The efficacy of confession

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I currently have a dilemma concerning masturbation being a sin. If you claim that it is sinful because it is selfish and supposed to be shared, then that doesn’t still qualify it as a sin. If I have two hotdogs and refuse to give someone else I am not sinning because selfishness itself is not a sin. If you claim that a married person sins by masturbating because he/she is withholding himself/herself from his/her spouse, what can you say about a situation where one of the spouses gives permission to the other to masturbate. Is that selfishness? What about singles. If I masturbate(I’m single) am I being selfish? I am not married to anyone so I am not witholding my self from that person.
If you claim that masturbation leads to bad sex habits, I want to let you know that I can masturbate nonstop for an hour so I don’t think premature ejaculation will be a problem. I also don’t watch porn that is fake or forceful because I believe that if the woman isn’t enjoying the sex then what I am doing is tantamount to rape. My major turn-on is a woman that is turned-on and enjoying the act.
If you claim that ejaculating kills sperm cells that could have been used to breed then what can you say about female masturbation? Even if sperm cells are killed when they exit the body, then nocturnal emissions must be sinful. Even if they are nonvoluntary it is still leading to death because the sperm cells still die. There is nothing that is a sin for males that isn’t a sin for females and vice-versa. I am willing to hear any counter-arguments because this is something that has really been bugging me. Thanks and may the peace of God remain with you.
 
Just a thought, why not discuss this issue with your priest, who can probably explain better than most people here why this is something you need to avoid.
 
Look, you can’t do it! Best to stop trying to find a loophole. We’re one half of a whole and the whole is designed for procreation and procreation only; it seems like the pleasure is a pleasant side effect. I know this sounds harsh but it’s actually logical if you take a minute. I don’t know how old you are but I can tell you from personal experience that it is a relationship killer, how long you can go for doesnt make a difference. Those are not the bad habits the church is talking about. They are talking about how it makes a person too self involved, a bad partner emotionally. You are sharing the procreative gift of God with another, not the pleasure.

Heres a metaphor for you: Its about driving the car to a destination as opposed to revving the engine in a parking spot.

And I second on speaking to a priest!
 
No many how many threads you start, or how you try to justify it the answer remains the same.
 
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I currently have a dilemma concerning masturbation being a sin. If you claim that it is sinful because it is selfish and supposed to be shared, then that doesn’t still qualify it as a sin. If I have two hotdogs and refuse to give someone else I am not sinning because selfishness itself is not a sin. If you claim that a married person sins by masturbating because he/she is withholding himself/herself from his/her spouse, what can you say about a situation where one of the spouses gives permission to the other to masturbate. Is that selfishness? What about singles. If I masturbate(I’m single) am I being selfish? I am not married to anyone so I am not witholding my self from that person.
If you claim that masturbation leads to bad sex habits, I want to let you know that I can masturbate nonstop for an hour so I don’t think premature ejaculation will be a problem. I also don’t watch porn that is fake or forceful because I believe that if the woman isn’t enjoying the sex then what I am doing is tantamount to rape. My major turn-on is a woman that is turned-on and enjoying the act.
If you claim that ejaculating kills sperm cells that could have been used to breed then what can you say about female masturbation? Even if sperm cells are killed when they exit the body, then nocturnal emissions must be sinful. Even if they are nonvoluntary it is still leading to death because the sperm cells still die. There is nothing that is a sin for males that isn’t a sin for females and vice-versa. I am willing to hear any counter-arguments because this is something that has really been bugging me. Thanks and may the peace of God remain with you.
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None of the “reasons” you imagine to be the reason that masturbation is sinful is actually a reason expressed by the Church. Therefore, you have no dilemma, merely a desire not to accept the Catholic teaching on the subject.
 
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