Is "pleasuring yourself" consider a mortal sin?  Is watching a porn considered a mortal sin?
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BigRedPower,\n\nIf those are mortal sins, then I’ll be the only 1 in heaven. (Just kidding.)\n\nIn the Old Testament law there were lots of sins. In our day, the New Testament has only 1 mortal sin. Let me explain briefly:\n\nAll people have sinned – except me of course. (Just kidding again.) God is holy – without any form of evil or sin in His thoughts or His motives or His actions. No one can be in God’s presence – heaven – with sin or impurity of any kind.\n\nGod planned to send Jesus to the earth to make it possible for everyone to spend eternity in heaven with God. It would take too long to explain every detail of God’s plan, but very briefly, Jesus died in our place. He never did anything wrong, and He died to pay the penalty for our sin. Jesus’ blood is the thing that washes sin away. You don’t have to understand that, but that’s how it works in a nutshell.\n\nNow if you ask Jesus to forgive you and wash your sin away and agree to follow His example and His Word you’re in!\n\nRejecting Jesus offer of forgiveness is the only mortal sin today. I trust that helps, but I tried to be very brief, so if you have more questions feel free to ask.\n\nGod bless.
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uhhh...idk,playboy is kinda perverted.i mean,i'm a 14 year old guy,and i think porn is like,immoral.i dont believe in god,either,just a moral thing.so what i'm saying is get your life together.porn sucks.just like u lol
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Good question. There's a lot of discussion on this. On the one hand, it is arguably preferable to indulge yourself rather than finding a stranger to indulge with.\n\nOn the other, Thomas Aquinas said it best when he compared the "hungers" in Summa Theologica. Too much alcohol, you pass out. Too much food, you vomit. Too much laziness, you starve. Anger, you're slain. But a hunger for sex cannot be satiated. The problem with autoeroticism is that there's no conceivable end. You and your spouse have physical, emotional and other limits to sexual expression, but there's no such barrier with yourself - its too easy to lead to excess.\n\nScripturally, there's an invocation to holiness in the epistles, the letters placed after the Gospel. Sexual sins are doubly bad because they are sins against the body, which is a temple of the Holy Spirit. Christians are exhorted to be without blemish, and even married couples are admonished to abstain from time to time in order to balance their spiritual and sexual needs.\n\nThen there's the internal dialogue. What do you think of during autoeroticism? Its easy to be drawn into fantasy and lose touch, to objectify others and ignore their humanity when your sexual life takes place entirely within you (instead of being shared). That said, much of the controversy comes from the use of autoerotic manipulation to release tension, for instance when a married couple is apart for lengths of time or is not able to enjoy intercourse because of preganancy, impotence or infirmity.
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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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First - your spelling is atrocious.  \n\nSecond - If you are asking if it's okay to masturbate because you have been told it's a sin....then the answer is NO it's not a sin.  Everyone does it, including the people who claim it's a sin.
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Darling, I could go into just how yummy being tied up is, but I actually recommend speaking with the person you know. I would suspect that if you are asking in sincere curiosity and are not being judgmental (which it doesn't sound like you are), you'll get a much better explanation from your conversation. I will say that those who are in heaven with this have multitudes or reasons, so keep that in mind.
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No it's not OK. Masturbation is OK as long as it doesn't become an addiction, like you have. You should get help, like a psyquiatrist.
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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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Ten Ways to Break the Stronghold of Pornography\n\nBefore you go through these... have you looked at yourself under the penetrating light of God's Law? Have you come to a place of genuine repentance? Do you know that your heart is desperately wicked; that it's an enemy of God? Do you see your Adamic nature as a Judas living within you, raising his hands and crying "Master, Master," but at the same time betraying the Son of Man with a kiss? Then put that traitor to death. Never trust your own heart again. It cares for nothing but self. The instant gratification of thirty pieces of silver is better than Heaven's approval. It is self-serving, self-gratifying, and self-deceiving. It is "earthly, sensual, devilish" (James 3:15). Look at what Philippians 2:12 says about the "self" nature: \n\n"...work out (cultivate, carry out to the goal, and fully complete) your own salvation with reverence and awe and trembling (self-distrust, with serious caution, tenderness of conscience, watchfulness against temptation, timidly shrinking from whatever might offend God and discredit the name of Christ)" (The Amplified Bible). \n\n1. Would you ever take pornography to church and look at it during worship? You may as well, because God is just as present in your bedroom as He is in the church building.\n\n2. Face the fact that you may not be saved. Examine yourself to ensure that Christ is living in you (2 Corinthians 13:5). See Romans 6:11–22; 8:1–14; Ephesians 5:3–8.)\n\n3. Realize that when you give yourself to pornography, you are committing adultery (Matthew 5:27,28).\n\n4. Grasp the serious nature of your sin. Jesus said that it would be better for you to be blind and go to heaven, than for your eye to cause you to sin and end up in hell (Matthew 5:29).\n\n5. Those who profess to be Christians yet give themselves to pornographic material evidently lack the fear of God (Proverbs 16:6). Cultivate the fear of God by reading Proverbs 2:1–5.\n\n6. Read Psalm 51 and make it your own prayer.\n\n7. Memorize James 1:14,15 and 1 Corinthians 10:13. Follow Jesus’ example (Matthew 4:3–11) and quote the Word of God when you are tempted (see Ephesians 6:12–20).\n\n8. Make no provision for your flesh (Romans 13:14; 1 Peter 2:11). Get rid of every access to pornographic material—the Internet, printed literature, TV, videos, and movies. But don't just stop there... you also need to begin to think about how high God's standard of holiness and purity really is. What the general public would have called "pornographic" just 60 to 70 years ago is plastered through your Sunday morning newspaper, the billboards you see on your way to work, and the magazines that line the counters at the grocery checkout. Even television commercials are filled with images that if you printed them off and stood in front of an elementary school showing them to children... you would be arrested. The fire is being fed from all different directions... not just those that the world lables as "pornographic." You must stop feeding the fire.\n\n9. Guard your heart with all diligence (Proverbs 4:23). Don’t let the demonic realm have access to your thought-life. The Bible commands you to get control of your thoughts; read what Romans 13:14 says, "But clothe yourself with the Lord Jesus Christ (the Messiah), and make no provision for [indulging] the flesh [put a stop to thinking about the evil cravings of your physical nature] to [gratify its] desires (lusts)" (The Amplified Bible - bold added for emphasis). If you give yourself to it, you will become its slave (Romans 6:16). Read the Bible daily, without fail. As you submit to God, the devil will flee (James 4:7,8).\n\n10. The next time temptation comes, do fifty push-ups, then fifty sit-ups. If you are still burning, repeat the process (see 1 Corinthians 9:27, and 1 Corinthians 7:9). This is not just a random "get your mind off it&q
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no it is not. it is never forbidden in the scriptures. it is never even dealt with for that matter. Using the principle that 'whatever is not forbidden in permissible', would lead one to conclude it is not sin in and of itself.\n\nso what is it?\n\nIt can be selfish - if it keeps you from your spouse\nIt can be addictive - if guilt and fantasy get the better of you.\nIt can be a wonderful - way to relive tension and anxiety as a creature made to enjoy pleasure.\n\nthe way of wisdom is 'All good things in moderation'
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If you entertain a sinful thought, it is considered a sin.
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Porn is a form of entertainment, and like almost anything, it can be addictive for some people. Most sex researchers and therapists agree that for many people porn can be a healthy, normal aspect of erotic life. It is easy to make simplistic and judgmental statements about porn, and the people who enjoy it. Take buttercup’s response, for example. She says “it puts you in the gutter.” Notice that she in answering on behalf of the human race, but she has no actual knowledge of the issue. She does not know me, for example, so how does she know what effect porn has on me? We currently do not have reliable laws of psychology like we do for physics or chemistry. She talks as if the effects of porn are as predictable as the laws of gravity. She is simply wrong. Anyone with a background in science and even a little knowledge of psychology will tell you that statements of that sort belie blatant ignorance and deep prejudice. She cannot rationally say that porn makes me feel “dirty and sleazy” because she does not know me, and she cannot draw on any legitimate scientific theory or credible philosophical tradition to make such blanket claims.\n\nSorry, buttercup, I don’t mean to rag on you so intensely and I don’t really blame you for your beliefs – the majority of people would probably agree with you. But this same old song and dance is found ad nauseam in American culture and I think it takes a bit of drama to slap the majority out of their stupor. People need to start thinking for themselves rather than simply parroting majority views. Biological nature is fundamentally diverse. VARIATION is the law in biology. Different people are different and you cannot reasonably or ethically proclaim what is best for others in matters where there are no accepted scientific theories to guide us. Sex is a powerful drive, and is deeply entrenched in our emotional lives, so it is not surprising that porn can be addictive or compulsive for many people. And we all know that too much of anything can be problematic. Nevertheless, there is no reason to think that porn in moderation is necessarily harmful. I would even suspect that for some people, porn might be just what they need to find healthy mental and spiritual balance in their lives.\n\nIf you do a web search you will find plenty of sites warning us about the devastating effects of porn on individuals and society, but if you pay attention, you will notice that these pages are produced primarily by religious groups or anti-porn feminists. They do NOT represent the views of psychologists, sex researchers, or sex therapists. And, by the way, there are also a great many pro-sex feminists who disagree with the anti-porn folks. Christian-based groups in particular are flooding the media with anti-porn hype, but this is driven by religious doctrine, not logic, science, or even common sense. Below I offer a few links showing alternative views:
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Yes it's sinful, it's called lusting, and yes it's completely human. And because we're human, we're going to sin. I would suggest praying for this guy the next time you start to fantasize. Instead of thinking of him in lusty situations, lift him up in love. And of course you're still going to have desires. But you know what? Jesus did too. And he made it through unscathed. So my advice - just focus on Jesus. And pray for your future spouse. Pray for God to take the desires away. Talk to him about it - because he knows - he's been there. :)
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I believe God is against pornagraphy. It rips the women from their dignity. I believe this states that women are nothing else but devouted to sexual pleasures. This is wrong and porn is not something that is right to see. Remember, your guardian angel is writing down what you do and that will be used at Judgement Day.\n\nProverbs 3:21- My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion.\n\nRemember your body is the temple of the God and whatever you do should be good and clean.\n1 Corinthians 3:16, 17- Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy, for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.\n\n1 Corinthians 10:31- Whether therefore ye eat, or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all for the flory of God.
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http://www.gotquestions.org/masturbation-sin.html
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Sex was created to feel good for reproduction purposes. Sex feels fantastic (with the right person!) so the human race will never die. Masturbation is used for self fulfillment so I do think it is a sin. we were put on earth to be fruitful not fruit juice all in hand (lol it was funny to me) for a female if you've had penetration and your hymen is no longer there then you're no longer a virgin but if you're just rubbing your c.l.i.t then you're still a virgin whether you c.u.m or not doesn't "de-virgin" you its the actual penetration and no its not the same as fornication self pleasure controls you to limit who you have sex with...trust me 9 out of 10 you will please yourself better anyway
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As you're talking about 'exhibitionism' involving people exposing themselves (as opposed to just showing off or acting stupid,) I have to say that YES, it's porn. \n\nAs far as I'm concerned the definition of whether something's pornographic doesn't include whether money is paid, and after all the first and foremost definition of 'pornography' in the Yahoo education dictionary is "Sexually explicit pictures, writing, or other material whose primary purpose is to cause sexual arousal."\n\nTHAT is exactly the same as MY definition!