Yennee
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Can masturbation be a sin?
If you hurt or refuse to share pleasure with your spouse in bed, fulfilling only your own desires, is it then still holy?
If you are lusting after someone you ought not to have, is it holy?
If in your heart your imaginations break any of the commandments of YAH, is it not these things by which you sin?
If masturbation, marital sex, or even an otherwise good thing interfear with your rightly chores: work, relationships, focusing on ABBA, or that which is right by command of scripture, is it not excess or even idolatry?
My views:
If your thoughts are sinful, then it is the sin of your thoughts.
If your deeds are harmful, it is the sin of your deeds.
If your actions are neglectful, it is the sin of your neglect.
If your pursuits are consuming, then it is the sin of your consumption.
If you deny that which is good, you endeavor to make it evil.
I believe that by being told masturbation is a sin, when even were it not for my oath of celibacy, of which I have desperately repented many times after learning scripture, I have none whom I can marry in good faith, that will not be or is not already a sin for me to be with nor a detriment to my soul.
YAH is reasonable. Man is not. Scholars and believers agree that nothing to the matter of masturbation is mentioned in the bible, except by inference. For our God to be so direct and concisely clear on numerous other sins, and so vague that sparsely an argument is formed against masturbation, except to those who carefully pick through a very few scriptures and gather carefully implied meaning, is questionable to me, and many others, even disturbing.
The closest I have found: Leviticous -- "If a man's seed go out from him, he is unclean untio the even". Mentioned again in Dueteronomy with "in the night" added in, and as being separate from lying with a woman. So, wet dreams aren't a sin, simply unclean/messy. Having seed on garments and bedding is also mentioned as unclean.
This is the closest I have encountered to a good argument, based mostly on a single, lonely verse from the bible:
Yet, I still wonder if, as often occurs in sexless marriages, it is referring to adultery, as mentioned by Yahoshua: "If any man divorce his wife for any other than defilement of the marriage bed, he causes her to commit adultery." This directly indicates sex outside of marriage and temptation of companionship, not masturbation for a virgin who is patiently waiting.
My Mom did not want to have sex with my Dad, so he turned to porn and call-girls, or would rape her. My Mother's Father's wife refused to have sex with him, so he raped his daughter, siring my Mom, and then raped her, too!
Beyond that, the root meaning of porneia includes strippers, perverse artists and authors, homosexuals, and film or cartoon makers, as well as pedophiles (all child-philes), and zoophiles, as well as other unnatural sexual pursuits and desires such as bondage, crossdressing, transgender, transexual, etcetera. Masturbation, unless you actually are in lust with your self, viewing or desiring these materials or strange flesh, participating with someone else, or your desire is already founded in a known sin, is rare, but can *potentially* occur without such filth and wretchedness, though admittedly uncommon, usually.
Nonetheless, most masturbation arguments discuss confines to marriage for married couples. But what about living to 30, 40+ years of age as a virgin, waiting for a righteous spouse, rather then marrying an unbeliever for the sake of lust?
And what of my swearing myself to celibacy in ignorance and without righteous mortal guidance, when the bible says, "you shall hardly be released from your oath"? And as said by Yahoshua himself: "Do not swear [at all by anything/one], nor make oaths, neither any promises for [you are not God that you can ensure perfect execution of it]. Rather, let your answer be yay yay (yes yes) or nay nay (no no), for *ANYTHING MORE THAN THIS COMES FROM THE DEVIL.*"
If you hurt or refuse to share pleasure with your spouse in bed, fulfilling only your own desires, is it then still holy?
If you are lusting after someone you ought not to have, is it holy?
If in your heart your imaginations break any of the commandments of YAH, is it not these things by which you sin?
If masturbation, marital sex, or even an otherwise good thing interfear with your rightly chores: work, relationships, focusing on ABBA, or that which is right by command of scripture, is it not excess or even idolatry?
My views:
If your thoughts are sinful, then it is the sin of your thoughts.
If your deeds are harmful, it is the sin of your deeds.
If your actions are neglectful, it is the sin of your neglect.
If your pursuits are consuming, then it is the sin of your consumption.
If you deny that which is good, you endeavor to make it evil.
I believe that by being told masturbation is a sin, when even were it not for my oath of celibacy, of which I have desperately repented many times after learning scripture, I have none whom I can marry in good faith, that will not be or is not already a sin for me to be with nor a detriment to my soul.
YAH is reasonable. Man is not. Scholars and believers agree that nothing to the matter of masturbation is mentioned in the bible, except by inference. For our God to be so direct and concisely clear on numerous other sins, and so vague that sparsely an argument is formed against masturbation, except to those who carefully pick through a very few scriptures and gather carefully implied meaning, is questionable to me, and many others, even disturbing.
The closest I have found: Leviticous -- "If a man's seed go out from him, he is unclean untio the even". Mentioned again in Dueteronomy with "in the night" added in, and as being separate from lying with a woman. So, wet dreams aren't a sin, simply unclean/messy. Having seed on garments and bedding is also mentioned as unclean.
This is the closest I have encountered to a good argument, based mostly on a single, lonely verse from the bible:
Is Masturbation a Sin? (Yes, the Bible Does Say It Is a Sin) | AGW MINISTRIES
Contrary to popular opinion, the Bible does speak directly to the issue of masturbation with unmistakable clarity. While it must be quickly admitted you won’t find the actual words “masturbation, self-pleasure, or self-gratification” anywhere in the inspired 66 books, the Bible often speaks on...
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Yet, I still wonder if, as often occurs in sexless marriages, it is referring to adultery, as mentioned by Yahoshua: "If any man divorce his wife for any other than defilement of the marriage bed, he causes her to commit adultery." This directly indicates sex outside of marriage and temptation of companionship, not masturbation for a virgin who is patiently waiting.
My Mom did not want to have sex with my Dad, so he turned to porn and call-girls, or would rape her. My Mother's Father's wife refused to have sex with him, so he raped his daughter, siring my Mom, and then raped her, too!
Beyond that, the root meaning of porneia includes strippers, perverse artists and authors, homosexuals, and film or cartoon makers, as well as pedophiles (all child-philes), and zoophiles, as well as other unnatural sexual pursuits and desires such as bondage, crossdressing, transgender, transexual, etcetera. Masturbation, unless you actually are in lust with your self, viewing or desiring these materials or strange flesh, participating with someone else, or your desire is already founded in a known sin, is rare, but can *potentially* occur without such filth and wretchedness, though admittedly uncommon, usually.
Nonetheless, most masturbation arguments discuss confines to marriage for married couples. But what about living to 30, 40+ years of age as a virgin, waiting for a righteous spouse, rather then marrying an unbeliever for the sake of lust?
And what of my swearing myself to celibacy in ignorance and without righteous mortal guidance, when the bible says, "you shall hardly be released from your oath"? And as said by Yahoshua himself: "Do not swear [at all by anything/one], nor make oaths, neither any promises for [you are not God that you can ensure perfect execution of it]. Rather, let your answer be yay yay (yes yes) or nay nay (no no), for *ANYTHING MORE THAN THIS COMES FROM THE DEVIL.*"