Is masturbation really a sin?

KissMe10der · Jul 30, 2008, 11:01 PM

Its healthy and natural. By labeling it a sin, when its just human nature.. Is stupid.

ScottRC · Jul 31, 2008, 10:31 AM

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Originally Posted by cowandchicken

I have heard different answers everywhere. Some say it is, others say it's normal. I need to know for sure. Is it a sin to masturbate or not?

Nuff said.

Fr_Chuck · Jul 31, 2008, 11:12 AM

According to the Catholic Church, yes it is,

So what if it is, so is breaking the law, (speeding for example could be)
So is living together without being married, so is those evil thoughts you have ( now I don't have them of course) about that car that cut me off this morning. We all sin, but can be forgiven,

Now what I worry more about is the issue of lust and porn that too often follow, unhealthy ideas, and if you get addicted or do it too much where it effects your sexual performance because you are too used to a certain feel.

And of course getting rid of cats may be a positive side effect ** post above.

progunr · Jul 31, 2008, 11:17 AM

Have to laugh at Fr_Chuck answer.

I had no idea he was a cat hater?

I'll tell you this much, if it is a sin, and if it couldn't be forgiven, I can't say for certain about females, but there won't be ANY men, young or old, in heaven.

DrLang · Aug 2, 2008, 07:33 PM

The argument for masturbation being a sin is often referenced to a passage in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible where God commands a man to impregnate a woman. When the man instead masturbates, God punishes him. The controversy here is that there is no direct statement that thou shalt not masturbate. By this story, the man was punished for disobeying God in general, not for masturbating.

letmetellu · Aug 2, 2008, 07:40 PM

Is there a passage in the bible about spilling your seed on the ground?

DrLang · Aug 2, 2008, 07:52 PM

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Originally Posted by letmetellu

Is there a passage in the bible about spilling your seed on the ground?

This is the passage I was referring to. It is often used outside of its full context, which I find to be dubious at best.

farmgal · Aug 2, 2008, 07:58 PM

God kills kittens?

Tj3 · Aug 2, 2008, 09:00 PM

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Originally Posted by DrLang

This is the passage I was referring to. It is often used outside of its full context, which I find to be dubious at best.

Indeed! The issue spoken of here is not masturbation, but disobedience to the Lord:

Gen 38:7-11
8 And Judah said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and marry her, and raise up an heir to your brother." 9 But Onan knew that the heir would not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in to his brother's wife, that he emitted on the ground, lest he should give an heir to his brother. 10 And the thing which he did displeased the LORD; therefore He killed him also.
NKJV

He was to marry his brother's former wife and to give her children, but he spilled his seed to avoid doing so, and thus disobeyed God.

Is masturbation really a sin?

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