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Originally Posted by DaveMatrix
I didnt consider it a sin, I didnt feel guilty, and I reject the whole guilt trip surounding this.
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Ah, I find it makes even more sense to reject the whole *religion* surrounding this, but that's just where I'm at these days.
Btw, all my words about this are reflections on what I believed (in the past) and was taught as an evangelical. In my present mode, I think all forms of healthy sexual expression are great... people should have sex, masturbate and enjoy it, they should not consider it a sin, and they should not feel guilty. So I am definitely not trying to induce guilt.
But I AM trying to understand how other Christians make these two behaviors (masturbation vs. imitation of Christ) work logically, within the confines of a faith that says the two are mutually exclusive. It boggles me... it always has.
"Imitate Christ." How do Christians strive to imitate Christ when masturbation clearly requires lustful thoughts and/or debauchery-filled images? Unless I am missing something about masturbation (or Christianity), which I am definitely open to talking about.