M*********** is NOT a sin. It isn’t. I don’t believe in god but if I did, wouldn’t it make sense that If he bestowed a s** drive on humans to populate the earth but told you NOT to have s** before marriage….that m*********** was a way to manage that s** drive responsibly? It’s like making you hungry all the time but telling you you cannot eat for YEARS until the time is just right, according to whatever his law may be. You have a physical need for s**, manage it responsibly by m***********. Animals do it as well. Use it with your partner INSTEAD of s** to prevent disease and pregnancy. It is a wonderful management tool for these urges.

it is NON productive to process through an endless cycle of 1. Suppressing your physical urges 2. Becoming stressed about it. 3. Trying to figure out how to manage it while NOT m*********** 4. Becoming hyper focused on it to the point of distraction 5. Finally giving in 6. M*********** to the point of soreness because you already gave in so might as well enjoy until 7. You shamefully beg god for forgiveness and SWEAR never to do it again which eventually leads you back to #1.

Once you get over the guilt crap, it doesn’t have to be such a time s***…you do it when you need to, and get on with your day.

And believe me, in the whole scheme of the universe, do you really believe god is keeping track of your m*********** habits? If so, WHY? Why isn’t he more focused, on, say…children being abused or killed? Can you imagine looking out over your kingdom and watching an ocean of families being killed by war, famine, disease and general evil doing, then looking over at the people who you know to be touching their own bodies, and saying, I think I will focus on the masturbators. I’m gonna keep track of those awful people. No, I think god has more on his plate than that. And if you believe THAT would keep you out of heaven, then heaven is mostly empty. Ask yourself, if I lived a good life helping my fellow man, being there for my family, being a great spouse and parent, gave my tithe to the church do I really think that when I got to heaven god would kick me out because of that?? Ridiculous !

I don’t know why religion tries to repress this, but it is futile. Better to focus on std and pregnancy prevention.

Think about it. It is no one’s business if you do it. You do NOT have to confess it to anyone like your clergy. The clergy has their own sins to deal with.

I welcome comments and discussion. I only wrote so much on the subject because SO many of you on here seem to struggle with useless guilt. Save the guilt for the stuff you SHOULD feel guilty about. Not this.