Yesterday I saw the “Tall, Dark and Chicano” stand-up from George Lopez. My dad told me a few Saturdays when he was in Maryland –it was live-, but I didn’t watch it. It was FU-NNY! , especially in the way he referenced Mexican-American lifestyle while growing up. Yes, the language was more than desired, but it really gave a lot of reasons to why Hispanics should stay in America. something resurfaced to my brain: masturbation. (Two-thirds of Christian America should condemn me right now.) Though in the way he referenced it (cochino!) would make anyone cringe (I am oh, so feeling guilty of writing it, even talking about watching George Lopez), it makes me realize its status on Christians. Some see it good, some see it bad. But all have different opinions, and some say it with heated disdain. Why!?
Personally, I don’t think that masturbation is bad, in the right context. I’m a fairly open kind of guy, so I don’t have problems discussing about it. But that’s not the point. This has been on my mental “should-talk/write-about-it-but-don’t-because people-will-ban-me-forever” list since I think that everybody has experienced it by this age, and one would be stupid to not take the facts, lest on a place in which the global demographic is 18-35 or so.
Again, not the point!
If people think that masturbating is not bad, then AMEN! to them. All for Christ! But if people refrain from masturbating for their reasons, then AMEN! to them, too! All for Christ! We should do (or don’t) do all for Jesus Christ, the one that made us free to do choices.
But, why do people cringe at the subject or at tithing, baptism of the Holy Spirit, talking about sex to children, dress, abortion, same-sex marriage, stem cell research, homosexuality in general, animal cruelty, death penalty, Hell, end-times prophecies, keeping the Sabbath, the validity of the Second Amendment, or any other topic without a heated exchange of words? I don't know; but, Paul said this clear:
Masturbating can be good, again, within the right context. If you believe it’s wrong, then I won’t do it for you. If you believe its right, then I think for the other one on my side, punto. A pair of data isn’t good nor bad; it’s just data. Same with any activity: TV, sleeping, sex, Internet… WE make it good or bad, that’s the problem. WE make taboos from where they shouldn’t be, mysticism from where they shouldn’t, even the bad from the good. Why? Maybe it’s our own (self-earned) humanity, the one God let us have. We make this world diverse in our own opinions.
Let’s help the weak and the strong, be it you or me. Don’t let anything steal your day, not even the most mundane of topics. Let us think about others, and this goes with me, too. (And this goes with my mental “I’ve-talked-about-it-how-am-I-gonna-break-it-to-dad” list, too!)
Personally, I don’t think that masturbation is bad, in the right context. I’m a fairly open kind of guy, so I don’t have problems discussing about it. But that’s not the point. This has been on my mental “should-talk/write-about-it-but-don’t-because people-will-ban-me-forever” list since I think that everybody has experienced it by this age, and one would be stupid to not take the facts, lest on a place in which the global demographic is 18-35 or so.
Again, not the point!
If people think that masturbating is not bad, then AMEN! to them. All for Christ! But if people refrain from masturbating for their reasons, then AMEN! to them, too! All for Christ! We should do (or don’t) do all for Jesus Christ, the one that made us free to do choices.
But, why do people cringe at the subject or at tithing, baptism of the Holy Spirit, talking about sex to children, dress, abortion, same-sex marriage, stem cell research, homosexuality in general, animal cruelty, death penalty, Hell, end-times prophecies, keeping the Sabbath, the validity of the Second Amendment, or any other topic without a heated exchange of words? I don't know; but, Paul said this clear:
Let us therefore make every effort to do what leads to peace and to mutual edification. Do not destroy the work of God for the sake of food. All food is clean, but it is wrong for a man to eat anything that causes someone else to stumble. It is better not to eat meat or drink wine or to do anything else that will cause your brother to fall. (Romans 14:19-21)
Masturbating can be good, again, within the right context. If you believe it’s wrong, then I won’t do it for you. If you believe its right, then I think for the other one on my side, punto. A pair of data isn’t good nor bad; it’s just data. Same with any activity: TV, sleeping, sex, Internet… WE make it good or bad, that’s the problem. WE make taboos from where they shouldn’t be, mysticism from where they shouldn’t, even the bad from the good. Why? Maybe it’s our own (self-earned) humanity, the one God let us have. We make this world diverse in our own opinions.
Let’s help the weak and the strong, be it you or me. Don’t let anything steal your day, not even the most mundane of topics. Let us think about others, and this goes with me, too. (And this goes with my mental “I’ve-talked-about-it-how-am-I-gonna-break-it-to-dad” list, too!)
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