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Actually it is in the Bible and not just Onan. I can't remember the verse, but it says something about it being an impurity and how you should leave the tent for awhile and clean up. Back then I guess people lived in their tents with their family so I could see how it would be like "gross", just like peeing in your pants would be kind of gross.
From a Catholic perspective it is a bit more than bed-wetting though. Still I mostly decided the Biblical idea of washing up and saying a prayer would have to suffice as it was logistically difficult for me to go to Confession three times a week. (Now it would be once a week or less as I'm older) My Mom told me in my teens that priests sometimes did it to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, which I thought was a ridiculous old-wives tales and maybe even made me think less of her orthodoxy as a Catholic. Then a few years ago they had some study that it does reduce the risk of prostate cancer so who knows?
Still that something is natural does not make it per-se right. I think it is perfectly natural to hate people that doesn't mean we should just all be okay with our hatreds. Masturbation is one of those reminders of our flawed nature and for me I guess it was also a reminder against pride. Christ's admonition against lust was, I think, quite possibly about discouraging us from placing ourselves above others. We may have better discipline, but we are not alien to those people who are promiscuous or adulterous. We both have temptations and weaknesses. So in a very weird way starting to do that reduced my prideful tendency to see myself as more pure and better than other males. (God must have felt I needed a double dose of humility due to the same-sex desires that arose at some point) Everyone is prone to sin and in need of improvement, etc.
Atheists seem to have the right approach towards masturbation. Even committed, married fellas tell me they fantasize over their wives and slap it hard when they are away traveling. This is something I will agree too, 100%.
Besides, a regular masturbation schedule, like once in 3 days, greatly prevents time spent in porn, or going to hookers, generally for men. Once the gravy is out of the sausage, the brains sort of regain control and quickly thinks about current world issues like poverty or personal issues like not missing grocery store items
Besides, I fail to see why an atheist won't pump and dump.
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