Is Masturbation a sin? Clearly NOT!!! It is clearly not a sin in the Bible!! http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/masturbationnotsinlev1516.html
Well, contrary to most of the posts here, I don't think masturbation is
sinful at all. (2 "From: Felix Theonugraha" - 17 Feb 99)
Grant wrote in message
>is masturbation sinful?
>
well, contrary to most of the posts here, I don't think masturbation is
sinful at all. Think about it this way, why would God give us pleasure from
sexual things if it's a sin. That's rather cruel of him, don't you think?
That is not the case. God intend for sex to be the most powerful thing
human kind has. God intended sex to be the thing that gives life. It is a
very powerful, and pleasurable thing. Masturbation, I believe, is a method
to experience this pleasure when one is not ready yet to give life to
another human being, and cannot take responsibility for that human being.
There is a point in which masturbation becomes a sin, and that is when
masturbation becomes addictive, that the thought of it occupies your mind to
the point that you cannot do anything else. However, if that is not the
case, I don't think it's a sin, and I'll explain that later. Another way
that masturbation is a sin is if we use graphical materials, porno magazine,
movies, etc, to masturbate.
The following is what I learned from the book "20 Hot Potatoes Christians
are afraid to touch" I don't have the book w/ me, so I'm just saying what I
learned from it.
A lot of people has cited Biblical references to show that masturbation is
wrong. One of the popular one is the citation of one guy in the Old
Testament who chooses to "spill his seeds (semen) onto the ground" and God
was angry and the guy was not able to give life anymore. Many people point
to this as a support that masturbation is wrong. This is not true, because
the guy was actually having sexual intercourse when he decide to pull out
prematurely and spill his semen onto the ground. I'm sorry I refer to him
as "the guy" and am not citing Biblical references...but it's 3:23 in the
morning and I'm ready to sleep...I'll give them to you later.
Another Bible passage that people refer to is Jesus's teaching that say that
if we have lust after a woman in our mind, then we have committed adultery.
I must admit this is a play on word, but I believe that when Jesus said
lust, he means that we have decided we want the girl we are lusting for, and
proceeded to approach her, and have sex with her. With this, it is really
easy to see why once we decided in our mind, we have committed adultery,
because once we decide, we will carry out. However, such is not the case in
masturbation..or at least i hope not. If you picture someone in your mind,
or imagine something while masturbating, then proceed to carry out your
imagination, then yes, masturbation is a sin. however, Jesus himself said
that we will have temptation in this world. If we are tempted to commit
adultery with such and such and get aroused, and masturbated, but we do not
carry out our thoughts, then we have not sin. Jesus himself was tempted by
Satan, and because he did not give in, he did not sin.
As you can see, I'm still a little rough on the support for the issue, but
I'm learning more and more about it, and I definitely would say that
masturbation is not a sin.
2 "From: Felix Theonugraha" - 17 Feb 99
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Masturbation and sex are a gifts of God. Masturbation
and sexual lust is not evil lust, it is God designed human nature. Evil lust is
hurtful and harmful to humans. Masturbation is healthy. Masturbation is good.
Masturbation is God designed. Masturbation is good for you. Masturbation is for
everyone to enjoy. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/index6.html
The Liberated Christian and
Masturbation, the Bible and Sex.
God made us and our human
nature, including our sexuality and said it was very good, accept for the "sin principal
part", which is:
unforgiving, selfish, greedy, unloving, bitter, hatred, unkind, no mercy,
conceited, provoking one another, envying one another, idolatry, sorcery,
hatreds, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, envy,
drunkenness, witchcraft, wrath, strife, murders, lies etc.
The spirit “of love” wars
against the flesh, "sin
principal" part of us.
Major Research on Sexuality in the Bible and the Liberated Christian. God made
sexuality, both animal and human. He said it was very good. Only part of human nature is evil
is the "sin principal part", not our sexuality or our nude human
body. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/index6.html
The Cause for a great deal of the sexual negativity in our culture. When did sex became bad?
http://thinkaboutit.homestead.com/gnotic.html
Who, when, and How Sex Was Made
A Sin?? http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/madesin.html
The false Gnostic ideal that sex
was a sin or evil was forced into the Christian thinking and is kept there by
taking the Bible verses out of context. http://inkaboutit.homestead.com/gnosticlie.html
