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In a message dated 12/16/99 3:38:06 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << his tremor
> caused him to masturbate, which is a sin. >>
>
> I've heard a lot of strange things from Christian beliefs, but this is the
> first I've heard of this. God denies ugly Christians this only form of
> relief? I don't recall seeing this in the ten commandments.
>
> Regards,
> Bob Stokes
It is a hotly debated topic. Most of the people who say that masturbation is
a sin point out one particular passage of scripture to support the view.
It's in the OT somewhere, where God commands a man named Onan to go into his
brothers wife (or some such) and have sex with her in order to produce an
heir (at least this is how I remember the story). Onan fails to do so, and
is said to have "spilled his seed on the ground". God then kills Onan.
Personally I think Onan was killed for disobeying God and not for the
masturbation, or the spilling of the seed. That is of course predicated on
the notion that any of that stuff has any basis in fact, or that it is a
canon you hold to. I am not aware of any other passages of the Bible which
prohibit the activity, though I am quite certain the Roman Church has it
listed as a sin.
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