Is masturbating a sin?

Question

I am very confused cuz some people say it is and some people say no
And when you answer plz include religion and age thnx

BTW I'm baptist

Answer 1

Unbelievable. People are actually quoting scriptures to answer this.... Are be back in the middle ages people???? Do it and you get a hairy palm or something...

Answer 2

I've gone to church, I now believe differently about things. People at church sit around and try to interpret the Bible in different ways, give me a break! Some interpretations are from the siminary or Bible school they went to and it is all based on that religions beliefs so the preacher always preaches that religions ideals. I, for one, have done extensive research on things I was told by preachers and they are so far off.

There is nothing that says this in the Bible cause it's not important. Fornication and adultry is. Then again it's a jewish belief, Jesus was jewish are you? I'm not, I'm American. Jesus said this stuff to the jews cause they were so religious it made him sick! Read about the Pharsees and Saducees. You can be so religious you miss life. Masturabation is a physical need like eating and part of you, your sexualality. If you can't do it then you get frusterated and angry. Priests can't have sex so they've used kids to have sex, it's a need! It has to be done like urinating and deficating. Christians are ignorant of it.

Answer 3

No, masturbating is not a sin. In the Bible there is a scripture in the OT where a man spills his "seed" on the ground so as not to be tempted. I wish I could recall the scripture. However, isn't it better to satisfy yourself than to go out and rape, commit adultery, etc. to satisfy your desire. After all, sex is a God-given desire, and God has given man a way to handle that desire without sinning. That is my feeling anyway. I'm a Baptist.

Answer 4

For every desire there is a legal way to act.
How old R you?
A male and female should seek marriage in order to perform sex the right way. It is also recommended in Islam to fast because this suppresses the desire. It is also a sin to watch pornographic images with or without masturbation. Masturbation is looked as mukrooh meaning its highly looked down upon. Masturbation can also lead to bodily deformities. So you should stay away from it. Sex is not supposed to be preformed on your self but rather by a mate. Seek a wife so you can't worry about this problem.

Answer 5

Christian age 22. Great question. Anytime you have a question you need to seek counsel from the word of God and from those who know it and obey it. The Bible does not speak directly to masturbation. But it does speak to many other things. First, it teaches that lust is wrong (Matt 5:27-30). Does a man masturbate without lust? Second, as we have seen, the Bible teaches that the sexual act is not meant to be experienced alone or for selfish reasons. It is meant to bind a man and his wife. Masturbation is about a man's lazy, self-centered desire to satisfy himself, rather than to wait for his wife, or to give himself to his wife. It is a sin according to God and His word the Bible. Thanks for asking.

Answer 6

No but the unavailability of sexual mature partners is .
Masturbation is a rape deterrant and cuts down on teen stds and unwanted births .
Religion is religion; take for what its worth or suffer it's influence.

Answer 7

Fornication, define
What do we understand here by “fornication”? The Greek word in this text is porneia. In discussing the matter, The Watchtower of December 15, 1972, pages 766-768, showed that porneia “comes from a root word meaning ‘to sell.’” Thus it is tied in with prostitution, such as that practiced in many pagan temples in the first century and in ‘houses of ill fame’ today.
True, porneia is sometimes used in a limited sense, as applying to sex relations between unmarried (single) persons. An instance of such a limited usage is 1 Corinthians 6:9, where “fornicators” are mentioned separately and in addition to those who engage in such other sexual vices as adultery and homosexuality. But just before this, at 1 Corinthians 5:9-11, Paul used the same word when counseling Christians not to mix with “fornicators.” Is it reasonable to think that here he referred only to immoral unmarried persons? That could not be so, for chapter 6 sets out a broad range of illicit sexual practices that must be shunned, including adultery and homosexuality. Likewise, Jude 7 and Revelation 21:8, which show that God judges unrepentant “fornicators” as worthy of eternal destruction, could hardly be limited only to unmarried persons that have sex relations. And the Jerusalem governing body’s edict at Acts 15:29, “to keep abstaining . . . from fornication,” must be understood to have the wide field of application.
So, then, “fornication” in the broad sense, and as used at Matthew 5:32 and 19:9, evidently refers to a broad range of unlawful or illicit sex relations outside marriage. Porneia involves the grossly immoral use of the genital organ(s) of at least one human (whether in a natural or a perverted way); also, there must have been another party to the immorality—a human of either sex, or a beast. Thus, self-abuse (unwise and spiritually dangerous as this may be) is not porneia. But to this day, the term porneia embraces the various kinds of sexual activity that might take place in a house of prostitution, where sexual favors are bought and sold. A person who goes to a male or a female prostitute to buy any kind of sexual favors would be guilty of porneia.—Compare 1 Corinthians 6:18.

Answer 8

NO. Masturbate to your hearts content. It's free, doesn't hurt anyone, relieves tension, feels good... doesn't cause pregnancy or spread VD... There is no end to the positive benefits of masturbation and no logical reason for anyone to think it's sinful.
In fact, I imagine that regular indulgences in healthy, guilt free, masturbation might save the innocence of an alter boy or two.
Ya think?
X Catholic. current agnostic-taoist-undecided-? age=40something

Answer 9

Catholic Crusader is giving you the very best answer herein. But pay very very close attention to the last paragraph. It indicates this sin may be migated under some circumstances.

Answer 10

Masturbation is an intrinsically and gravely disordered action because sexual pleasure is sought outside the context of marriage.
An equitable judgment about the person's moral responsibility must take account of the person's affective immaturity, the force of acquired habit, conditions of anxiety, and other emotional or social factors that lessen and even extenuate moral culpability.

For more information about this subject please go to this link and look for paragraph 2352 and following.
http://www.scborromeo.org/index2.htm