Search

Inspirational Quotes

  • To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all. ― Donald Rumsfeld while serving as US Secretary of Defense

Monday, 6 May 2013

HEALTH: Habits and our spiritual health.


Pastor Chris Oyakhilome would have you believe masturbation is not a sin. And many men would tend to agree with him. Heck, playing with the family jewels is soothing and increases endorphins (hormones that make us happy). Shouldn’t that be a good thing?

I personally think that masturbation, while it may be pleasurable, is a sin. But what about drinking and smoking? Are they sins? Am I a hypocrite because I think masturbation is a sin, but I think it’s ok to drink some alcohol and smoke a bit as long as both are done in moderation? After all didn’t Jesus in one of his letters say that it’s not what goes into a man that defiles him but what comes out?  Who decides what limit moderation falls in? What might be extreme for one person, might be “moderate” for another person.


It’s a tough call, but a friend of mine would say “let he who has no sin cast the first stone”. Hmmmmm. Do we just try to convince ourselves that certain habits are not that bad to the detriment of our spiritual health? This is not a judgemental article. I have my own sins.  But it is certainly food for thought – we exercise, eat right, manage stress, but our we paying attention to our spiritual health?
Posted by at

4 comments:

  1. Anonymous6 May 2013 at 21:02

    haha!masturbation is gay!!!! get a woman

    ReplyDelete
  2. Anonymous7 May 2013 at 10:32

    I agree!!!! 100%

    ReplyDelete
  3. Anonymous7 May 2013 at 13:22

    Sin is not just the things you do that lead you to hell. If you are looking from that perspective, then masturbation is not a sin. But when you get yourself to the point where you no longer enjoy sex with other humans (you have basically twisted your normal self and maybe that is a sin), then you may need to cry to God for help.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Anonymous10 March 2014 at 01:45

    Well, we don't decide personally what sin is. The book tells us what sin is. The others are man made. No where in the Ten commandments was drinking mentioned as a sin. Masturbation was not mentioned either but neither was polygamy. We the followers of the book know when it is a sin to do certain things.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)