Is masturbation a sin?

The Bible does not say the the act of masturbation is a sin. After extensive study, the only thing that I can find wrong with it is the thoughts you have when you do it. The Bible says that if you lust after a women you commit adultery with her in your heart. If you can’t do it without thinking sexual thoughts, then you cannot do it without sinning. As far as touching things afterwords, that is an orthodox Jewish teaching that is to be respected, but Christians do not practice Levitical law so I think you are okay to touch whatever you want afterwards.

thank you flosseal but sometimes when you are married spiritually it can haapen to you in your dreams, in verything put it into prayer and the lord will give you explanation or through his word.sometimes is natural but in some cases is about spiritual marriage. I hope I made myself clear

If we wernt supposed to masterbate then why did this so called god give us a clitourous? Think about it, what else are we supposed to do with it?

it isnt a sin when you are doing it unintentionally e.g. “wet dreams” but it is a sin if you are doing it only to please yourself, you know… those juices are meant to create life.

hmmm dont know bout this one… I dont think it is. maybe you shud see if it ses anything in da bible bout it… if christians beleive god created everything then he had to of created touchin yerself… maybe I is wrong but I also agree with ‘’stephanief987’’ not everyone does it!!!

hmmm…I dont think so! I mean everyone says its completly normal but w/e it seems weird to do it! but ok dont listen to them because they dont no whats going on w/ u!

if mastrbation is a sin.sex is a greater sin

The Bible talks about sexual purity, and gives some details about what that means. It doesn’t actually mention masurbaton , so we have to decide on how it fits under the label of ‘sexual purity’.

Ove the years, a lot of men, sometimes celibate ones, have tended to tell the rest of us what sexual purity looks like. I don’t think they used Biblical standards alone - they used their own imaginations, fear of sexuality, or current moral standards, as well as Biblical interpretation.

So, there are basic Biblical standards of sexual behaviour which I think are easy to agree on - that sexual relations are for marriage, for example, but there are others which have been interpreted differently at different times and in different churches. And you could say that my own understanding is just as biased as any of the others - fair enough.

Your friend is saying something that sounds very Jewish - the Old Testament of the Bible includes cleanliness laws about not touching things after an ‘emmission’. To my mind, that’s not Christian teaching.

You seem to be talking about wet dreams, which is just the way the human body and mind are designed. God designed us. These things are involuntary, so I don’t consider them to be sinful. I also think that masurbaion is not sinful, unless we’re talking about using pornography, or avoiding sex within a marriage. We do need to be careful - we are not meant to mess up our body, our minds,our souls or other people’s lives with our sexual behaviour. But I don’t think that masurbaion does that.

it’s not a sin you’re fine most of everything you here about masterbation is a myth,just to try to scare you from doing it

But that’s the teaching of a particular church, I assume, because it’s not in the Bible.

If we wernt supposed to masterbate then why did this so called god give us a clitourous? Think about it, what else are we supposed to do with it?

I’ve never done it in my life.

…yet

If masturbating was a sin.. then Babies would be big sins. And everybody would be one big sin. =P

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I don’t think it’s a sin. and ‘xxthatgirl’ your wrong, I’ve never done it in my life. what does that make? a nobody? thanks…

No, it’s not a sin. At least, not as far as I know.

I’ll tell you this though. Whether they want to admit it or not, EVERY ONE does it.