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the short version: i toldGod i wouldnt masturbate for 3 monthes if he would watch over one of my close friends while she wasnt in a good spot, and of course shes fine now, but now i feel like i shouldnt have done that because i should've trusted God in thef irst place, so i dont know if i should do it to show that i do trust him, but one of the seven sins is lust anyway so i dont know which one would be worse: to do it, or not to. and i know it sounds really stupid the only reason why i said it in the first place was because im trying to do it less and less, but im saving myself for marriage and i kinda need something up until then you know.....
gah i feel silly. any advice would be good. thanks.
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a promise is a promise (thats what i think )
if you make a promise to God you should keep it
i understand that your trying to save yourself 'till marrige and u need something til then but also the bible is there to guode you i hope youve made the right decicion and choose whatever you want
just think about it though
keep it zen
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First of all, the Bible of not a code of laws or rules- it's a set of suggestions, some of which are very outdated. Honestly, I really don't think God cares if you masturbate. If he cared, humans would have found out by now, y'know? There's absolutely nothing wrong with it if it helps you save yourself, so don't worry so much about it!
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Well, in my personal opinion, the Bible provides guidelines, not strict rules. You have to remember that it's a book that was written thousands of years ago by people with the equivalent of a third grade education. Times have changed, and so has what is acceptable. There's a lot that was considered a sin then that isn't now.
Masturbation is perfectly fine, and healthy. If it helps you hold out, then keep at it!
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If you make a promise to God, you should keep it. Not because you'll burn in hell for breaking it, or because God won't understand, or anything like that; it's because the promise is as much to yourself as it is to Him, and if you can't be honest with yourself, what have you got?
By the way, you should know that I am an Atheist, and I don't actually believe God exists at all. I just think you should keep such a promise as a matter of principle, because otherwise you're betraying something very important to yourself and compromising your core values. That's never a good thing.
Oh, and another thing - there's nothing in the Bible about female masturbation being sinful, only male. This is partly because the authors of the Bible didn't think women had orgasms. And there's no mention of the Seven Deadly Sins in the Bible, either; they were invented hundreds of years later by the Catholic Church so that people would have a clearer idea of what they should be confessing about.
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I don't think God makes deals like that so don't worry about it!
If it helps keep you saved for marriage It is a good thing. A natural and normal thing to do. Perhaps that's why you are able to do it. :)
Don't worry about how much you do it either.
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