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Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
Former Wales striker John Hartson
"Great goal, a great run, Raheem Sterling went across the backline and Jordan Henderson picked him out. He timed his run to perfection and with his pace he gets away from defenders. Liverpool had not done a lot and the crowd were getting a little bit restless."
13:55
Liverpool 1-0 Southampton
Ronald Koeman will not like the way his team were undone by one ball there - but all credit to Jordan Henderson. Fine play.
13:53
GOAL Liverpool 1-0 Southampton - Raheem Sterling (23 mins)
Spotters' badge for Jordan Henderson! He wins the ball back inside his own half, beats Morgan Schneiderlin for strength and then sets Raheem Sterling away through the middle with an inch-perfect pass.

Sterling makes no mistake, taking his time before slotting into the corner. Lovely stuff. Where was that in Brazil lads?
13:50
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
That's nice from Liverpool though, slick move down the left-hand-side ends with Philippe Coutinho finding Raheem Sterling, but his shot is easy for Fraser Forster to gather in. Saints break and win a corner, that man Dusan Tadic impressing again.

Then horrible goalkeeping from Simon Mignolet as he can't deal with Graziano Pelle, the ball ricochets around his penalty area and the Belgian eventually gathers it in.

13:46
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
It's 70% of possession for Liverpool in the opening quarter of an hour, but they haven't called Fraser Forster into action yet.

13:43
PENALTY APPEAL Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
Lovely feet from Daniel Sturridge as he twists and turns around Maya Yoshida, who then appears to trip the England man right on the edge of the box. Mark Clattenburg has no doubts - no foul.

Replays suggest there was some contact, but it was just outside the box too. As you'd expect, Sturridge is a man full of confidence.
13:41
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
How many more lines of Men At Work's 'Down Under' can John Hartson get into his analysis today? [see 13:35]. That's the big question.

I don't know if Graziano Pelle has a preference for Vegemite sandwiches but he has indeed made an imposing start.
13:39
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
Liverpool win a corner thanks to the movement of Daniel Sturridge, and Steven Gerrard's delivery is helped on by Martin Skrtel - but Fraser Forster is there to claim from in front of Dejan Lovren.

13:37
CLOSE! Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
First shot of the day comes from a predictable source, Daniel Sturridge letting fly from 20 yards and fizzing a shot past the top corner. Fraser Forster waves it past.
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
Former Wales striker John Hartson
"One of the things I'm impressed about already is Southampton striker Graziano Pelle, six foot four, full of muscle and an imposing presence already."
13:35
Liverpool 0-0 Southampton
It's a breezy enough start from Southampton, with new keeper Fraser Forster completing his first clearance with a satisfying thump downfield too.

Liverpool v Southampton (13:30 BST)
Southampton manager Ronald Koeman on Sky Sports: "I hope this is the perfect place to start. There is a lot of history at Anfield, it's a tough opener but it's the same for everyone.

"Always you would like more time to train with your new players but it's not like that. We are prepared to play today and I look forward to it. Morgan Schneiderlin has had a good week of training, mentally he is prepared and the team needs him."

Mod please move to front page match starting in 30mins

Team News
Liverpool v Southampton (13:30 BST)
Just two new boys in the Liverpool team, ex-Saint Dejan Lovren and new left-back Javier Manquillo. Rickie Lambert is on the bench.

Liverpool: Mignolet, Manquillo, Johnson, Skrtel, Lovren, Gerrard, Lucas, Henderson, Coutinho, Sterling, Sturridge.

Liverpool v Southampton (13:30 BST)
Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard unwittingly served up one of the defining quotes of the Premier League era when his post-match huddle was caught on camera in April.

Liverpool, of course, did let their lead at the top of the Premier League slip. And Gerrard did, of course, slip to allow Chelsea striker Demba Ba to score a key goal in the title race.

Gerrard will now forever be associated with the line - unless he can guide Liverpool to the title after all. Today they begin their campaign against a Southampton side missing some familiar faces...

Southampton went to Liverpool and beat them 1-0 early last season but, for obvious reasons, they will take a very different team to Anfield on Sunday.
Three players who were part of that Saints side are at Liverpool now, but Dejan Lovren might be the only one who starts against his former club. Adam Lallana is not fit and Rickie Lambert will probably have to settle for a place on the bench.
Southampton's business plan seems to be to bring players in, train them up and sell them on, which is great when it works but it is a big ask to do it again and again.
Liverpool have actually bought very well after selling Luis Suarez to Barcelona but only up to a point because they have still not answered the question of how on earth they are going to replace Suarez's goals - not just the quantity but also the quality of his strikes.

Luis Suarez scored 31 goals and made 12 assists for Liverpool in the Premier League last season
We know why they are still looking for reinforcements, because if Daniel Sturridge gets injured they will not have an out-and-out striker with any pace.
In the meantime, I think they will have too much for Saints.

Team news
Dejan Lovren and Rickie Lambert may make their Liverpool debuts against their former club, but Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic are both ruled out.
Jon Flanagan and Daniel Agger are sidelined with knee problems.
New Southampton boss Ronald Koeman is set to hand a start to former Celtic goalkeeper Fraser Forster.
Many of Saints' other new arrivals may also make their debuts, including Shane Long, Dusan Tadic, Ryan Bertrand and Saphir Taider.
Only new defensive acquisition Florin Gardos (hamstring) is a certain absentee, with midfielder Morgan Schneiderlin in contention despite ongoing rumours of a move to Tottenham.
Match preview
The irony won't be lost on Southampton that it is against Liverpool that they begin something of a new era. The Reds have played a large part in Saints' summer of disruption and uncertainty by taking three of their key players.
The signings of Dejan Lovren, Adam Lallana and Rickie Lambert are just part of Liverpool's busy recruitment strategy as they prepare to answer one of the great conundrums of the new campaign - how will they cope without Luis Suarez?
It will be fascinating to find out. It isn't just the 31 league goals that have departed but the sheer psychological presence he posed for opponents, helping the Reds claim 26 Premier League victories last season.
In his absence Daniel Sturridge will need to move to another level - something he is capable of.
But as the Reds prepare for the demands of the Champions League for the first time since 2009-10, the squad looks to have much more depth.
Of all the new faces, Lovren may be the most crucial addition - he will be a real presence and leader in a defence that looked vulnerable too often last season.
While goalscoring was never a problem, Liverpool finished second despite conceding 50 goals, 13 more than Manchester City and 23 more than Chelsea.
Ronald Koeman has faced many challenges since succeeding Mauricio Pochettino and has set about rebuilding a Southampton squad that still has a decent foundation to it.
How quickly he can implement his ideas and how quickly his new signings settle will determine how much optimism there is on the south coast.
He and some of his fresh faces are new to the Premier League and there should be a touch of realism to expectations, particularly if there are any more through the departure gate before the transfer window closes.
You always felt last season that Southampton would present a test for any team in the division. Liverpool would certainly concur as Saints were one of only two teams to win at Anfield.
But any kind of repeat would raise plenty of eyebrows.
Match facts
Head-to-head
Southampton's 1-0 win at Liverpool last season means they have won two of their last four games at Anfield (W2, L2).
They have never before won back-to-back league games away to the Reds.
Liverpool
Last year's 1-0 win against Stoke was the first time in five seasons that Liverpool have won their opening league match (D2, L2).
The Reds scored more Premier League goals from counter-attacks (nine) than any other side last season.
The goals scored by Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge earned his side 20 points in 2013-14 - more than any other player in the top flight.
The Reds made fewer substitutions (89) than any other Premier League team in 2013-14.
Southampton
Saints' 1-0 victory against West Brom 12 months ago was the first time they had begun a Premier League season with a victory since 1999.
Summer signing Dusan Tadic created 133 goalscoring chances for FC Twente last season - that is 46 more than any other player in the Dutch top flight.
They kept 15 clean sheets in last season's Premier League - only Chelsea (18), Arsenal (17) and Manchester City (16) managed more.

Liverpool kick off their 2014-15 Barclays Premier League campaign with a home fixture against Southampton.

The Reds enter the match on the back of a handsome 4-0 friendly victory over Borussia Dortmund in their final pre-season warm-up.

Though Brendan Rodgers' charges were 3-0 winners at St Mary's in March, the Saints claimed the spoils in the corresponding tie last year by a single goal.

Stay tuned for more preview

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Canada says it will donate up to 1,000 doses of an experimental Ebola vaccine to help battle the disease's outbreak in West Africa.

It comes after the World Health Organization said it was ethical to use untested drugs on Ebola patients.

However, experts say supplies of both the vaccine, and experimental drug Zmapp, are limited and it could take months to develop more supplies.

More than 1,000 people have been killed by the current outbreak.

Canada says between 800 and 1,000 doses of the vaccine, which has only been tested on animals, will be donated to the World Health Organization (WHO) for use in West Africa.

However, it will keep a small portion of the vaccine for research, and in case it is needed in Canada.

'Global resource'

The current outbreak has infected people in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria.

Dr Gregory Taylor, deputy head of Canada's Public Health Agency, said he saw the vaccines as a "global resource".

He said he had been advised that it would make sense for health care workers to be given the vaccine, given their increased risk of contracting the disease.Even if Canada releases most of its existing doses, experts warn it could take four to six months to make a quantity large enough to have any real impact at preventing the illness, the BBC's Lee Carter reports from Toronto.

On Tuesday, the WHO said that in light of scale of the outbreak and high number of deaths, it was "ethical to offer unproven interventions with as yet unknown efficacy and adverse effects, as potential treatment or prevention."

Last week the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak was a global health emergency.[img][/img]Drug supply exhausted'

Liberia says it is getting an experimental drug, Zmapp, after requests to the US government.

However, the WHO said there were only 12 doses.

Zmapp maker Mapp Biopharmaceutical said on Tuesday: "The available supply of ZMapp has been exhausted. We have complied with every request for ZMapp that had the necessary legal/regulatory authorisation.

"Drug has been provided at no cost in all cases."

Zmapp has been used on two US aid workers who have shown signs of improvement, although it is not certain what role the medication played in this.

A Roman Catholic priest, infected with Ebola in Liberia, who died after returning home to Spain is also thought to have been given the drug.

Ebola's initial flu-like symptoms can lead to external haemorrhaging from areas like eyes and gums, and internal bleeding which can lead to organ failure. Patients have a better chance of survival if they receive early treatment.

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What drugs exist currently ?

There are a handful of drugs that have been shown to work well in animals.

One is Zmapp - the drug requested by the Liberian government. This contains a cocktail of antibodies that attack proteins on the surface of the virus.

Only one drug has moved onto early safety testing in humans. Known as TKM-Ebola this interrupts the genetic code of the virus and prevents it from making disease causing proteins.

The drug was trialled in healthy volunteers at the beginning of 2014 but the American medicines regulator asked for further safety information. The manufacturer says human studies may soon resume.

Another option would be to use serum from individuals who have survived the virus - this is a part of the blood that may contain particles able to neutralise the virus.

Vaccines to protect against acquiring the disease have also been shown to work in primates. American authorities are considering fast-tracking their development and say they could be in use in 2016. Trials are likely to start soon according to the WHO.

But experts warn ultimately the only way to be sure a drug or vaccine is effective is to see if it works in countries affected by Ebola.
http://m.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28767695

corisande: Whew!

What a relief

Gboliwe: In Nigeria, scripts change with the speed of light.
Why would they go that lenght if it were an accident from the onset. Leave these people. We are Nigerians.

Because the cause of death was known after the screening of those that came in contact with the corpse and that was a preemptive move

Gboliwe: Most of the people who were tested during the Sawyer period were negative, today some are dying. All these "clean slate" bill, I don't agree.

I guess you didn't read the post as usual but if you did you would have seen where the cause of the mans death is said to be through accident and not Ebola related

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romzyxy: omo dix ebola don 2 do o.......wetin sef.naxo em ancestors dem do o...bird flu,sars n the rest nw dem don go.ebola u go soon go join dem ooo.

True na so this won go disappear too

AWKA—Ebola virus tests conducted on people who had contact with the corpse brought to Nando in Anambra State from Liberia, have all proven negative. [img][/img]
Anambra State government had last week quarantined workers at the mortuary the corpse was deposited, expressing fears that the deceased might have died of the dreaded Ebola virus.
But Vanguard gathered yesterday that all the tests carried out on the workers for the virus turned out negative, even as the final report on the corpse is still being expected.
This came as the annual medical mission organised by Anambra State Association in the United States of America, ASA –USA, at Nando , where the deceased hails, and Nkwele Ezunaka, where the mortuary the corpse was deposited is located, has suffered a setback as the team has refused to work there for fear of the dreaded disease.
A reliable source told Vanguard that the deceased died in an auto crash in Liberia, an information which was not initially made available to the authorities.
Meanwhile, President of ASA-USA, Professor Allison Anadi, who is head of the team of medical experts, told newsmen at Enugu-Ukwu Civic centre where the medical team was attending to people, that his team would not visit the two communities which were earlier among places to carry out this year’s exercise because of the rumour of victims of Ebola virus in the areas.
Anadi said: “To be on a safe side, members of my executive have decided to stay away from those areas until the rumour about the spread of Ebola virus is investigated and cleared by the government.”
He pledged the commitment of his association to carry out research towards tackling the Ebola virus to ensure that it did not ravage the people of the state.
Anadi, however, said that the most prevalent health challenges among the people of the state, going by their record since they started the medical mission about 12 years ago, included vision problem, diabetics and hypertension.
He added that within the period, the medical team had visited about 90 of the 178 communities in the state and had attended to over 900,000 people.
Anadi noted that due to limited resources in the state, including medical facilities, funds and manpower, his association considered it imperative to assist the government with the annual medical services to the people
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/08/anambra-corpse-contacts-test-negative-ebola-virus/

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Song of Solomon 1:2,13, "Let him kiss me with the kisses of his mouth: for thy love is better than wine. A bundle of myrrh is my wellbeloved unto me; he shall lie all night betwixt my breasts."
Song of Solomon 7:8, "I said, I will go up to the palm tree, I will take hold of the boughs thereof: now also thy breasts shall be as clusters of the vine, and the smell of thy nose like apples;"

There would be a lot less stress in marriage if husbands and wives talked to each other in these terms. Also, note that procreation is not mentioned once in the Song of Solomon. The satisfaction of laying with one's husband or wife is everywhere in the book, and it is of God and good. So, masturbation cannot be pushed into the sin category by saying that copulation is only for having babies.

Now, some claim that if a married couple has sex for purposes other than to bear children, then they would be defiled. Even though one of the reasons for having sex with your wife is to have children, it is not the only reason. And if it is wrong to have sex with her other than for the purpose of having children, it would contradict Hebrews 13:4, "Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled,” which states that having sex in marriage is not defiling. Hebrews 13:4 does not say the bed is undefiled only in situations where the couple is making children in bed.

The next trick the alleged experts will use is that masturbation is selfish. Well then, so is eating a chocolate bar. If I eat a chocolate bar and enjoy it, I am selfish. It gratifies my need for pleasure in food, and that too is sanctioned by David, Solomon, and others as they describe special feast type foods which satisfy them. So, that one won't fly either.

The next trick is to say that there are many things the Bible does not mention, but we know that they are sin by other contexts. Things like smoking and drug abuse will be cited. Well, masturbation was not some late thing to come along which Bible writers did not know about. Adam could have conceivably masturbated if he had wanted to. Masturbation is lawful. There is nothing in the word of God that condemns it. The Lord never even intimates that it is some form of abuse or not according to His purpose. There is nothing new under the sun (Ecclesiastes 1:9), and it is not as if this is a new thing of which the Lord was unaware! Leviticus 15:16-17 addresses the issue, at least the result of it, and no condemnation is given. Therefore, neither should we condemn what God does not (Matthew 7:1-2).

God gave council on much to do with sexual things, and He made it very clear which things were sinful or forbidden:



1. Adultery
2. Fornication
3. Sodomy
4. Women grabbing a man's testicles during a fight
5. Having sex with an animal

I suppose I missed something, but you see the point. Masturbation is so common, and it is available to both men and women, that we must not assume it into the sin category when God made no comment at all on the subject. Scripture does not teach that it masturbation is not according to the purpose of God. Moreover, the Word of God never identifies it as unnatural. Homosexuality is unnatural (Romans 1:26-27). Masturbation is never spoken of in this way. Leviticus 18 and 20 lists every sexual act that God considers a sin. Every one. If a sexual act is not listed here, then it is not a sin. The act of Masturbation is never mentioned as a sexual sin here, or anywhere else in scripture.

Also, young people, as they gain sexual performance in early teens, commonly experiment with the body God gave them. To assume that the playing with one's privates, and eventually masturbation, is sin, is doing violence to what God did. If God did not want kids playing with themselves, God would have commented on it. And, God would have given kids longer to develop so that their ability to perform sexually would coincide better with the accepted age of marriage and starting a family. God is not the author of confusion. The talent of generating confusion is reserved for those who proscribe what God does with man made codes and assumptions.




Can Masturbation be a Problem?

Yes. Jesus made it clear that adultery can be committed in the heart, even though no physical intercourse has taken place (Matthew 5:27-28). "The imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth," (Genesis 8:21) so it would not be surprising to find evil masturbatic activity rampant in society. Masturbation with evil imaginations, which could include the use of pornographic material, is most certainly wicked and beyond any hope of redeeming value. But, masturbation, in and of itself, does not demand such evil thoughts. To say it does, goes beyond what is written (1 Corinthians 4:6) and adds to the word of God (Proverbs 30:5-6).

All the sex perverts, exhibitionists, and sex criminals of all the ages masturbated before they got around to criminal sex. But the problem with this logic is that so did all the great and godly men (with very few exceptions). We don't need to prove anything, but we do need to stop making cases for morality based on stupid statistics and notions.

Masturbation becomes a problem when boys masturbate together. This kind of social masturbating, or stag party, often leads to acts of sodomy as boys start stimulating each other. The solution is to teach young people that masturbation is a private matter and should not be made public. This will help them to realize that sex in marriage is also a private matter between husband and wife. Neither form of sexual stimulation should be the subject of gross humor and light conversation. Telling jokes about masturbation pushes the thing into the dirty category. Beware of that.

If masturbation becomes obsessive it will lead to a loss of control in the life just like gluttony or any other form of appetite gone astray. The young man or woman should be taught to confess the sin of appetite which is out of control rather than to tell them that they are sexually perverted or nasty. The sin is that of not letting the Holy Spirit lead in appetites. Read that again please, especially if you are more than ten pounds overweight :-)

Another way in which masturbation is wrong is when it is accompanied by the use of pornography, filthy music, or even mental fantasies of certain women (such as those who we are not supposed to have sex with - Leviticus 18). This is so common that it is assumed to be the only method of masturbating. Of course, many young people do not start out in their first masturbating venture with any fantasy. They have no history to work with mentally. They are just playing with their hardware. But the older a man gets, the more he accumulates a mental history which feeds fantasy, and thus, the more tempted he will be to use mental lust as he masturbates. This is why Paul warns Timothy to "flee youthful lusts" (2 Timothy 2:22).

So, it is true that masturbation is easily perverted by fetishes of the mind or magazine. I knew a man who fantasized in lust for a woman in the church fellowship while he masturbated, and whenever he came to church and saw the woman, he blushed with shame. So, this is a danger for sure.




Does Masturbation serve any good Purpose?

When a husband and wife are separated against their will and one is having severe temptations with lust, masturbation can serve as a release for those drives. This has saved many men from infidelity. In that sense, and I suppose I shall be thrashed for this, I suggest that masturbation is a very useful solution. Masturbation is also a release to young unmarried men. We just don't like to admit it. Many a young man has defused a setting for fornication by masturbating ahead of time. Cold showers are fine, but they don't last. Of course, a young man can further help this struggle greatly by making sure he is only found in modest company.

Masturbation can also be therapeutic according to one report I read. It seems that copulation in a man will help to relieve the effects of prostrate problems of middle age. Of course, the ideal is for the man to simply increase his bed chamber life with his wife, but if that is not possible, masturbation could be helpful to keep the plumbing working well. Also, this therapy is no excuse for obsessive behavior, and young men need not think this is a matter of getting an early start on the thing.

Also, ask any Roman Catholic priest how he avoids fornication (if he does, that is). Guess what he will tell you, if he feels free to speak candidly. Rome's celibacy laws are wicked indeed.

Finally, Paul said, "All things are lawful, but not all things are helpful." Can masturbation be helpful? Certainly, it can be helpful in alleviating the sexual drive, as long as it is done with pure thoughts, as it is written, "To the pure, all things are pure" (Titus 1:15). Even though Paul says, "All things are lawful for me," he also says, "but I will not be brought under the power of any" (1 Corinthians 6:12). Masturbation should not control the individual. The individual should be in control of any masturbation. Self-control is a fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5:23) and should be a continual reality in the life of any believer (Romans 8:5-6).




Moral



Romans 14:14, "I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean."

There is one area we need to beware of. If someone sees masturbation as defeating and unclean, we better be cautious about encouraging that man or woman to just let go on and enjoy it. Enjoying it is also not taught in the Bible. Masturbation is not anywhere spoken of at all. So, we dare not try to deliver someone of their dedication to avoid and flee from masturbation. To them, it is important and related to their victory. Again, this is why the thing needs to be made a private matter for a kid at an early age. If you catch your son or daughter masturbating, do not panic. You don't have a budding pervert in your family. Deal with it discreetly and kindly with a word of advice to keep it very private and personal.



Suzie, "Oh Mommy, I'm so sorry you caught me doing that."
Mom, "Well, you know, God made your body so you could get sexual pleasure at your age before you got married. Sex feels good doesn't it? Sex is not dirty, but sex is the most exciting after you get married. The more of your sexual pleasure you save for your husband, the happier you will be. If you feel you have to play with yourself, just be careful to keep this very private, and don't allow it to be the main thing in your life. God wants you to think on His Word and His holiness as much as you can. He will help you decide what is good and okay for you if you ask Him."

OR:

The kid, "Dad-- Is it wrong to jack off?"
Dad, "Son, the next question is important-- What does the Bible say about masturbation?"

The kid, "Dad, I can't find anything."

Dad, "Nor can I son."

The kid, "So, what about it?"

Dad, "If you have to masturbate to get the pressure off of you, then okay, but talk to the Lord about everything in your life. He made you with all this sexual drive. He will help you know what is important. Stay in the Word. Don't let sex ever be the main event in your life. Keep some ammunition for the wife God is getting ready for you. Here is a question son-- What if you found out the lady you are going to marry was masturbating all the time?"

The kid, "Uh, that's a weird question Dad."

Dad, "Well, think of it as saving some of your strength for her and for the honeymoon. But, if you masturbate once in a while, God is not mad at you, or He would have told you about it in the Bible."

If masturbation is a sexual sin to you, well deal with it that way. But, you have no grounds to teach that to anyone else, for God pointedly said nothing about it, and it is the first and possibly the most common form of sexual activity with all of humanity.




Question: "Why did you have to put this article on this Website?"
Answer: I know that thousands of little kids in Christian homes have grown up with a warped and twisted terror of their privates and of sex. Some of these kids have never had sexual pleasure for many years later after they got married. Some of these kids become sodomites as a result of neurotic behavior by their parents. So, after much deliberation, and after some desperate questions from readers, this is needed. I hope it helps some kid grow up without crippling terror, and I hope some Mom or Dad learns to be more wise with the kids as they grow into puberty. It is an exciting thing to see a little kid start looking grownup and act like an adult. How wicked it is then, to twist their new found sexual desires until they are too mutilated to ever give pleasure again. I would liken this to castration. I pray that you see why this discussion is needed.



Conclusion
Not once is masturbation mentioned...not once in the entire scriptures! Some may claim the reason for this is because there was not a word for “masturbation” in the Hebrew or Greek. However, there was no word for “bestiality” back then either, but God made it clear that we are not to have sex with animals (Leviticus 18:23, Deuteronomy 27:21). There was no word for "homosexuality" back then either, but God made it clear that we are not to have sex with those of the same sex (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13). There was no word for "incest" back then either, but God made it clear that we are not to have sex with those who are near kin to us (Leviticus 18:6-18).
Likewise, God could have easily said that man must not have sexual relations with himself, or something similar, but God never even hinted at any such act being sinful. If masturbation is a sin, there must be somewhere in scripture where it says that having sex with oneself is a sin, because all sins are mentioned in scripture. If something is a sin against God, He will tell us it is a sin against Him in His Word, and won't leave any sin out.

This topic promises to get me into trouble :-) Nevertheless, here it is.
It is customary for those who write books for teens and youth to caution them against masturbation. Beyond this, many will even find a way to say it is a sin. So, what does the Bible say on masturbation? There is virtually nothing said in the Bible about masturbation.




Abuse of the Bible on the Subject

This is practically the only text used against masturbation.



Genesis 38:9-10

Genesis 38:9-10, "And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother. And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also."

This text cannot be applied to masturbation, because Onan was having sex with a woman at the time, not by himself. In this passage, Onan rebelled against the direct command of his father in Genesis 38:8, "And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother." Onan displayed contempt towards both his dead brother and his wife. Indeed, this was evil in the eyes of the Lord, "therefore He killed him" (Genesis 38:10).

The whole context is in regard to a man trying to engineer which of his wives will give birth to the first son and thus the heir (Deuteronomy 25:5-6). Onan displeased God in that God did not want his people manipulating His sovereignty. The point is not wasting the "seed," the point is about cruel control of destiny, degrading of the wife, and disobeying a direct command of God.

Here is what Adam Clarke's Commentary says on this passage:



Verse 9: "Onan knew that the seed should not be his." That is, that the child begotten of his brother's widow should be reckoned as the child of his deceased brother, and his name, though the real father of it, should not appear in the genealogical tables.
Verse 10: "Wherefore he slew him also." The sin of Onan has generally been supposed to be self-pollution; but this is certainly a mistake; his crime was his refusal to raise up seed to his brother, and rather than do it, by the act mentioned above, he rendered himself incapable of it. We find from this history that long be fore the Mosaic law it was an established custom, probably founded on a Divine precept, that if a man died childless his brother was to take his wife, and the children produced by this second marriage were considered as the children of the first husband, and in consequence inherited his possessions.



Leviticus 15:16-18
Another passage that some use against masturbation is:


Leviticus 15:16-18, "And if any man's seed of copulation go out from him, then he shall wash all his flesh in water, and be unclean until the even. And every garment, and every skin, whereon is the seed of copulation, shall be washed with water, and be unclean until the even. The woman also with whom man shall lie with seed of copulation, they shall both bathe themselves in water, and be unclean until the even."

Yes, the "man's seed of copulation" does refer to his semen. However, as you can see, this passage is not in reference to a man copulating by himself, but with "the woman also." This passage is a regulation governing an occasional emission of semen. The practical effect of this legislation was that when a man had religious duties to perform, whether this involved worship or participation in God's holy wars, sexual intercourse was not permitted (Exodus 19:15, Leviticus 22:4, Deuteronomy 23:10-11, 1 Samuel 21:5, 2 Samuel 11:11).

But, let us assume for a moment that verses 16-17 refer to masturbation. Does this passage say it is a sin? No, it does not. Most of the other unclean acts mentioned in the previous chapters stated one must sacrifice an animal to atone for that uncleanness. However, look at the context of Leviticus 15:16-18. No sacrifice was required! No sin offering is required. The man (and woman) had simply to wash themselves in water and wait until evening. That's all!

Remember, anything that is considered a "sin" in the Old Testament requires a blood sacrifice. No exceptions. If a sin is involved, there must be the shedding of blood, period! The fact that Leviticus 15:16-18 does not require even an animal sacrifice is proof that the act mentioned in this passage is not a "sin."

Just because someone is "unclean" it does not mean they committed a sin. For example, it is not a sin if a priest touches an unclean thing, but he would be considered unclean, and he must bathe himself in water and remain unclean until the evening (Leviticus 22:1-7). Menstruous women do not commit a sin every month when they have their cycle, but they are considered unclean. Anyone who touches her will be unclean until evening. Anything she lies on or sits on is unclean. Whoever touches her bed, or anything she sits on, must wash their clothes and bathe in water and will be unclean until evening (Leviticus 15:19-24). But it is not a sin to do so.

Therefore, there are two ways in which this "emission of semen" could happen. The ejaculation could be the result of a nocturnal emission, that is, a wet dream. Or, it could be the result of masturbation. Either way, the man is "unclean" until evening. This unclean is nowhere described as sinfully unclean. Throughout the law, people are called unclean, but they have done nothing evil (e.g. Leviticus 11:24-26, 43; 22:4-7; Numbers 19:7-8, 10-11, 14, 16, 22).



Masturbation is Homosexuality?
Another objection people make is that masturbation is homosexuality. And use verses such as:


Leviticus 18:22, "Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination."

However, by using scripture to interpret scripture, to "lie with mankind" does not refer to a lone individual committing masturbation, to "lie with mankind" always involves two people, not one.



Leviticus 20:13, "If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them."

Notice the above verse starts off in the singular sense "If a man," and ends in a plural sense, meaning it takes at least two individuals to commit a sexual sin. All sexual sins must involve at least two.



Masturbation is Fornication?
Some teach that masturbation is self-abuse and sexually immoral, citing 1 Corinthians 6:18. The problem with their use of this passage is that masturbation is never described in the Bible as sexually immoral, or as fornication. The context of 1 Corinthians 6:18 is sex with a harlot (1 Corinthians 6:13-17), which is certainly sexually immoral. But, masturbation is never identified in this way.
Their self-abuse argument comes from "modern dictionaries," because masturbation is given as a synonym for self-abuse in modern dictionaries. But this begs the question at hand. Is it truly abusive, in and of itself? Is masturbation an intended use of the sex organ, or is it abuse? Obviously, some people think so, and so they identify the term synonymously with self-abuse.






Reason

Reason is the tool of the apologist from here on out. He will reason that sex is only for making babies during the marriage state. He will not talk about sex being pleasurable. Note Solomon on the pleasures of laying with one's wife:



Proverbs 5:15-20, "Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. Let them be only thine own, and not strangers' with thee. Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of a stranger?"

Solomon clearly talks about pleasure in sex, and procreation has nothing to do with it. The fountain is a discreet reference to the man's pleasure in copulation. The graphical language is very obvious. The sin would only be in sharing the fountain with anyone other than the god-given wife. In the right setting, the fountain is to be very busy for a godly man and women who are married (Song of Solomon 3:11; 5:1).

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