If masturbation is a sin...?
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No sane person would feel that masturbation is a sin. It is the ultimate in safe sex.\nIn order for it to be a sin it would have to hurt someone.  Who does it harm?\nYou do not "lose eggs" when you menstruate.  By the time of menstruation the egg (which is only viable for about 24 hours) has "died" a long time ago ago and is just one of the things that your body is sloughing off.\nI am sorry that someone has given you such bad information that you think these ordinary bodily functions could be a sin.  Relax, they are not.\nBlessings\nLady Trinity~
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i was under the impression that masturbation is a sin no matter what you use because it means you're lusting after something. but i say if it makes you happy, do it. don't deny yourself just because someone else doesn't like it.
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You have my attention....what a fabulous question!\n\nI have no answer.\n\nI have an opinion,  maybe there is no infinite punishment. \n\nHow does a person define sin anyway?
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Not quite sure...but why would it be inherently, axiomatically wrong and sinful to be horny (that is, sexually excited)?
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In theory this does make sense.  Any other sin you commit would fall under disobedience.  The Bible commands you not to commit adultery.  So the sin you are forgiven for is not the adultery but the disobedience against the commandment.
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I personally believe that it is a sin, and so it is always harmful.  There is such a thing as becoming addicted to mastu rbation and/or sex, after all.  The body is not a toy, but a holy temple, and should treated with respect.
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First, are you truly saved?  Have you accepted Jesus as your savior and applied His blood to cover your sins?\n\nSexually, He says fornication is a sin.  What you want to do..is sinful.\n\nRead your bible, speak to your pastor...that's better than a lot of answers you'll find here.
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I would think so.  It helps us realize that we are by nature very sinful and cannot redeem ourselves.\n\nThis kind of thing is excellent.  I believe Jesus even said to do it (in private) - from the Bible.
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I'm a Christian, but I'd be that Christianity declares that about 90% of sex is sinful.  I can't see how it was a sin to sleep with my wife a few months before we were going to get married anyway...Sex is not a dirty little act that should be shunned by everyone...but the church thinks so.
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No, the Bible has no comment about masturbation, but does cover just about every other thing you can do with it.  It is not a sin unless you try to hurt someone else by doing it in front of them without their permission.\n\nSpilling Seed: The Bible tells a story whereby God commands this guy to have sex with a girl and get her pregnant.  During intercourse, the guy withdrew early, squirted his semen on the ground, and the girl did not get pregnant.  So God smited the guy - not because his semen hit the ground, but because he DISOBEYED God.  \n\nAnyway, it wasn't even true masturbation, it was real sex, and yes, it was commanded by God.  I don't remember what that guy's problem was.  If I was God, I would have smited him too.\n\nAlso, unlike killing people and stealing, you don't have a choice when it comes to masturbation.  For guys, its biologically required.  Its no more a sin than breathing, pooping and peeing.\n\nTo the girl down below:  MASTURBATION DOES NOT MAKE YOU A HOMOSEXUAL!\n\nLust issue: Its totally possible to masturbate without lusting.  It will likely happen in your sleep if you fail to keep a regular schedule.\n\nBlindness: I hope you aren't really stupid enough to believe anybody who says it will make you go blind.  Biology says its good for you.  So unless you poke yourself in the eye with your stiff prick, you'll not likely go blind.\n\nFornication: This is sexual intercourse outside of marriage.  Masturbation is NOT the same as sexual intercourse.\n\nCatholicism: The Pope has a lot of strange rules about sex.  For example, wearing a condom is a sin.  Its a sin for a priest to marry.  However none of this is actually in the Bible.\n\nI most certainly do not think Jesus was nearly as stuck up as some Christians are.  I know for a fact that He also masturbated because He was male and at that time, He was also human.
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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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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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Christian churches have changed the meaning over time. If you go from what is written without interpretation, pre-marital sex and masturbation would be two areas humans could participate in without sinning. Because we now understand the effects of certain behavior that can lead us to do other things, masturbation and premarital sex are now frowned upon. Especially premarital sex which can lead to births out of wedlock. So many churches se premarital sex as wrong as adultry. Masturbation is getting closer to being called a sin because of the thoughts many have while doing it. Which goes with what jesus said about lusting on a person in your mind then you have sinned already.
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Pornography is compared to Adultery(fornication) in Islam..and it is considered a sin and one should repent from it.....Why is it compared or alike? Because when u see porn, it may open a door to fall into adultery
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masterba%ion is not a sin i personally believe, guys are guys, and believe me Jesus may be the son of god, but remember he's still a guy! Just remember lots of materials are still missing from the bible, that many find offensive and not right for the public to know!!! I apologize if any one finds my answer offensive, it's just my piece of thought!
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Masturbation is a sin because a person consents in their own heart to take sexual gratification from impure thoughts. It is sinful to indulge in the sexual pleasure that is derived from the satisfaction of using one's imagination to FIXATE upon obscene images, or obscene actions, or forbidden sex. Lustfully fixating upon genitals, or sexual acts, is idolatry. This is called: the worship of obscenities. This is the sin of those addicted to pornography. That's often a "guy" thing. Alternatively, taking delight in the lust of another, or consummating a fantasy of forbidden sexual romance, is the sin of adultery in the heart. That's often a "girl" thing. The act of masturbation is an outward act that confirms that one's heart and mind has consented to an inward act of impurity. Only by consenting to an imagined act of impurity can one attain orgasm. To attain sexual release, a person's will consents to LOVE something that is sexually impure. \n\nA sin consists in loving something that God hates, or in hating something that God loves. Because God is pure love, in one sense there is no hatred in God. But there are actions that God regards with a COMPLETE ABSENCE of love. There are many things that men can do that God does not love. In so far as God does not love a human action, according to our way of thinking it can be said that God hates it. These actions are sins. They are often as hateful to men as they are to God! What are some things that God does not love? What are some things that, according to our human way of speaking, we might say that God hates?? \n\nAbove all, God hates falsehood. God hates any form of lie, rejoicing in cruel lies, or in telling harmful lies about others. He hates any kind of injustice perpetrated upon his children! God hates cruelty, or the defrauding of a worker of his just wages. God hates it when one person entices another person to do something harmful to himself or others: like to worship evil, or to steal, or to lie, or to take drugs. God also hates impure sexual lust because lust is a false pretense of love. It is a gross and disordered counterfeit of what should really be a sentiment of holy love. Lust consists in fixating on the body of another human being as a sexual object - solely for sexual gratification. When a person lusts, he is making no lasting commitment to the other human being. He is regarding the other human being's body as a sexual object to be used for his own gratification - but nothing more! Outside of marriage, a person who lusts is acting as if he would take another person sexually to be his spouse: but he has absolutely no intention of actually doing so. That is why LUST IS A LIE. \n\nWhen the subject of masturbation arises, it always refers to stimulating one's self for the gratification of sexual lust, or in stimulating one's self sexually while fantasizing about the lust of another person. In impure sexual fantasy, a person uses his own imagination as a pornographic tool to give his body the ability to attain sexual gratification. In reality entertaining lustful fantasy is embracing a falsehood of the heart and mind, in an act of abuse of his own body in order to attain selfish sexual gratification. This is sexual idolatry! God hates falsehood - especially worshipping a false god! This is why God hates impurity in all it's forms. \n\nGod hates the worship of ugliness, or obscenity, or bestiality. A person who might sexually gratify himself while looking at bestiality is acting as if bestiality is a good thing - when it is a hateful thing! In the same way: lustfully fixating upon lurid sexual pornography is a behavior that pretends that some obscene sexual image, or a lurid posture, or an obscene action is a good thing, when they are nothing but obscene and hateful images! These images are used as objects of false worship. These obscene images, be they real, photographic, or imaginary, are the objects of the "wo
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The bible says LITERALLY that lust is a sin.  Your reasoning is very good...  It is ok to appreciate someone for their body, but not to follow up on it.