(April 17, 2015 at 2:53 pm)I_am_not_mafia Wrote: I would have thought hard core pornography would be better for aiding masturbation than Christianity.

I'm probably a minority among males, but they both have the same effect on me. A major turnoff.

But you all do realize that most major religions have rigid antisexual laws? It's easy to explain, because attacking an instinctive urge and calling it a cardinal sin, you gain power over the minds and bodies of your sheep. They're easy to manipulate, once you created the neurosis.

(April 17, 2015 at 3:29 pm)Jenny A Wrote: [F]requent ejaculation is one of the best ways to prevent prostate cancer.  Masturbation five or more times a week is very good for men. Twenty-one times a month is the threshold for best results. Harvard Medical School  New Scientist (both articles link the same two studies).  

  Then I suppose I have a super-ULTRA-healthy prostate by now.

(April 17, 2015 at 4:05 pm)TRJF Wrote:

(April 17, 2015 at 3:29 pm)Jenny A Wrote: [F]requent ejaculation is one of the best ways to prevent prostate cancer.  Masturbation five or more times a week is very good for men. Twenty-one times a month is the threshold for best results. Harvard Medical School  New Scientist (both articles link the same two studies).  

  Then I suppose I have a super-ULTRA-healthy prostate by now.

Ah hah!  Apparently there are positives for us gals too.  The genitals stay healthy and self lubricating longer if we masturbate. 
http://www.everydayhealth.com/sexual-hea...efits.aspx  Hubby will appreciate that in a few years. Oh and it reduces the chance or heart disease and urinary tract infections.  Also strengthens the pelvic floor making incontinence less likely. Obviously all good things.  http://www.womenshealthnetwork.com/sexan...ation.aspx 

Once again---it's a violation of natural law because. . .

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(April 17, 2015 at 9:07 am)Mezmo! Wrote: Not all denominations agree on the topic nor is the prohibition a major essential doctrine. It all depends on how you interpret the story of Onan spilling his seed and whether masturbation was considered part of 'pornea'. The pleasure derived from the sexual organs serves to both motivate men and women to join in productive unions and to strengthen the marital bond. According to natural law, masturbation is considered an abuse of the natural function of the genetalia, since it is not conducive to either.

Orgasms helps you: sleep better; increases your sexual longevity; reduces depression; and reduces the risk of cancer, incontinence, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes.  http://www.womenshealthnetwork.com/sexan...ation.aspx 
Oh, and women who masturbate have longer sex lives with their partners than women who don't.  Hubby will like that.   And it's generally good for our sex lives with our partners.  People who masturbate have more fulfilling sexual relations with others.

And, as a former chronic pain sufferer, I can tell you that it's a mild pain reliever as well.

Sounds like genitalia serve a few more natural purposes than just deification and baby making.  And like all parts of your body they, and you are healthier if you use them sensibly and often.

So, it sounds to me like your description of "natural function" is limited at best, and unhealthy at worst.

(April 17, 2015 at 6:47 am)Mental Outlaw Wrote: So Masturbation is wrong in Christianity right?  Well kinda sorta, but it begs the question of why would a God care about where we touch ourselves in the privacy of our own homes anyway.

Because, apparently, he is a very small-minded and petty god. Almost as if he were a human being.

(April 17, 2015 at 4:57 pm)Quatermass Wrote:

(April 17, 2015 at 6:47 am)Mental Outlaw Wrote: So Masturbation is wrong in Christianity right?  Well kinda sorta, but it begs the question of why would a God care about where we touch ourselves in the privacy of our own homes anyway.

Because, apparently, he is a very small-minded and petty god. Almost as if he were a human being.

Or invented by one.

I was going to post most of what Jenny A did in response to Chadmo's 'natural laws' BS.  Since she beat me to it, a meme:

Like homosexuality, it's weird that Christianity fixates so much on this issue given the tiny amount the bible actually talks about it. In fact, it's a stretch to even conclude anything about masturbation from the bible, unless I've overlooked some obvious reference.

But oral myths trump everything, even god's word.

I don't know if it is actually a sin or not, just that I don't do it.

(April 17, 2015 at 8:28 pm)Polaris Wrote: I don't know if it is actually a sin or not, just that I don't do it.

Give it a try. It feels like 

Natural law has always been evidence based and I guess since there are health benefits please excuse me. I need to get some Kleenex and hand lotion from CVS.