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The following comes from chapter 6 of the book my catholic morals! It is recommended that, for a full understanding on the churchs teaching on sexuality, this entire chapter be read. Below is a timeline of events, publications, and speeches on the topic of masturbation in the lds community. Wells told a group of church leaders that many of their young men had a masturbation habit (called self-abuse, self-pollution, and onanism) that was a great sin and would prevent marriage and lead. now, the cdf is pointing a condemnatory finger at a book called just love, by one sister margaret a. Farley, and the authors apparently controversial take that self-lovei. The churchs official position on masturbation the deliberate use of the sexual faculty, for whatever reason, outside of marriage is essentially contrary to its purpose. Thats a quote from the congregation for the doctrine of the faith. Can masturbation be sinful? I think the only time masturbation could be considered seriously sinful. By masturbation is to be understood the deliberate stimulation of the genital organs in order to derive sexual pleasure. Both the magisterium of the church, in the course of a constant. paper about masturbation in mormonism1 below are select highlights from the above article with my own commentary. 1920s 1930s manuals did not forbid masturbation, just over masturbation. From the article official church manuals endorsed secular books about sexuality and suggested that sexual interests be guided rather than inhibited. in the latest crazy christian anti-masturbation video, masturbators are compared to dead soldiers. Masturbation is ok as long as it is done with the right fantasy new man, an evangelical christian magazine, published an excerpt from richard dobbins book teaching your children the truth about sex. 8,9 dobbins notes that nationwide surveys indicated that about 55 of all 13 year-olds, both boys and girls and more than 80 of of 15 year-olds masturbate.