Is Masturbation a sin? I want to know

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I agree with you, in that masturbation far less social consequences as premarital sex.

But, we cannot said that it is the better choice, because it implicate that it should be a “good”. It is a sin, and a sin cannot be a “good”. It is always an evil.
A more appropriate could be “a lesser evil”. Even if this notion is controversed.

This is not a choice between that versus sex. It’s more complicated than that and don’t prevent premarital sex, or prostitution.

And ends don’t justify the means. Otherwise all sexual practices can be justify or considered as “natural” if they leads to orgasms.
 
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I just don’t get why it’s even called that. It’s just a massage. Like any other part of the body. Are we sinning by giving ourselves a foot massage?? No , we are not. You don’t unite with anyone during massaging yourself. You unite with people by touching other people.
 
The purpose of masturbation is to give sexual pleasure. Sexual pleasure is meant to be shared between a man and a woman. That’s why masturbation is wrong. You don’t get sexual pleasure from a foot massage.
 
The sexual parts of a person is not like all others parts of the body.

Their function is for copulation and reproduction.

It is not like a massage in other parts of the body, because it is genitals, and people do this for a different goal sexual pleasure.

The fact that it is a “sin” is not linked with the unitive purpose. Sex sins are not always linked with unification with another person (for exemple watching pornography). But the usage of a fonction that is not design for that.

But we debate with you of the fact that you do not see it as a sin at all.

It can be difficult to understand when we are very young, come from a secular environment and don’t have heard until recently of this topic.
Do you are willing to study more this topic, and Church position and let time mature your thinking?

When a married person masturbate, the other spouse can have some legitimate worry for exemple: why we do that whereas we had intercourse, are he is frustated? So, it is an exemple,to show that it is not always an entire private question.

I agree that the word is somewhat controversed, and it can be difficult to show the limit, between just touching and masturbating.
But when the person intend to have an orgasm, or are close to have it, or achieve one, there is no doubt that we can call it “masturbation”. It is obviously not the same thing as a foot massage.
 
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It is obvious that the parts of the body associated with the reproductive process and especially the genital area IS and is identified by God as special.

Showing those area to another person, seeing them or touching them in any way other than for basic hygiene all has a moral dimension which other parts of the body simply do not have.

There is no sin in massaging your feet or hands or allowing others to do so. But it is a sin to touch your genital area for pleasure, to allow anyone except your spouse to do so or to touch anyone other than your spouse in that way.
 
Yes, it’s a mortal sin.

Believe it or not, I struggle with that sin as well. I started early, when I was twelve or thirteen when my parents’ got divorced and my Mom was going down a downward spiral. Believe me, that sin is terrible.

Confess it at the earliest opportunity you can. Try praying the rosary and divine mercy chaplet every day. Watch what you read and watch on the internet and TV.
That’s my advice.
 
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I was confused during my teenage years upto now regarding the issue on masturbation. I just want to ask if masturbation is really a sin?
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If you’re no longer confused, then IDK if you’d be asking. I suspect that you know it is; follow your heart. “They show that the demands of the law are written in their hearts, while their conscience also bears witness and their conflicting thoughts accuse or even defend them”
-Rom 2:15

Just so you don’t think I’m being condescending, I’ve been there before myself. In my case, I decided as a young teen that accepting lustful fantasies was not a sin; it lasted about 20-some years. The natural consequence is a disordered skewing of my thoughts toward lust even as a middle aged guy. Thoughts become actions, actions become habits…
 
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the definition of masturbation is stimulating the genitals to experience sexual pleasure. This is a sin. It is unnatural. Stop doing it.
 
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