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Masturbation is not wrong!

Mr. Hair

Mr. Hair

Renegade Cavalcade
~Lord Roghen~ said:
Masturbation is not wrong!
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Of course not. Neither is it 'right', it simply is. Whether or not other people want to add additional significance or 'morality' to it is up to them. Personally I have no time for such silliness, but then people are allowed to disagree with me. I wouldn't recommend it but there you go... :p

Oh, and Fruballs (If I could send them) to whoever posted that wonderful story about the eastern guru! (I can't be bothered to go back and check...)
 
Halcyon

Halcyon

Lord of the Badgers
Ok 9 pages of wanking jokes was more than i could take, so i apologise if this has been mentioned already.

Male masterbation is in fact good for the body as it reduces the chances of developing testicular and prostate cancer.

How? Well, it "flushes out" toxins that build up in those tissues. Some researchers recommend a daily "flush" to keep the carcinogen levels at a minimum. :D

I don't know about female masterbation, but i can't think that it does any harm, not anymore than sitting of on the washing machine does anyway. ;) :sorry1:

p.s. don't ask me for sources, i heard this in one of my reproduction and development lectures a couple of years ago.
 
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evearael

Well-Known Member
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I'm sorry... I couldn't resist.

I believe that masterbation is morally neutral. It is perfectly natural expression of sexuality. That said, I have no issues with those who choose to refrain any more than I would take offense at fasting... they are well within their rights, and it certainly takes a respectable amount of self-control. As for those who choose to partake, they should be mindful not to take it to the extremes of harming oneself from overuse or addiction.
 
Sunstone

Sunstone

De Diablo Del Fora
Premium Member
evearael said:
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I'm sorry... I couldn't resist.

I believe that masterbation is morally neutral. It is perfectly natural expression of sexuality. That said, I have no issues with those who choose to refrain any more than I would take offense at fasting... they are well within their rights, and it certainly takes a respectable amount of self-control. As for those who choose to partake, they should be mindful not to take it to the extremes of harming oneself from overuse or addiction.
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I agree with everything you've said, Evearael, except I wonder how masturbation can deeply harm anyone even by overuse or addiction? It doesn't have serious physical effects, even with overuse. And I doubt it has serious psychological effects even with most addictions. Although, I can imagine an occasional case of someone masturbating so frequently it prevents them from holding a cubicle job, or causes some other dysfunction in their life, I have seldom, if ever, honestly heard of such cases. What I've heard of such people could easily be urban myth.

I would think that anyone who could seriously hurt themselves by overuse of masturbation eliminated themselves from our gene pool way back in the paleolithic.

BTW, I read in a book on men's health, written by two doctors, that there is at least one study which suggests that single adult males who have good fantasy lives and masturbate frequently are better off mentally and emotionally than single adult males who lack both. So, that's another pro on the pro and con list for masturbation.
 
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evearael

Well-Known Member
how masturbation can deeply harm anyone
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I know a few people who were too creative for their own good, and I'll leave it at that. Most people, I hope, would not manage to put themselves into such predicaments.
 
turk179

turk179

I smell something....
Sunstone said:
BTW, I read in a book on men's health, written by two doctors, that there is at least one study which suggests that single adult males who have good fantasy lives and masturbate frequently are better off mentally and emotionally than single adult males who lack both. So, that's another pro on the pro and con list for masturbation.
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I was wondering why I was so balanced:D.

As many things as Jarrell considers a sin, I am starting to realize that I like being a sinner:jiggy:.
 
Abram

Abram

Abraham
~Lord Roghen~ said:
The sin of Onan was to his unfullfilingness to his God, not his spilling of seed.
Masturnation glorifies god by exercising his temple (body) properly in the manner it was made to be used. sexual masturnbation is important for sexual and mental health and therefore benefits the temple (body) of God

Edit:

I put up the wrong webpage lol :banghead3
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So I went from a thread that said Lord Roghen is only 14, then I ended up here?

You first start out with your imagination, then moms Victoria's Secret magazine, then to porn. The cycle does in fact lead to a sin. At least in the view of a super strict Christian that can't stop doing it myself. Of course if you don't think porn is sin then disregard all post typed by me.




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evearael

Well-Known Member
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Got to go do some laundry... :run:


On topic... what biblical verses restrict female masterbation? Even if you buy that Onan was offed because of masterbation, it revolved around spilling his seed... not something a woman has to worry about.
 
Abram

Abram

Abraham
divine said:
not necessarily.
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But it could happen that way, right? Not for everyone, but if it did and you ended up watching porn to help masterbate (and if porn in your view is a form of lust), then becomes sin. So it could lead to sin...
 
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d.

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Abram said:
But it could happen that way, right? Not for everyone, but if it did and you ended up watching porn to help masterbate (and if porn in your view is a form of lust), then becomes sin. So it could lead to sin...
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which doesn't make the act of masturbation wrong in itself. a lot of things could lead to ethically problematic acts (i don't really believe in 'sin'). lust is only a positive concept for me, then again i'm not a christian.

i'm no great fan of the porn industry, in fact i strongly oppose it, but i can't really say that pornography in itself is morally problematic. material depicting nude consenting adults or whatever intended to sexually arouse people isn't in itself prolematic - my grudge lies solely in how it is usually produced and the way it usually upholds, repeats and permeates heteronormativity, gender stereotypes, gender hierarchy and patriarchal power structures.
 
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