sexuality of pornography/masturbation and Christianity

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sexuality of pornography/masturbation and Christianity

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According to a Christian point of view, is pornography and masturbation wrong? Or even, is it wrong according to society? Or anyone personal opinion?

I have a hard time believing that sexuality is wrong when listening to the preachers in the Christian faith, all the while their own personal sexuality is right, and everyone else is wrong. I mean i listened to a Christian Radio the other day, and they had an entire show on sex in marriage talking about how great it is, and that it "feels good", and the compared "quickies" (quick sex between partners) to fast food, and went on saying they should experience gourmet meal with each other. they went on and on. But this same radio station condemns all sex except theirs.

I dont get it... It just so happens that they found a mate and got married, so they are right. But anyone who doesnt have that life, and is sexual, is wrong.. And everyone is sexual somehow. What if some people dont have that life, have no opportunity for that life? They are bad sinners for being alive, and experiencing natural things.

Someone might share this verse.
"And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for. thee that one of thy members should perish, and. not that thy whole body should be cast into hell."~Jesus

But i have shared this verse with some, and some people have told me they would rather go to hell then follow this verse.
"And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life."~Jesus

Or i actually got kicked out of a church for sharing this verse with someone.
"“If anyone comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters—yes, even their own life—such a person cannot be my disciple."~Jesus

They will kick me out of the church for sharing that, but if you talk against the homosexuals, they are all on board.

Are the Christian elites the only right people in their sexuality (strictly in marriage one man one woman)?

Doesnt make sense to me, if im condemned for not having a wife and being sexual, God could just give me a wife.. If not, then who cares? Let me live my life free of your judgement.
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1couple wrote: Tue Dec 13, 2022 3:36 pm I am posting this as a married man that has regular and often sex with my wife and I still use porn and self-pleasuring on a very regular basis, and I see nothing wrong with it. My wife and I use porn regularly as well. We both agree that if we are giving each other what we need sexually then viewing porn and jacking off is nothing unChristian.

I would love to hear from anyone who has a different opinion on the subject.
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This is an atheist's opinion so take it with a grain of salt.

The goal is clearly to have people make babies. I would say, replacement-level babies. So what's outlawed are the things that give you that gratification and don't make babies. If you are making replacement-level babies then good to go. That's my opinion. That's what I'd say if I were a Christian. However, we do still have this issue that enough people would prefer to masturbate that even if you make replacement babies, you can't possibly make up for them. But that's just natural selection imo.

Though I would also say that just as some rules would rightly fade (the rule against eating pork because we do it right and don't get parasites now) some rules should perhaps even grow in importance. Promiscuity is extremely likely to give you an STD and many of them are very very serious and you may well die or worse have your child born with HIV, so it may be even more important now to keep to just one sexual partner.

Looking at the raison d'etre of these rules goes both ways. You may be able to judge that some are obsolete but if you're giving it an honest look, you might find some rules that are more necessary or even new rules that weren't there before because nobody ever conceived that they would be necessary.

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