Comments on: Is masturbation a mortal sin? http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-masturbation-a-mortal-sin an online magazine for spiritual seekers Sat, 26 May 2012 14:48:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ivan tretiak http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-masturbation-a-mortal-sin/comment-page-1#comment-5681 Ivan tretiak Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:21:09 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9759#comment-5681 Great answer! It's simple and to the point. Bravo for shedding some light onto something that is, usually, very hard to understand. Busted Halo rocks ! Great answer! It’s simple and to the point. Bravo for shedding some light onto something that is, usually, very hard to understand. Busted Halo rocks !

]]> By: Joan Grabowski http://bustedhalo.com/questionbox/is-masturbation-a-mortal-sin/comment-page-1#comment-5674 Joan Grabowski Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:48:22 +0000 http://www.bustedhalo.com/?p=9759#comment-5674 Whoa...this is a dangerously short answer to a very important question. "The church teaches that masturbation is ‚Äúgravely disordered‚Äù (CCC #2352)...give me a break. Resources about John Paul II's Theology of the Body abound that make a lot more sense about the "whys". For those of us who do not accept black and white minimalist approach to our faith, it is unhelpful simply to say "thou shalt not" without saying why and what the reasons and better options are. Whoa…this is a dangerously short answer to a very important question.

“The church teaches that masturbation is ‚Äúgravely disordered‚Äù (CCC #2352)…give me a break. Resources about John Paul II’s Theology of the Body abound that make a lot more sense about the “whys”. For those of us who do not accept black and white minimalist approach to our faith, it is unhelpful simply to say “thou shalt not” without saying why and what the reasons and better options are.

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