Chaos Envoy wrote:I already commented on this in another thread, so my main response will be fairly brief.
I don't understand the thoughts of someone thinking masturbation is worse than sex outside of marraige. The old punishment for fornification was death, while masturbation isn't even stated as actually being a sin.
So the only sin part of masturbating is the lust issue. An easy way to solve that problem is to create a woman in your mind who isn't real. Problem solved. Kind of hard to lust after someone who doesn't actually exist. If your imagination is lacking, make sure not to fantasize about someone you know is married, because that would DEFINATELY be wrong. But before saying Jesus is refering to everyone, think about the context. It's quite possible most of the people Jesus was talking to were married men, who really SHOULDN'T be fantasizing about women other than their wives. In which case he may not have been talking about unwed individual at all.
Lust is lust
It does not matter if they are real or not
Other Gods are not real but if you worship them then you shall be put to death according to the OT
Just my thought on this