Bible

The children of God are those who "keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ."

That would be extremely painfull

Oops, guess Protestants would have to be crossed out of that list

it is the only way or you go to hell

Yes, you have to remember that God wants you to stop and provides the grace needed to stop. Even if you fail, God will forgive you, provided you avail yourself of the sacraments. Remember you are trading mere minutes of carnal pleasure for your eternal soul. Make the right decision. Think often of the four last things: death, judgment, heaven and he'll.

If God wants us to stop masturbating, why did he let Al Gore make the internet so we could have unlimited access to hot women taking their clothes off and shoving things inside themselves? Checkmate.

>I want to get the true, unfiltered word of God
You're gonna have a problem here considering Jesus didn't write anything himself

What is the holy spirit?
Too bad threads like this end up like this.

Creator (father), word of God (holy spirit), Jesus (son).

The (1901) American Standard Version is the closest translation to the original text.

ebible.org/asv/