Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: kkrueger@zeus.unomaha.edu (Kurt Krueger) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Biblical Sexual Morality Message-ID: Date: 19 Mar 91 04:27:34 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Lines: 25 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu > For example, if one views the sexual act as a union of woman and man > on the level of a unifying of spirits, as well as bodies, then it is > quite possible for me to see masturbation as a pale shadow of the > full sexual act, and hence unpleasing to God. Note, I make no claim > for this as a Biblical concept. I myself can settle for God's will > without needing a complete reason. I believe this view to be a triffle condemning of virtually all adole- scents and a good chunk of the adult population. Since there are no passages in the Bible concerning masturbation, I would be much reticent to say that it is inherently immoral. To do so creates great feelings of guilt for ado- lescents who really already have a lot more guilt that they can handle. If you assume it a sin, then it must cause harm, yet no competent psychologist will agree that it does. Suppression because of extreme guilt and fear does cause a great deal of harm. My better judgement said to me "Shut up and skip this post," but I see a lot of teens messed up from well-intentioned views that wind up causing emotional havoc. Of course almost no adolescent reads the net, but all of the readers are a part of society which develops social mores. Respectfully, -- Kurt Krueger | BITNET: kkrueger@unoma1 | //\ MBA student | Internet: kkrueger@zeus.unomaha.edu | \X/--\ M I G A --