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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_and_masturbation "Judaism and masturbation"], Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judaism_and_masturbation "Judaism and masturbation"], Wikipedia | ||
* [http://en.fairmormon.org/MormonFAQ/Church_Discipline_FAQ MormonFAQ/Church Discipline FAQ], FAIRMormon | |||
:Claims that leaders are instructed not to hold disciplinary councils for masturbation. | |||
* [http://www.mormonthink.com/QUOTES/masturbation.htm Masturbation], MormonThink | |||
:A long set of quotes. | |||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
I have a suspicion that current teachings regarding masturbation are based more on cultural taboos than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am unaware of any real scriptural basis for what we (though, really, almost exclusively the youth) are often taught. | |||
== Cross-References == | == Cross-References == | ||
Revision as of 01:29, 3 March 2016
- Spencer W. Kimball, "Love vs. Lust", BYU Devotionals, 5 Jan 1965
- "Talking with Your Children about Moral Purity", Ensign, Dec 1986
- Children should be taught not to masturbate at the first signs of puberty.
- Masturbation can be described as manipulating one’s own sexual organs to produce sexual excitement.
- "Sometimes masturbation is the introduction to the more serious sins of exhibitionism and the gross sin of homosexuality."
- Nocturnal emission is not masturbation.
- Prophets have condemned masturbation throughout the ages.
- The sin of masturbation occurs when a person stimulates his or her own sex organs for the purpose of sexual arousal.
- Amanda Chatel, "5 OUTRAGEOUS Things We Bet You Never Knew About Masturbation", YourTango, 25 Feb 2016
- "History of masturbation", Wikipedia
- "Judaism and masturbation", Wikipedia
- MormonFAQ/Church Discipline FAQ, FAIRMormon
- Claims that leaders are instructed not to hold disciplinary councils for masturbation.
- Masturbation, MormonThink
- A long set of quotes.
Notes
I have a suspicion that current teachings regarding masturbation are based more on cultural taboos than the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I am unaware of any real scriptural basis for what we (though, really, almost exclusively the youth) are often taught.