can someone who is a minister or pastor help me to answer if m-asturbation is against God, and stop if is bad?
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oh for pete's sake, just go rub one out and calm down already!  sheesh...
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Well Just a mom. You're having a cranky day aren't you. There is bad Psychiatry and there is bad Religion. Somebody in Med school and Seminary had to make the C's and D's. I think it is a little over the top to think that either Psychiatry or Religion is bad. I think it makes more sense to believe that I have a bad Psychiatrist or I have a bad Minister. A lot of people have better lives and believe that they have greater freedom because of the impact of Psychiatry or Religion on their lives. Not all of them are stupid. There are some people smarter than either of us who are solidly convinced that both Psychiatry and Relgion are real and that they can be complimentary. You have to decide what you believe and be prepared to deal with how your beliefs serve you or fail you.
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I really wish you would seek some professional help.  If God did answer this prayer of yours, it was to show you how wrong you really are.  Why don't you listen to Him?  God Bless.
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I know what it is like to be in your situation. I was away from God for a while last year, but God brought me through it. Just study your bible. I have found that it contains much more revelation then the typical sermons. I dont know of any churches in that area, but look around. I think if you are truly studying your bible,you will get back on track.
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Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man instincts. He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusement, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste. Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha. And while you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fu ck in' a off! He's a tight-as ! He's a SADIST! He's an absentee landlord! Worship that? NEVER!
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Absolutely wrong!  God designed us to be loved.  Satan doesn't love you, and by participating in it, you can actually become possessed.  It is very dangerous, and if you want my opinion, it is the deadliest thing you will EVER do in your life!
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No, it's not against God.\n\nM.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.i.o.n is healthy.  Guilt about m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.io.n is not.  M..n doesn't hurt anyone, including yourself.  God designed our bodies, including our sex drives.  And didn't he give us souls and imaginations and the ability to be creative?  Put sex drive together with imagination and you've got . . . the human ability to fantasize.  What's impure about that?  Both of these things came from God, and I'm sure you've heard about the good tree producing good fruit.\n\nYou've got to realize that there are a lot of things that cross your mind that you would never actually do.  Not all of them are sexual, either.  Haven't you ever been so angry at someone that you had thoughts of wanting to hurt them physically?  But that's not the same as doing it.  Having a passing thought that somebody's attractive or makes you excited is not the same as actually doing anything sexual with them.  Thinking about sexual fantasies doesn't hurt you or anyone else.\n\nAnd touching yourself while you think about fantasies doesn't hurt anyone either. It doesn't hurt you, it doesn't hurt others, it doesn't get anyone pregnant.  It's not a sin to enjoy your own body, the body God designed for you.\n\nIf the people in your church are telling you that m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.i.o.n is a sin, then you need to find a different church.  Simple as that.
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Yes, that rev 6 1 gives the rest of us a bad n ame, doesn't he?\n\nI don't know why some ministers are so hateful and mean. Look at me.I'm kind-hearted,slow to offend, and full of Christian charity.\n\nThese nutcase revs get my dander up.\n\nWell, I guess I'm the second person to agree.I agree with Mickey that personal pastor right here sounds narrow-minded and ridiculous in his answer, snippity as well.\nPersonal Pastor is full of mean spirited pompousity.
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Without God, we are not capable of knowing what love is.  \n\nAre we supposed to read your name "Pastor Hatred"?\n\nYou still haven't told us what it is that you have against God.
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I've taken a look at that question and at the person's profile who answered it. I'm certainly not going to commit the sin of judging someone else but I will say that when someone asks a serious question about how God works in this world a Christian is called to follow the outline given in this portion of Scripture, not that I am using this passage to describe you by any means.\n\n2 Timothy 2:24  And the Lord's servant must not be quarrelsome but kind to everyone, able to teach, patiently enduring evil,  (25)  correcting his opponents with gentleness. God may perhaps grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth,\n\nThe Scripture also describes the battle that goes on in the lives of every believer that sometimes causes a person to not give a favorable representation of Christ in how they choose to interact with others.\n\nGalatians 5:16  But I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.  (17)  For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do.  (18)  But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.  (19)  Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality,  (20)  idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions,  (21)  envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.  (22)  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,  (23)  gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.\n\nAnd so if a person doesn't exercise self control and seek to be led by the Spirit of God they run the risk of reacting from their physical human nature and bringing reproach upon the name of Christ.
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god when not?\nIf anything can go wrong, it will!
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My friend, you have hit on something that God is doing in this hour.  Pray!  He's leading you to a conclusion that the mainstream church may not agree with, but which God is expressing at this time.  God has a plan for His Church, and it is not to finish it's course on earth in corruption.  :)\nIf you want any further discussion, always feel free to e-mail me.
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It's sad when someone who pretends to respect the bible actually insults or even advocates attacking a peaceful preacher. Sad but completely expected.\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching... You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\n\nIncidentally, the typical Jehovah's Witness knocks at hundreds of doors each year. He has already experienced degrading behavior from householders, some of whom: stand there naked, mimic Satanists, proposition lewd acts, brandish weapons, sic dogs, scream profanities, accuse crimes, and call Witnesses anti-American (inside the USA) or pro-American (outside the USA).\n\nFascists have called Witnesses "communists". Communists have called Witnesses "fascists".\n\nHaven't you ever heard of 'hedging your bets'? Simple risk vs. reward analysis should make anyone very reluctant to abuse these ministers.\n\n(Acts 5:38,39) I say to you, Do not meddle with these men, but let them alone; (because, if this scheme or this work is from men, it will be overthrown; but if it is from God, you will not be able to overthrow them;) otherwise, you may perhaps be found fighters actually against God.”\n\nJehovah's Witnesses are going to knock on your door unless you specifically and unequivocally tell them that you do not want them knocking, or if they fear for their own safety. Nothing else will really deter them, so you would be going to a lot of effort to accomplish nothing but pleasing Satan.\n\n\nReally, if someone goes out of their way to disregard Christian preachers and preaching, what is he saying about himself?\n\n(Luke 10:1-17) After these things the Lord designated seventy others and sent them forth by twos... “He that listens to you listens to me too. And he that disregards you disregards me too. Moreover, he that disregards me disregards also him that sent me forth.”\n\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/jt/article_04.htm
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Some one will no doubt tell you some sh*t like: "That's his plan," or "The lord works in mysterious ways."\nThe latter being like a record that they will not shut off.\n\nIf are religious and think about god logically, you will soon find you have made a mistake.
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I don't believe there is a "what if" it's wrong, it IS wrong.  \nIt is wrong for the church to interprete the bible and tell you their interpretation of someone elses interpretation of GOD's inspirational message to them.  \n\nWhat if GOD's so called inspirational message to the original writers of the Bible was say....nothing more than flatulence that was interpreted by the Bible writers as the divine word of GOD?  So they write their flatulence experience down in a book, proclaiming it to be the divine word of GOD, and it becomes like the game of "Telephone" that I played as a child in grammar school.....by the time it get's interpreted by the last person reading it, in this case the church, the message becomes so distorted it doesn't even make sense.\n\nIt's all a bunch of fools leading fools.
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Sounds like a pastor you should run from. I constantly am sitting down with my disciples and going over personal problems. I would never refer them to a psychiatrist or recommend drugs. A man of God is to help and guide his flock, not send them elsewhere or dope them up. God is the answer to our problems not the ways of man. This is just one of the many reasons that true Christians should not be a part of organized denominationalized religion.
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Yes. I have asked my pastor and friends to share their ideas after answering questions. There have been concepts covered here that I had not thought of before. It has served as a tool that has deepened my understanding and fortified my faith. My church is open to all questions, and we discuss whatever is on our minds on Wednesday nights, so the reaction has been as it always is, very welcoming and non-judgemental. A topic that I am currently mulling over is the concept of hell - whether it is the eternal burning and torture most think it is, or if it is obliteration by being thrown into the lake of fire. I'm leaning towards the latter lately as I have found nothing that indicates that hell is eternal torture.