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Genesis 38:8-10
Then Juda said to Onan, "Go in to your brother's wife and perform the duty of a brother-in-law to her; raise up offspring for your brother." But since Onan knew that the offspring would not be his, he spilled his semen on the ground whenever he went to his brother's wife, so that he would not give offspring to his brother. What he did was displeasing in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death also.
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What has always bothered me (yes, I'm agnostic, lowercase a) about the Bible is that what does not have a direct conflict elsewhere in the Bible, is so open to interpretation as to be virtually useless. Case in point. The above quote sounds to me like a matter of coitus interuptus...not masterbation. Did Onan pull out prematurally, or jack off?
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"I distrust those people who know so well what God wants them to do because I notice it always coincides with their own desires." - Susan B. Anthony
"Hedonism with rules isn't hedonism at all, it's the Republican party." - JumpinJesus
It is indisputable that true beauty lies within...but a nice rack sure doesn't hurt.
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