Evidence Doesn't Matter"

[Socrates]

Good article, Cmom. "Science" has unfortunately become very much corrupted by politics.

The official positions of many "scientific" orginizations, including the APA, are determined more by political correctness rather than by actual scientific evidence.
Scientists whose findings contradict the "party line" are often shunned or disregarded by such organizations.

[morostheos]

[quote name='Semalsia' date='Feb 20 2006, 07:28 PM'][quote name='morostheos']HOWEVER, as Catholics, we believe morality is revealed through natural law, and natural law can be supported by scientific studies. Science can't say what's right and what's wrong, but it can say what is healthy, what is beneficial, and what is unhealthy and not beneficial. Because God wants our happiness above all things, what is morally right is also what we believe to be most beneficial in the long run. Science can certainly support that.[/quote]

Doesn't seem to apply to masturbation, though.
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The Church holds that masturbation is wrong because it is directing towards yourself love meant to be given to another person. The studies that exist touting its benefits usually don't look at the emotional/psychological aspects that would show those negative effects.

[cmotherofpirl]

[quote name='Semalsia' date='Feb 20 2006, 06:28 PM'][quote name='morostheos']HOWEVER, as Catholics, we believe morality is revealed through natural law, and natural law can be supported by scientific studies. Science can't say what's right and what's wrong, but it can say what is healthy, what is beneficial, and what is unhealthy and not beneficial. Because God wants our happiness above all things, what is morally right is also what we believe to be most beneficial in the long run. Science can certainly support that.[/quote]

Doesn't seem to apply to masturbation, though.
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Actually there is a study out there they just came out but I won't post it here. Look it up.