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http://www127.pair.com/critical/food-03.htm
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Hard-core Christians have major problems discussing the practice of masturbation. In the Bible, the statement on masturbation is incorrectly attributed to the Genesis 38:9 account of Onan. After Onan's brother died, he was instructed to impregnate his sister-in-law to prevent her from remaining childless. Onan complied, but ejaculated on the ground. Onan never masturbated, but his act of "wasting" sperm is considered by fundamentalists to be a form of masturbation. Moreover, there are no other passages in the Bible that imply or state that masturbation is wrong.
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I looked up the verse in question. Onan was guilty of the sin of refusing Gods direct order to consumate with his brothers wife. The Jewish tradition is called "levirate marriage" - The issue with wasted sperm is primarily a church tradition - and especially the Catholic Churches fixation on sperm has been noted (Monty Python "Every Sperm is Sacred")
Are there any other verses? Can someone - using scripture - argue to me that there is a biblical basis for this? What do modern day spiritual leaders say about this? Is there adminition against these pratices in other holy works for other religions?
I hope also that I got the right forum - this can be mostly reviewed as a religious discussion.