Forsaking assumptions, identifying logical truths, revisiting philosophical facts about sexuality, and refuting personal or cultural misconceptions are all expressions of intellectual depth. Whatever the reason, many people seem to simultaneously treat sexuality as something shallow and deep all at once, which is of course impossible. The truth is that focusing on sexuality to the exclusion of other things misrepresents the nature of sexuality by erroneously treating it as more than just one part of human existence. The opposite, as well, ignores sexuality's true nature. Sexuality spans mind and body, holds the potential to inspire deep relationships and philosophical contemplation, and is a whole part of reality to rationalistically analyze.
This is only heightened for Christians who realize that the evangelical prudery and sexual legalism which miscategorizes many Biblically innocent sexual activities or thoughts as sinful is logically and Biblically invalid. The uncaused cause is directly or indirectly responsible for human sexuality (it either created humans itself or created the existents and conditions that led to their creation), and the evidence for Christianity means the evidence is in favor of the uncaused cause being supportive of human sexuality itself until it is approached or expressed in specific ways. Masturbation is just one of the many objectively nonsinful sexual acts besides marital sex that the Bible permits (Deuteronomy 4:2). Indeed, it is one of the best Biblically valid ways to express individualistic sexuality and celebrate the mental and physical components of sexual pleasure.
Whether or not Christianity is true, though, masturbation can be a genuinely deep, rejuvenating catalyst for introspection. Sexuality is not shallow; emotionalistic beliefs about and attitudes towards sexuality are what is shallow. No one has to stoop to such stupidity, so no one needs to understand or experience their sexuality in an artificially stunted way. On the Christian worldview, however, the human body is good, having a special significance as the pinnacle of God's physical creation. Sexuality is inherently good on this worldview (Genesis 1:31) unless it is expressed sinfully, with the Bible condemning a much narrower range of sexual acts and desires than many people realize. Masturbation, then, can be an incredibly fulfilling and introspective act of Christian celebration.
The person who explores sexuality intellectually and even experientially without making any assumptions, stooping to the emotionalism of hedonism, or otherwise sinning is not a shallow person at all when it comes to this part of their life. He or she has pursued and lived out a kind of great depth that practically everyone is capable of attaining. Experientially, masturbation is objectively one of the easiest and best ways to aid this sexual introspection and prompt or celebrate fundamental, abstract philosophical truths about sexuality. Removing the fallacious objections to it from evangelicals by demonstrating the Biblical permissibility of it--and even of masturbating to the thoughts of specific people, even if one is already married or dating [1]--only facilitates the experientially rich introspection as a rationalist and Christian that masturbation offers to those who seek it.
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