The Catholic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas believed that masturbation was a worse sin than rape, incest, and adultery, because ____

a. for these sins, procreation is still possible
b. these sins denigrate women, while masturbation is a sin against man
c. masturbation is a sin against the "self"
d. avoiding the temptation to masturbate requires the most will power


ANS: A

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