I recently watched a video of a 40 year veteran Qantas pilot who stated his reasoning for refusing to take the vaxx. The video went viral and he was subsequently fired. But that’s not why I am referencing it. In his discourse he laid out his sins and weaknesses so that he couldn’t be threatened or blackmailed with past indiscretions. He stated that his finances were poor due to bad choices. He also declared that he was a porn addict.
Apparently there’s a great deal of this porn addiction going around. I suppose it’s positive that people are attempting to declare their addictions in an effort to overcome them. But to call something a porn addiction is an untruth, otherwise known as a lie. Because saying that you are addicted to porn is like a heroin addict saying that they are addicted to needles. A heroin addict is not addicted to needles; he is addicted to heroin. The needle is the mechanism by which he is able to feed his habit.
Likewise with porn. Lewd internet images are the mechanism by which another type of addict feeds his addiction. He’s not addicted to porn – he’s addicted to wanking.
I suppose that it is more publicly acceptable to say that you’re a porn addict as opposed to a wanking addict. But public acceptability is anathema to kicking a very bad habit. Is wanking bad for you? Well, a lot of people are desperately trying to stop so it must be having some sort of negative effect on them.
The Gen Z term for wanking is to fap, or fapping. Another term is to nut. A couple of years ago a monthly event known as ‘No Nut November’ began in an organic way on the internet. The aim was quite simple – don’t jerk off during the entire month. The left got very upset about this which is always an outstanding barometer for determining if something is on target. Apparently in the eyes of the left, white men attempting to abstain from self abuse for four weeks is the worst thing ever. They even wheeled out Jordan Peterson to declare that masturbation is brilliant and healthy and that all the cool kids are doing it. So that’s the social aspect; the enemy wants you to spend your life jerking off.
How about the physical side? Mohammed Ali famously refused to have sexual intercourse before he had to fight. How long before? Six weeks. The male organism releases high amounts of zinc and magnesium which can have a debilitating effect on physical performance.
Research shows: Oxford University teacher, Dr. David Horrobin, M. D., Ph. D., Zinc, Vitabooks, Inc., 1981, p. 8: “The effect of zinc deficiency has particularly profound effects on the male, because extraordinary amounts of zinc are found in the testicles and the prostate gland. . . The amount of zinc in semen is such that one ejaculation may get rid of all the zinc that can be absorbed from the intestines in one day.”
“In humans, among the most consistent effects of zinc deficiency are changes in mood and behavior. There is depression, extreme irritability, apathy and even in some circumstances, behavior which looks like schizophrenia. . . It is even possible, given the importance of zinc to the brain, that 19th century moralists were correct when they said that repeated masturbation could make one mad! Similarly, the high livers were also correct when they said that a diet rich in oysters was necessary to compensate for excessive sexual indulgence.”
Dr. Carl Pfeiffer of Harvard University: “We hate to say it but in a zinc-deficient adolescent, sexual excitement and excessive masturbation might precipitate insanity.” Carl Pfeiffer, Ph. D., M. D., Zinc and other Micro-Nutrients, Keats Publishing, Inc. 1978, p. 45.
And there is the spiritual side of things. The most common sins are the most damning and thus damaging, and the most common sin of all is sins of the flesh, of lust and desire. All sins are offensive onto God but masturbation manages to combine offensiveness with abject moral shame. The continual and unrelenting loss of self-restraint has a comparative effect on the spirit, which results in a loss of reverence for God. The bible has much to say on the subject.
“Matthew 5:28 But I say unto you, That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. 5:29 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 5:30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell.”
Today there are many right hands doing a great deal of offending.
“Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.”
Masturbation is an individual act, an act of spiritual and physical loneliness. But we live in an age where the individual is celebrated while the family is denigrated. Thus, the reason that the left places such a high value on encouraging the vast multitude of men to participate in such an act. It is not just the sin; it is the physical and mental manifestation of that which they actively seek to bring about – a society of isolated and atomised individuals, cut off from human contact, let alone the true spiritual. Jerking off is a symbol for our times.
How to stop such an unwholesome activity? I suspect that without the help of prayer and confession that for the vast majority of addicts it simply will not be possible. You can try to go cold turkey, that is until you break once more. Ultimately, there is one guaranteed way for men to break this habit:
But each man has his own gift from God; one has this gift, another has that. Now to the unmarried and the widows I say: It is good for them to stay unmarried, as I am. But if they cannot control themselves, they should marry, for it is better to marry than to burn with passion. 1 Corinthians 7
For those truly afflicted then here is a long list of methods to avoid this sin.
Originally published at Pushing Rubber Downhill. You can purchase Adam’s books here.