inkahootz Wrote:
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> question ??? Wrote:
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> > ...masturbate? A serious question here, I don't
> > think the Bible is clear on this.
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> The Bible doesn't specifically say that it is an
> act of sin (as long as it is within moderation and
> not a compulsive behavior); that's just archaic
> trickle down Catholic interpretation and
> indoctrination. The papacy also expects their men
> and women of cloth to abstain from 'impure'
> sexuality and we all know what kind of a train
> wreck that has resulted in. In addition, it is
> beneficial for your endocrine system. So, if it is
> healthy for you, what's wrong with it in moderate
> amounts? Some in the clergy have misinterpreted it
> as an 'affair of the mind' or 'self abuse', but no
> where in the Bible does it forbid it as long as it
> is not in excess.
>
>
http://www.acts17-11.com/dialogs_masturbation.html
Like one of Benjamin Franklin's 13 Virtues: "Moderation".
It only becomes a problem in my view, when someone begins scheduling their life around something like that, or if you do so in an inappropriate manner. The same can be said for sex as well.
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"And if any women or children get their legs torn off, or faces caved in, well, it's tough shit for them." -2LT. Bert Stiles, 505th, 339th (On Berlin Bombardier Mission, 1944).