TV's Frink said:

darth_ender said:

God does not want us to be lustful. Of course masturbation can be done without lustful thoughts, but...yeah right, like anyone's doing that.

This very topic came up on another forum recently and I was unable to get even this much out of the "resident religious dude," so I'm pleased that you are even willing to address it.

I don't know if you will be comfortable answering this...but does God not even want us to be lustful with our chosen life partner, with whom we may have even married in a House of God and presumably with his/her approval? What could be bad about that?

We interpret lust and love as different things. Love is selfless, lust is selfish. I have a wife and three children, so obviously I've had sex at least twice in m y life (the first two were twins, and I promise it's been more than that ;). I love my wife and respect her, and therefore our sexual relationship is based on that love and respect, not simply a desire for some female flesh. Understand our distinction?