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IS MASTURBATION ‘SINFUL’ OR MORALLY WRONG?

One person’s idea of what’s ‘sinful’ or morally wrong may be quite different from another person’s. Nowadays most people do not think masturbation is morally wrong or sinful, and personally, we go along with that point of view. In the past many religions held that masturbation was a sin and, although many religious leaders no longer feel this way, some still do. The Catholic religion’s official point of view is that masturbation is a sin. This doesn’t mean, however, that all Catholics or even all Catholic priests and church leaders feel this way.

People who consider masturbation a sin often point to the story of Onan in the Bible (Genesis 3: 9-10), in which Onan is punished by God for ‘spilling his seed on the ground’. They feel that the story of Onan is a story about masturbation (masturbation used to be called onanism) and that it shows that God disapproves of masturbation. Others don’t feel that this is what the story of Onan is about. People who think masturbation is sinful usually feel that God approves of a man ejaculating only during intercourse with his wife, and that a man should practise enough

self-control so that he ejaculates only under those circumstances.

As we said, what one person thinks is sinful or morally wrong may be different from what another person thinks. It’s an individual matter, something you’ll have to decide for yourself. If you’re bothered by the notion that masturbation may be sinful or morally wrong, perhaps you should talk with your vicar, priest or religious leader.

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