Assertion: masturbation | /r/HasProperty | sin
Facets:
value: by the roman catholic church
type: OTHER
value: widely
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: The Texan Pentecostal pastor and church founder, Tom Brown, has written on the subject of "Is Masturbation a Sin?", stating that "Masturbation has been around for a long time, and since God does not clearly condemn it, I would not be too bothered with it, either.
text: For example, masturbation is considered a sin by the Roman Catholic Church.
text: Today, Roman Catholic (including Eastern Catholic), Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox and many Protestant Christians consider masturbation to be a sin.
text: The traditionalist Calvinist pastors of the United Protestant Church of France (EPUdf), believe that masturbation is a sin, stating, "Masturbation...is not one of the prohibitions of God, so it can not be said that the Bible clearly defines masturbation as a sin.
text: The Tenth Presbyterian Church of Philadelphia which is affiliated with the more conservative Presbyterian Church in America argues, in contrast with the PC USA, that masturbation is a sin.
text: The Church of England does not have a position on whether masturbation is a sin or not.
text: He says these texts are not about masturbation and that the Bible does not explicitly mention that masturbation is a sin.
text: But is masturbation a sin?
text: In 1994, members of the Christian Medical Fellowship debated in a journal article whether or not masturbation is a sin.
text: Journalists for Ekklesia, a Nigerian non-denominational magazine, argue that masturbation is a sin: "Masturbation (sex with self or auto sex) is usually carried out with the intention of releasing tension and getting sexual satisfaction without “sinning” with another person.
text: We Catholics believe that masturbation is a sin, and it is also a common belief (at least in Poland) that God punishes it with acne.
text: The former appear throughout Amativeness, and Fowler emphasizes that masturbation is a sin, as well as being a crime against natural law.
text: In fact, masturbation is widely considered to be a sin - and something to be avoided at all costs.
text: Masturbation unless based on a fantasy of your bride is a sin, and the term for that sin is onanism.
text: The American conservative Calvinist website, Reformed Answers, argues that masturbation is only sin if it entails lustful fantasies for someone other than the person's spouse: "...if an act of masturbation expresses the sin of lust, then that act of masturbation can be condemned as sinful.
text: Noted and respected Christian authors such as Richard Foster and the Canadian psychiatrist and writer, John White, state clearly that they do not believe masturbation is sin.
text: The whole crux of the matter, as Dr Bates points out, is whether masturbation is sin or not.
text: In his latest book 'Eros Redeemed', John White unequivocally states that he now believes that 'masturbation is sin.
text: For example, masturbation is considered a sin by the Roman Catholic Church.