

 

[gary cook]

GOD cursed a man in the bible for it ,and HE said it was better to put your seed in the belly of a whre than on the ground ,our seed is HOLY ,not a toy

 

[Song]

In where did God forbid rape?

what kind of question is this?? are you trying to justify something??

lets see read the story about David’s daughter...

the bible doesn't come right out and say "thou shall not rape" but it does say though shall not steal, commit adultery....



if you rape someone you are taking something that does not belong to you. Plus society has told us this act is wrong... Jesus commanded his disciples to obey them that have rule over you (ie the law).

 

[Miles Peterson]

GOD cursed a man in the bible for it ,and HE said it was better to put your seed in the belly of a whre than on the ground ,our seed is HOLY ,not a toy

Can you please cite the chapter & verse that says "it was better to put your seed in the belly of a whre"

 

[Dust and Ashes]

what kind of question is this?? are you trying to justify something??

lets see read the story about David’s daughter...

the bible doesn't come right out and say "thou shall not rape" but it does say though shall not steal, commit adultery....



if you rape someone you are taking something that does not belong to you. Plus society has told us this act is wrong... Jesus commanded his disciples to obey them that have rule over you (ie the law).

What was the penalty for rape according to the Law?

 

[Dust and Ashes]

GOD cursed a man in the bible for it ,and HE said it was better to put your seed in the belly of a whre than on the ground ,our seed is HOLY ,not a toy

This is it. It says nothing about masturbation and certainly nothing about putting your seed in the belly of a harlot.

Gen 38:8 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.

Gen 38:9 And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.

Gen 38:10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.

 

[Philo]

Not again!

 

[Philo]

Freaking masturbation threads, seriously. They go on forever. This is what happens when the bible offers no clear-cut rules on an issue. I'll just go with the Pauline standard here. If your conscience convicts you, don't do it.

Simple? Yes. Biblical? Yes.

Try it! It works!

Yucky,

Philo

 

[Philo]

I wonder if some of the posters in this thread realize that not everyone feels guilty when they touch. Because the way they talk, it seems like they believe that we all have a perpetual ruler-bearing nun sitting on our shoulder.

I feel guilty when I write with my left hand. Which, incidently, was long thought to be a sin on par with or exceeding masturbation in severity.

Oh Snap,

Philolander

 

[Rising_Suns]

Freaking masturbation threads, seriously. They go on forever.

..and I do not understand why. It seems people will look for any excuse to give in to every whim of their sexual impulses. If there was a good indicator for the lack of discipline and order in one's life, it is being a slave to their very bodies; lack of will, lack of control, and further ignoring the fact their bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit.

 

[suzie]

Good answer philo..

..I'll just go with the Pauline standard here. If your conscience convicts you, don't do it.

Simple? Yes. Biblical? Yes.

 

[violetstar]

Yes, anything sexual before marriage is a sin.

 

[Rising_Suns]

..I'll just go with the Pauline standard here. If your conscience convicts you, don't do it.

Simple? Yes. Biblical? Yes.

So you believe ignorance is bliss?


...what if it is voluntary ignorance?