Response to Mario Panayi, being to religious

http://triplebbeingbadblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/being-too-religious-part-2.html

Mario`s friend who is studying religion, said that``In the Bible it states that, it is worse to masturbate than commit Rape; because at least with Rape there is the chance of procreation were as with a man masturbating he is just spilling his seed and their is no possibility of procreation.``

Mario I really think that your friend is mistaken, I would like for him to show me where in the bible it say this. The bible is sometimes misunderstood by people, even me.

What does the bible say about masturbation?

If you are coming to this web page as an atheist, you may have difficulty with the moral perspective regarding sexual behavior that appears here. This page is coming from a perspective about what God has said about masturbation and lust. If you are an atheist, by definition, you don't believe there is a God.

FOUR IMPORTANT TRUTHS FROM THE BIBLE
Sex is good and right and pure. It was created by a loving, imaginative God for procreation and pleasure.So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.... God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. Genesis 1:27, 31.

A man will be united to his wife and the two will become one flesh. Genesis 2:24.Rejoice in the wife of your youth! A loving doe, a graceful deer--may her breasts satisfy you at all times, my you ever be captivated by her love. Proverbs 5:18-19.Take me away with you--let us hurry!

Let the king bring me into his bed chambers! Song of Songs 1:4.My lover is mine and I am his; he browses among the lilies. Until the day breaks and the shadows flee, turn, my lover, and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills. Song of Songs 2:16-17.

God created sex to be ENJOYED. Sex was intended for pleasure. But (and here is God's limitation) sexual pleasure is always to happen within the proper context: a man and a woman who have committed their lives together in marriage.

THERE IS NO COMMANDMENT in the Bible regarding masturbation, I AM NOT SAYING THAT MASTURBATION IS WRONG. The Bible doesn't say that. In the absence of a clear command from God, we must always be careful of creating condemnation where God never intended it.


Let me state it again, so that I'm not misunderstood: masturbation is not a sin in itself. The Bible doesn't say anything on the issue of masturbation. It only speaks to the sin of improper lust. So wrong desires are the sin, not masturbation.

Therefore, if you are masturbating AND you are lusting after someone that you are not married to, then your masturbation/lust is a sin. Most people that I have spoken to on this issue, masturbate using pornography, images, or imagination to lust after someone who is not their spouse. Jesus called this "missing the mark" (the meaning of one of the Greek words for sin). According to Jesus you are committing a form of adultery. You are involved in something that is unhealthy for you and for those around you. This can have consequences for your eternal body.