To make it simple, laws are written on our hearts, correct? I felt bad everytime I did it, so I've stopped again. Besides, it just seems like a cop-out to be honest.
Here is my logic:
If we lust after every women we see, should we marry them all so they're all our wives and we don't commit adultery? - no
If we have a violent nature, should we find ways to be violent instead of bundling it up inside? - no
Basically, my point is is that if you have a problem, you don't just give into it in order to get better at controlling it. What I mean is, you dont play videogames to help stop a videogame addiction, you dont do violent things to curve your violence, etc. So from my understanding, me "doing the deed" is just feeding into the weakness I have for sexual things. Besides, I talked to people on CC and they explained that in intercourse the seedd of copulation isnt always 100% inside.
I apologize if this thread is offensive to some people, but I think it shouldn't be. There are a lot of young Christians who think that everything except intercourse is okay, or that clubbing is oka, or dressing anyways is okay "Galatians 5:19-21". We need to have self control.
As for the people who have argued that it is bad, I appreciate your input. I disagree with some of your reasonings, like saying its all about self, but I agree that it is bad. I don't think that is why it is bad. My main reason I think it is bad, and my understanding, is that you should have control. You should be able to control your desires, not be controlled by them and have to masturbate in order to make yourself have control again. Thats like a drug addict who has to take their drug to stop shaking [or itching if its something like crack cocaine]. Therefore, I think it is bad. I feel it is bad anyways, so that says enough for me.
Thanks again for the help,
David.
P.S
I really don't think any issue regarding Christianity should "not be spoken of". Whether it be masturbation, or anything at all. People can get confused, and they need to know the anwswer. By not allowing people to ask certain questions, people are left in the dark and my do something wrong in God's eyes and we never even tried to help them because what tehy are doing "should not be spoken of".
Here is my logic:
If we lust after every women we see, should we marry them all so they're all our wives and we don't commit adultery? - no
If we have a violent nature, should we find ways to be violent instead of bundling it up inside? - no
Basically, my point is is that if you have a problem, you don't just give into it in order to get better at controlling it. What I mean is, you dont play videogames to help stop a videogame addiction, you dont do violent things to curve your violence, etc. So from my understanding, me "doing the deed" is just feeding into the weakness I have for sexual things. Besides, I talked to people on CC and they explained that in intercourse the seedd of copulation isnt always 100% inside.
I apologize if this thread is offensive to some people, but I think it shouldn't be. There are a lot of young Christians who think that everything except intercourse is okay, or that clubbing is oka, or dressing anyways is okay "Galatians 5:19-21". We need to have self control.
As for the people who have argued that it is bad, I appreciate your input. I disagree with some of your reasonings, like saying its all about self, but I agree that it is bad. I don't think that is why it is bad. My main reason I think it is bad, and my understanding, is that you should have control. You should be able to control your desires, not be controlled by them and have to masturbate in order to make yourself have control again. Thats like a drug addict who has to take their drug to stop shaking [or itching if its something like crack cocaine]. Therefore, I think it is bad. I feel it is bad anyways, so that says enough for me.
Thanks again for the help,
David.
P.S
I really don't think any issue regarding Christianity should "not be spoken of". Whether it be masturbation, or anything at all. People can get confused, and they need to know the anwswer. By not allowing people to ask certain questions, people are left in the dark and my do something wrong in God's eyes and we never even tried to help them because what tehy are doing "should not be spoken of".