Random Post Thread

[BlackDragon37]

So after telling a Christian friend of mine that I don't masturbate, he goes around saying that's a good thing because masturbation is a sin. Which I find illogical. If God didn't want us to masturbate, he would have made our arms shorter.

Coming to think of it, maybe that's why the T-rex was always so angry.

 

[Psylocide]

So after telling a Christian friend of mine that I don't masturbate, he goes around saying that's a good thing because masturbation is a sin. Which I find illogical. If God didn't want us to masturbate, he would have made our arms shorter.*snip

I wonder... when did Christianity become so convenient and why? In the old testament, it says something like,(loosely quoted) "if one of your eyes causes you to lust, gouge it out." and "If you commit a sin with your hand, cut it off."

Then, Jesus comes down, and he just says "Oh, remember all that stuff that my Dad told you to do? Forget it... Just say sorry and it's all good." Not a single person follows the Old testament anymore and it seems likely that people just didn't want to inflict that much pain on themselves, so... Tadaaa!!! Jesus + Repentance = Thank god I don't have to gouge my eye out.

 

[Bamboo_Wind]

The stigma of "eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth" was not a mandate for equal punishment. It was rather a limitation for the punishment. It had to fit the crime and not go beyond. If you lost your eye, you could not take an eye AND an arm. If you lost your tooth, you could not kill the person as punishment. The punishment had to be limited to fit the crime.

Also, having studied theology on my own and in higher learning institutes, the bible never condones nor condemns masturbation. It is silent on the matter. Anything you have heard to the contrary has been instituted by man or religion and is not in the good book ;)

 

[Psylocide]

The stigma of "eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth" was not a mandate for equal punishment. It was rather a limitation for the punishment. It had to fit the crime and not go beyond. If you lost your eye, you could not take an eye and an arm. If you lost your tooth, you could not kill the person as punishment.

Also, having studied theology on my own and in higher learning institutes, the bible never condones nor condemns masturbation. It is silent on the matter. Anything you have heard to the contrary has been instituted by man or religion and is not in the good book ;)

The old testament does say to practice this on yourself, not just others.

Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Clearly meant self-inflicted, Corporal Mortification

 

[Bamboo_Wind]

The old testament does say to practice this on yourself, not just others.

Matthew 5:29 If your right eye causes you to sin, gouge it out and throw it away. It is better for you to lose one part of your body than for your whole body to be thrown into hell.

Clearly meant self-inflicted, Corporal Mortification

Matthew (New Testament),is not saying to actually dismember yourself, rather to get your body under control. If there is a member of your body that is causing you to do things that are 'sinful' and you are unable to control yourself, then *exagerating for effect* it is better for you to remove that member than to go through life living as a slave to your 'sin' whatever that may be. The entire bible needs to be taken in context. The main exploitation of Christianity by both Christians and non Christians is when they take an exerpt and pass it off as the whole story.

"Judas hanged himself"
"Ye go and do likewise" ....not how it works. There is a common thread of redemption that runs through all 66 books, but you need to take it as a whole, and not parts.
The same could be said for a recipe. It is only when it is all put together with the proper instruction that it works. A partial recipe could be pure poison.