I think that’s the incel battlecry.
I thought it was “Your body, my choice.”
But back to the subject at hand (ha!), there is some truth to the old “jack off then think about it” advice when it comes to making relationship decisions.
I guess id describe “legitimate protestant” as all the denominations who dont have a gay/trans pastor and on the other side don’t protest at dead soldiers funerals.
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Why do you say I’m wrong?
The result with God, yes.
Because you are.
That fact that it was your mother makes me your dad.
Nah. Boobs.
But you’re obviously gay. Does that mean my mother was a lesbian?
Since you are comfortable with your relationship with God concerning you masturbating with the aid of a picture (or pictures) of boobs, are those boob pictures nicer than your wife’s boobs.
You might not want to share your taste in boobs with your wife.
Micah 7:5b, “….keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.” This is a thought to keep in mind.
Episcopalian here so we approach these issues by first presuming that Scripture is controlling and entitled to deference, but that isn’t the end of the inquiry. We also understand that Scripture was written by men, who are fallible, so where Scripture conflicts with moral reason, we give weight to moral reason as well. The latter would suggest that in the scheme of things, if rubbing one out is a sin, it’s probably not one that you should be terribly worried about. We should definitely look at our hearts and our behavior critically and ask what we might be doing wrong and what we could do better, but if you are getting stuck on the idea that you are sinner because you like to jerk off once in a while, you are missing the big picture.
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For some of us it’s a health issue. Some guys (like me) get a lot of swelling if we don’t do it every day or so. As in my urologist had me track scrotal size and normal is about 8" but if I wait a few days, it goes up to 10.5" and is sore. Goes back down really soon after I do it.
What triggered this (many years ago) was I was waiting to sleep (1st time) with my then new GF and waited a week. Longest ever, man were they sore She went her mom’s so I went solo and ended up with flecks of blood in it. Hot-footed it to the doc eho did an ultrasound. His assessment was do it when needed because I get ripped up. Showed me how to take accurate measurement abd I spent tbe next month logging it in various states. I know I’m an outlier, and am also now a regular church goer. I’m just saying such religous injunctions are general statements about lasciviousness and hedonism which should be heeded, but context matters.
Do you understand that the older translations were meant to keep people abstinent?
Coveting is not the same as “thinking about”.
I can think about boobs, any woman’s boobs and it’s not coveting.
You are getting caught up in the theology and not the actual word for word translation.
The original translation was done by theologians. The newer translations are being done by people who want the true meaning of the scriptures.
What are you, an ancient mind reader?
The newer translations are being done by people wanting to make money. The only experts they have are those working around the Derivative Copyright Law.
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Did you ever wonder what God thought about boobs?
Proverbs 5:18, “Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.
19 Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love.”
Or you could search the newer translations, looking for a translation that sides with your understanding
I just assumed he really likes them, cuz they’re so nice and women get 2 each.
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And men just need to find the right woman to share them with him.
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This is where SAMA would be useful.
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