I thought that some of our readers might find useful, the following:
Looking at pornography and engaging your mind in sexual fantasies is a mental rehearsal of, among other things:For more, read: The Meandering Monk
— self-centeredness;
— selfishness towards others;
— using others as servants of your own pleasure and preferences.
Masturbation rewards that mental rehearsal with physical pleasure.
Thus, masturbation is a sin that trains you to sin more and more— not only in actions but also in attitudes.
"Thus, masturbation is a sin that trains you to sin more and more— not only in actions but also in attitudes."
ReplyDeleteGosh I thought that view died out in the 1920's!
Disturbing to see that that hangup is still alive in this age.
Sb
SB, truth is eternal. Some things never die.
ReplyDeleteTrue Lucyna, but it would seem that strange sexual hangups, such as this one, also seem to have a very surprising long shelf life.
ReplyDeleteI did wonder if there was a "hidden message" that rather than Masturbation single men should visit prostitutes instead, but that can't be right!
Sb
Sb, no, if you click on the link given, you will see what it is recommended that single men ought to do instead. Certainly nothing to do with visiting prostitutes!
ReplyDeleteOh Lucyna I was joking, should have put a smiley on I suppose. You wont be surprised to hear that I disagreed with everything on that site.
ReplyDeleteI was concerned with his line "Yes— start DOING GOOD to others. Cultivate the habit of finding ways to be of authentic service to others." masturbation does not stop you from doing this.
Sb
Ah, hard to tell if someone is joking on these types of topics.
ReplyDeleteSome might consider that hideously old fashioned Lucyna.
ReplyDeleteThis might go down better with them
Bishop demands 'better theology' of sex
LOL, Andrei!
ReplyDeleteThe Canadian Anglican Bishop hasn't come across The Theology of the Body, developed by Pope John Paul in the early 80s.
God wanted to make his mystery visible to us so he stamped a sign of it into our bodies by creating us as male and female in his own image (Gn 1:27).
The function of this image is to reflect the Trinity, "an inscrutable divine communion of [three] Persons" (Nov 14, 1979). Thus, in a dramatic development of Catholic thought, John Paul concludes that "man became the 'image and likeness' of God not only through his own humanity, but also through the communion of persons which man and woman form right from the beginning." And, the Pope adds, "On all of this, right from 'the beginning,' there descended the blessing of fertility linked with human procreation" (ibid).
The body has a "nuptial meaning" because it reveals man and woman's call to become a gift for one another, a gift fully realized in their "one flesh" union. The body also has a "generative meaning" that (God willing) brings a "third" into the world through their communion. In this way, marriage constitutes a "primordial sacrament" understood as a sign that truly communicates the mystery of God's Trinitarian life and love to husband and wife - and through them to their children, and through the family to the whole world.
From : An Education in being Human