RE: I don't understand, why do Christians not like Masturbation or porn
December 10, 2015 at 4:57 pm
(October 25, 2015 at 5:03 am)godzilla_22 Wrote: Why is it that things like Masturbation or appreciating the beauty of the female body considered bad in the realm of Christianity? Is it really just another form of a control?
There are two passages used to say masturbation is bad in the Bible. The first is the one Robvalue mentioned about Onan spilling his seed (also used to forbid contraception).
The other is from the New Testament where Jesus says that looking at a woman lustfully is as bad as adultery, followed immediately by a passage saying it's better to cut off a hand or an eye that causes you to sin and enter heaven maimed than keep the part and go to hell... Of course, without masturbation explicitly listed as a sin, the whole "hand causing you to sin" thing is actually a circular argument; however, most people tend to think naughty thoughts when playing with themselves, so a Christian could make a straight-faced argument that the lustful thoughts are the sin, and not the self-induced orgasm.
Short answer: a lot of cultural baggage based very loosely on the Bible.
