what are your views and waht does the bible say about masturbation?
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Do you mean having sex with yourself? the bible says nothing about that, curiously enough.
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i don't want to masturbate in "heaven" or "hell", sex is a primal instinct, without the body there are no primal instinct to reproduce. Masturbation is just a way to trick your body into thinking it's going to reproduce. \n\nOh and Heaven ain't all it's cracked up to be.
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As a fairly traditional christian, I don't think you are going to find much religious support for masturbation. It may be less of a problem for women to masturbate (cf biblical prohibition against spilling one's seed), but I don't think you are going to find many traditional sources that support the practice.\n\nRemeber that unclean thoughts themselves are sinful. Don't you think that masturbating will bring about unclean thoughts?\n\nRead this: http://www.religioustolerance.org/masturba6.htm
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So, according to the other Christians' answers, it is ok for married people to enjoy sex, sex isn't only for procreation, but sex is created for two people who love each other, but sex ouside of gay marriage is wrong? If the only argument against homosexuality is "the Bible says so." The Bible says a lot of things, do you accept them all equally?  Paul also says women shouldn't wear their hair braided or wear jewelry, do you abide by that? If not, then does that mean you are judging some things as applicable and other things not? What is the basis of that?\nTHINK PEOPLE!
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Masturbation is good for you.  It relieves stress and tension and it makes you feel good,  It helps you to figure out what really gets you off, what kind of touches, strokes, which in turn will help your boyfriends, husband....you can guide them to make you feel right.  The fact that is is bad, is an old stupid catholic thing, and I think the sin was making so many people feel that is was wrong.  What does it hurt?  Nothing, it only helps.  Not to mention the fact that a woman masturbating.....is totally HOT, and a MAJOR erotic turn on.
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According to the bible,gay sex is a sin.Having lustful thoughts is a sin also.The bible says something about if you lust after a man's wife,you are just as wrong as commiting adultury.So I guess that applies to lusting after the same sex also.\n \n\nI disagree.How can someone not lust after someome,unless they are asexual.Testosterone is what gives you sexual urges.Everyone has testosterone within their body.If a preacher tells you that he doesn't have lustful thoughts,he probably is lying or he has a low sex drive.I have my own personal definition of a sin;Anything that causes intensional harm to someone.Homosexuality does not cause harm to anyone unless it is rape or intensionally spreading a disease.When people tell me certain things are wrong that doesn't cause anyone harm,then I don't pay them any mind.\n\nIf you are a Christian,you probably will try to resist these feelings.As you resist,the feeling will get stronger and stronger.Why not just give in?You won't be hurting anyone.The bible isn't any more holy than my english book.What makes you think it is the word of God?Because the bible said so?That's not proof.People forced Christianity on others.Every country that is mostly Christian were settled by Europeans.They forced their religion on them and the messages went from generation to generation.You don't have to follow this religion.Why should you?It has no proof whatsoever to be the word of God.The muslims think the Koron is the word of God,are they going to hell for being raised with the "wrong" religion?No.It is insane to believe that 67% of the world are going to a fire pit for being raised with the "wrong"religion or for simply not believing something that has no proof whatsoever.\n\nMany may say that you have choice to act on your feeling.It is so easy for a heterosexual to say "don't have sex with the same sex" or force yourself to be with a woman" while they have concentual sex with adults who they are attracted to.Don't listen to them.I'm sure if they were gay,they would act on it.There is absolutely nothing wrong with being gay and having lustful thoughts.\n\nHomosexuality is not a choice.If that's the case,then why can't heterosexuals choose to be attracted to the same sex.Homosexuality groses them out.If they can't choose to be gay,what makes them think we did?Next time someone tells you it's a choice,ask them are they attracted to both sexes and chose to be with the opposite sex.
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Hi,\nThe bible say "no" (fornication...), so I say "no", its not good. \nYou should save your self! Read the Bible in Romans!
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Masturbation is really not dealt with at all in the Bible, so there is little basis for calling it a sin.\n\nMany people will come up with all sorts of contorted logic, but as long as it is used as an occasional stress reliever, I can't see any biblical prohibition.  However, as with any other appetite, if it gets out of hand (no pun intended) you risk violating the first commandment by making it your god.
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let me guess.... if masturbating is wrong... you don't want to be right.....lol...
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No need to feel guilty.\n\nAdultery...fornication...pro mis cuity...one night stands...premarital sex...Now these are the things you should feel guilty about. \n\nIf it keeps you from participating in that list of things, consider it a good.  \n\nYou know the Bible doesn't condemn mastrubating. It only condemns having lustful, unclean thoughts while doing it. \n\nNow there's the trick, to satisfy yourself physically without having impure thoughts... \n\nThat means dude, you have to drop the porn, XXX movies, and even the fantasies about that girl next door.  \n\nAnd keep it in check...if you can't go an hour or so without thinking about it, something is wrong.
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I am impressed and delighted by all the answers u got body and i rejoyce at the truth that comes out of all these beautiful mouths.(except maybe cronin1848!!)\n\nYes I do my brother and personaly it is sex orientated!(nothing extraordinary I asure u!) But the more I seek God with the help of the sacrement and the more I C that I will one day, soon, be liberated from this particular chain, cause my Love for God is growing and my desire for sin is making more and more unhappy!\n\nDo not put ALL ur energy on stopping satan...Seek God only via his beloved son, our Jesus Christ...AMEN
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Masturbation (for both men and women) is haraam (forbidden) in Islam based on the following evidence:\n\n    First from the Qur'aan:\n\n    Imam Shafi'i stated that masturbation is forbidden based on the following verses from the Qur'aan (interpretation of the meaning):\n\n    "And those who guard their chastity (i.e. private parts, from illegal sexual acts). Except from their wives or (the captives and slaves) that their right hands possess, - for them, they are free from blame. But whoever seeks beyond that, then those are the transgressors." 23.5-7 Here the verses are clear in forbidding all illegal sexual acts (including masturbation) except for the wives or that their right hand possess. And whoever seeks beyond that is the transgressor.\n    "And let those who find not the financial means for marriage keep themselves chaste, until Allah enriches them of His bounty." 24.33. This verse also clearly orders whoever does not have the financial means to marry to keep himself chaste and be patient in facing temptations (including masturbation) until Allah enriches them of His bounty.\n\n    Secondly, from the Sunnah of the Prophet  (peace be upon him):\n    Abdullaah ibn Mas'ood said, "We were with the Prophet while we were young and had no wealth whatsoever. So Allah's Messenger said, "O young people! Whoever among you can marry, should marry, because it helps him lower his gaze and guard his modesty (i.e. his private parts from committing illegal sexual intercourse etc.), and whoever is not able to marry, should fast, as fasting diminishes his sexual power." Bukhari:5066. The hadeeth orders men who are not able to marry to fast despite the hardship encountered in doing so, and not to masturbate despite the ease with which it can be done.\n    There are additional evidences that can be cited to support this ruling on masturbation, but due to the limited space we will not go through them here. Allah knows what is best and most correct.
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The Bible does not mention ************. ************ has been around for thousands of years - if God hated it, He would say so!\n\nThe Bible does say that God dislikes perverted thoughts about other people - so if you're fantasising about a married person whilst doing it, yes that would be wrong!!\n\nSome people are so desperate to 'prove' that the Bible disapproves of ************ that they misquote a single passage in the Old Testament where a man withdrew from his wife and 'spilled his seed on the floor' to use her and stop her having a baby that he'd promised to try for. Clearly that's condemning what he did to his wife - NOT ************.\n\nThe Christian life can be a very difficult one to live. When churches start to add 'extra' rules ("don't **********", "don't date anyone until you're 18", "no alcohol at all", etc etc) that aren't in the Bible, people always seem to break them. Then they FEEL as though they're sinning because they're disobeying the church - whn in reality, churches need to be very careful not to ask unnecessary and difficult things of their congregations.\n\n************ is not a sin BUT if it CAUSES you to sin, THEN you should stop!
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Not true at all! Where did you get that from?\n\nRead the Song of Solomon and I Corinthians 7:1-9 sometime.\n\n\nMore:\n\nQuestion:  "Is it wrong for a married couple to have sex just for pleasure?"\n\n \n\nAnswer:  Almost an entire book in the Old Testament is dedicated to the subject of passion and sexual pleasure. Song of Solomon is so detailed in its intention of sexual pleasure in marriage that allegories were used to tone it down and Hebrew boys couldn't read it until they were 12, when they became men. God's intention of sex in marriage is clearly intended to be pleasurable. 1 Corinthians 7:3-5 talks about not abstaining from sex in marriage, "But because of immoralities, each man is to have his own wife, and each woman is to have her own husband. The husband is to fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does, and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time, so that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again so that Satan will not tempt you because of your lack of self-control."\n\n \n\nThe feelings of sexual longings and pleasure during sex were created by God and marriage was created to fulfill that pleasure. What Paul is saying is to direct those feelings to your spouse and no other and make sure that they are fulfilled within your marriage relationship not outside of it. Notice that Paul says if one of the partners is not living up to their spouses expectations, whether it be pleasure or time, then you both need to bring it before God so that one of you doesn't try to find fulfillment outside of that marriage relationship. Because of the existence of porn and the perversion of sex over the years, many people (especially Christians) get the idea that pleasurable sex is wrong. We sometimes forget that God fashioned us for sex and created the emotions to go with it, pleasure was intended. Don't let Satan and his world keep you from enjoying your spouse and or consumed with it so that you fall into the counterfeit pleasure of sex that the world offers. God's pleasure is real and satisfying, Satan's is counterfeit and empty.
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“it is better to spill your seed in the belly of a whore, than to spill it on the ground.” \n\nThat is NOT a Bibically quoted, rather It was a 19th century mis-interpretation of the story of Onan in Genesis that was commonly cited in the 19th and early 20th century: \n“And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother’s wife, and marry her, and raise up see to thy brother. And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went unto his brother’s wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.”\n--The Bible, Genesis 38:8-10 \n\nNote: even the LDS/Mormons used this same application to interpret this act as something define in the Bible. That  fact is far from the truth. \n\n“But the word of God burdens me because of your grosser crimes. For behold, thus saith the Lord: This people begin to wax in iniquity; they understand not the scriptures, for they seek to excuse themselves in committing whoredoms, because of the things which were written concerning David, and Solomon his son.”- The Book of Mormon, Jacob 2:23\n\nAccording to Ancient Near Eastern culture, it would have been the responsibility of Onan to impregnate his dead brother's wife that his brother's line might continue. Selfishly, Onan did not wish any of his offspring to bear any name other than his own; and so while he did, in fact, take up the responsibility of sexual relations with his brother's wife, he would not ejaculate inside her but instead practiced the withdrawal method of birth control. God punished Onan for his wickedness and greed by putting him to death (and not, as is popularly believed, for masturbating). The rest of the narrative features the wife, Tamar, posing as a prostitute and seducing Onan's father, Judah. By him, she conceives and bears a son from whom Christ would descend. And God does not strike Judah or punish him in any way in the narrative.\nSo it appears that some cynic had taken the veneer of the tale and crafted a wry commentary that has come to be known as actual Scripture (unfortunately).
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As a discovery repport said...if you don't use it, you lose it.....and it's a prooven fact that 98% of the male population under 20 masturbates and 80% of the female population under 20.....it's perfectly normal.....then comes the religious point of view that shows masturbation as a bad thing.....it deppends on what you decide...my advice: if you keep thining of it but don't do it it's the same thing as doing it...so pull it out of your mind and wait until you get married or just make it your main action....
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I am mormon but we do believe the bible as well. Here are some of the many scriptures referring to sexual activities and feelings. I hope that this helps. If you are looking for something specific, let me know:\n\nFornication (Sex before marriage):\nAbstain from fornication, Acts 15: 20. \nThe body is not for fornication, but for the Lord, 1 Cor. 6: 13-18. \nTo avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, 1 Cor. 7: 2-3. \nThis is the will of God, that ye should abstain from fornication, 1 Thes. 4: 3.\n\nAdultery (sex with someone other then your legal spouse)\nJames 2: 11\n  11 For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. \nLev. 20: 10\n  10  And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. \nEx. 20: 14\n  14 Thou shalt not commit adultery. \nDeut. 5: 18\n  18 Neither shalt thou commit adultery. \nProv. 6: 32\n  32 But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. \n\nLusts of flesh:\n1 Jn. 2: 16-17:  16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world bpasseth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever. \nRom. 1: 24, 27\n  24 Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves:   27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. \nGal. 5: 16, 24  16 This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh.  24 And they that are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. \nJames 1: 14-15  14 But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed. 15 Then when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin: and sin, when it is finished, bringeth forth death. \nMatt. 5: 28  28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. \nGal. 5: 19  19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness,