why is it not a sin? the church says it is,
as i said in my previous 2 posts, it’s not the act itself that is so sinful, but the intention connected with that act, and the lust,
and in this case, the intention is for the enjoyment of the sexual pleasures reserved for husband and wife, and as we know, lust is “intense sexual desire or appetite”
but i am not going to repeat myself a third time, just read my last posts.
although besides that, masturbation is most certainly not a lesser sin, it is a mortal sin just as much as any other mortal sin, and the degree really doesn’t matter, because death of the soul is death of the soul, it doesn’t matter what kills you, because the fact still remains that you’re dead!
and even if that were true(which it’s not) one sin being lesser than another shouldn’t make you more accepting of it, if you love God you wouldn’t want to commit the least sin,
and by your logic, since murder is worse than stealing, i guess stealing isn’t a sin right? well the obvious answer is no, it’s still a sin, even though murder is worse, and you will go to hell for both.
and how is masturbation respecting your body? you are a temple of the Holy Ghost, you are to respect God above your body, even to the point of death, don’t lose site of your true goal and purpose in this life, we should indeed have respect for our bodies, but also dignity! modesty, purity.
before you ask someone to stop teaching this is a sin, why not learn why it’s a sin? learn what purity is, and what lust is, this is the definition of lust according to the church - “An inordinate desire for or enjoyment of sexual pleasure. The desires or acts are inordinate when they do not confirm to the divinely ordained purpose of sexual pleasure, which is to foster the mutual love of husband and wife and, according to the dispositions of providence, to procreate and educate their children.”
and as i said, we are tempted to evil, and inspired to good, if this is not a sin, then it should be easy to avoid, but you know that’s certainly not true,
all good things give glory to God, every good act, thought, word, and deed, works towards our purpose in life, which is to know, love, and serve God…masturbation only serves you, and turns away from God.
masturbation is a mortal sin, as are all sins of impurity, there are no venial sins of impurity, and that should really tell you how very much this sin is opposed to Gods law, God has absolutely no part of it, and does not take pity on it…
and sins of the flesh, more than any other sin, enslave you, no sin takes a stronger hold on you than this one, and no sin is harder to overcome once immersed in it…
if you think you are “free” to commit this sin, you are dead wrong, to commit it is an enslavement, you are trapped by it, how is that freedom?? true freedom is the ability to do what is right, not to do what you want!
we are weak to sin because we are slaves to our passions, but if, by the grace of God, we can get control of ourselves, then that is true freedom, our passions enslave us, because they prompt us to sin whether we want to or not, but being good is something we only do if we want to! that is freedom.
i don’t know where you get the idea that it is not a sin, but i’m sure you didn’t get that idea from God or His church, so perhaps you should rethink things, either pray to God to give you the answers, or seek help from a good priest, or research it from good catholic books(such as
www.tanbooks.com ) or do all of those things…if you think it’s not a sin simply because you have failed in overcoming it yourself, then look for better ways of overcoming it, but don’t decide that it’s ok just because it’s difficult, alone it’s hard, but with God you can overcome it.
