Why is masturbation a sin?

[Robert_Sock]

Sexual energy and spiritual energy, I believe, are closely related, and I personally believe that you cannot have them both, although a balance might be manageable. I’ll take a strong spirituality any day!

 

[davidv]

I just edited to add a bit more to answer your question:

**We know that the stomach has TWO PURPOSES: nourishment, AND pleasure. And that EVEN WHEN WE’RE NOURISHED - it’s okay to put more into it (wine or dessert after a meal) to give us pleasure.

We believe that’s okay. **

(The direct statement then is: if that business with the stomach is true, why can we not use our sexual organs with our spouses for pleasure when the miracle of procreation is fulfilled and satiated within our marriage?

How is it impossible that the church is wrong?

She is protected from error by the Holy Spirit.

Didn’t the church allow oral contraceptives for a little while, then realize it was wrong?

No, this is not true. There are other threads here where this has been discussed in detail.

Didn’t we also call out as heretics anyone who said that the sun was the center of the solar system for a while?

No, this is not true.

I’m pretty sure the church can be wrong about something.

She cannot be wrong in its teachings on faith and morals.