Is it a sin for a christian to masterbate?

Answer 1

"Q; 11. Most psychologist speak of masturbation as normal, healthy thing. They even indicate that it’s unhealthy not to masterbate. Why doesn’t the Church get with it?

A: We must realize that without the perspective of God’s plan in the beginning, and without understanding that Christ came into the world to restore that plan, we’ll inevitably be looking at our experience of sexual desire through the lens of our fallen humanity. From this perspective, masturbation does seem like a “normal” and even “healthy” thing.

It’s normal to be sexually aroused, right? It’s “normal” to want to “relieve” sexual tension, right? If you have an itch, you don’t just let it drive you crazy - you scratch it right? In fact, only the oddball would choose to endure the itch without scratching it, right? So it could actually be “unhealthy” to let sexual tension build up without “relieving” it, right?

There’s a certain logic here. In fact, it’s virtually impossible to understand why masturbation is wrong within this paradigm. What’s needed - not just to understand the masturbation issue but in order to understand the truth of sexuality and, in turn, the true meaning of love and life - is a complete paradigm shift.

We’ve inherited a worldview (modern rationalism) that’s closed in on itself. We’re all a bunch of omphaloskeptics (a fancy word for “navel-gazers”). We can’t see beyond the temporal and immanent to the eternal and transcendent.

We look at the stars, and rather than pondering the expansive grandeur of the Creator, we reduce the universe to mathematical equations. We encounter another body, and rather than seeing the revelation of a person made in the image and likeness of God, we see a thing to use and consume for our own gratification. We encounter the deep waters of sexual desire, and rather than seeing our call to share in the divine mystery by swimming in the pure waters of life-giving love with an “other,” we dive headfirst into our own shallow, stagnant swamp and get stuck in the sludge of self-indulgent isolation.

As we’ve noted, sex is symbolic. It’s meant to be an efficacious sign of God’s free, total, faithful, fruitful love. It’s meant to be a human participation in the divine Communion of Persons. Yes, sex is meant to point us beyond the stars to ultimate Reality - God.

Masturbation, however easy a habit it is to fall into only throws us back on ourselves. It exemplifies a worldview devoid of the transcendent otherness of God. It symbolizes self-pity, fear of abandoning oneself to another, and the utter sterility of isolation.

Such behavior speaks very pointedly about a person’s concept of his or her own sexuality and, in turn, about his or her whole person. It speaks of an anxiety toward self and others, an inner frustration with the truth of one’s own being, and an unwillingness or inability to make a sincere gift of self to another. The fantasy life that often accompanies masturbation speaks of a dissatisfaction with and withdrawal from reality."

Answer 2

It's lust (if you think about screwing someone while doing it), and it's spilling your seed. Both are ridiculous sins, especially the latter (which is solely based on outdated knowledge of the male reproductive system). Oh, should I go on? Yeah, the ancient Jews had a lot of stupid laws based on the lack of scientific knowledge. The principle of meat being kosher, for example, comes to mind. But the masturbation thing was only included in the Old Testament because it was a belief that men have a limited amount of sperm, and that God wouldn't want us to waste potential children. Retarded, right? Why would thinking about sexing a girl while masturbating be a sin either? Hell if I know - God must be a total prude.

Answer 3

There is no such thing as sin. God does not have an arbitrary list of rules. Sin is a construct of the human mind and varies by time and place according to the conventions of society.

There are only loving actions that bring you closer to God and fear based actions that remove you further away from God.

Answer 4

That's the 2nd or 3rd time I've seen this question here today.

Yes it is a sin. Go spank, ask for forgiveness, receive it, clean up your mess, and shut up already.

NO it's not a sin because sin is something made up by man in order to control other men by means of guilt.

Answer 5

no its not a sin to masturbate....where did you ever hear such nonsense.

the idea of masturbating being wrong comes from one of the son's of Judah, Onan. God had killed him simply because he did spilled the seed, because he didn't what to get Tamar pregnant. God killed Onan because he didn't levirate marriage.

so it is not....David did it. The bible says when he was going to the temple he fasted, or did he pleasured himself. and God didn't kill him there

Answer 6

Yes, just like it's a sin for anyone else.

Answer 7

masterbate is a sin!

Answer 8

What is in your mind when you do it ? Girl next door , centerfold ? Then it is a sin . Lust

Answer 9

No. Only Jews go to hell for it. Lots of them, too.

Answer 10

Only if the Christian spells it the way you do.