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Maimonides stated that the Tanakh does not explicitly prohibit masturbation. [31] On the matter of masturbation, the biblical story of Onan is traditionally interpreted by Jews to be about the emitting sperm outside of the vagina and condemnation thereof, [ 32 ] applying this story to masturbation, [ 32 ] although the Tanakh does not explicitly ...
Christian youth want to know whether masturbation is "right or wrong" (i.e., what is the "correct" moral stance to take based on what the Bible says?), and whether masturbation is "normal" (i.e., what can we say about the psychological dimensions of masturbation?)" [202] Answering the first question, they note that "The Bible does not directly ...
Modern Bible scholars say that his sin was denying a child to Er [17] [18] (which would have no implications for masturbation). [ 8 ] [ 19 ] Even among Jewish scholars and among rabbis, it is widely disputed whether the prohibition of masturbation is a biblical prohibition or a rabbinical prohibition, since it is never explicitly mentioned in ...
Although the story of Onan does not involve masturbation, according to Peter Lewis Allen, some theologians found "a common element" in both coitus interruptus (also known as onanism) and masturbation, as well as anal intercourse and other forms of nonmarital and nonvaginal sexual acts, which are considered wrongful acts. [61]: 81–82
[26] [27] [28] Rabbinic sources extend this prohibition to all other sexual acts between two men, which are prohibited similar to how they would be prohibited between an unmarried man and woman. [29] There is no explicit ban on female-female intercourse in the Hebrew Bible, but it is similarly condemned in later rabbinical halakhic texts. [30]
The Hebrew Bible possibly refers to homosexuality three times, [1] [2] though the word itself does not occur in many English translations. [3] These passages are interpreted differently. [4] [5] [6] Leviticus 18:22 says: "You shall not lie with a male as with a woman. It is an abomination." [7] Leviticus 20:13 says:
MASTURBATION HAS BEEN blamed for a lot of things—a decrease in testosterone being one of them. As with so many myths about masturbation, this one’s not true, either.
Data indicate a range of views by members on the morality of masturbation, and varied rates of self-reporting of having masturbated. Between 1950 and 1972, a survey of over 8,000 LDS-identified university students with frequent church attendance found 57% of men and 64% of women reported they did not think masturbation was immoral, in opposition to church teachings.