"Then Judah said to Onan, 'Lie with your brother's wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother.' But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother's wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother. What he did was wicked in the LORD's sight; so he put him to death also." (Genesis 38:8-10)
2007-08-22 07:51:03 · 6 answers · asked by Vernacular Catholic 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes, it does.
Even classical Jewish commentators who know Hebrew language, customs, law, and biblical literary genres certainly saw in Gen. 38 a condemnation of both unnatural intercourse and masturbation.
A typical traditional Jewish commentary puts it like this: "Onan misused the organs God gave him for propagating the race to unnaturally satisfy his own lust, and he was therefore deserving of death." And this is undoubtedly in accord with the natural impression which most unprejudiced readers will draw from the text of Genesis 38.
And for those protestants who follow Martin Luther, yet continue to use contraception...Hold on to your seat...Here is what your beloved Martin Luther had to say about the subject:
"Onan must have been a malicious and incorrigible scoundrel. This is a most disgraceful sin. It is far more atrocious than incest or adultery. We call it unchastity, yes, a Sodomitic sin. For Onan goes into her; that is, he lies with her and copulates, and when it comes to the point of insemination, spills the semen, lest the woman conceive. Surely at such a time the order of nature established by God in procreation should be followed."
2007-08-22 08:28:43 · answer #1 · answered by The Raven † 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
It most certainly does.
The feminist movement hailed the use of contraception because they said it gave women "sexual freedom." I say that contraception gave women "sexual slavery." With contraception man can use women much easier without the fear of getting pregnant. When they tried to invent contraception for men, 2 or 3 of the subjects testicles shrank during the testing. In the testing for women 3 of the women died...I think you know what the outcome of that story was. And I don't have the stats with me, but I think more than half of women end up getting off the pill due to the side affects they experience. Long term health affects aren't much better.
Furthermore, in order for sex to constitute a true act of love it has to be open to the possibility of children, otherwise you are just using your partner. You're basically saying "I love you so much I want to have sex with you, but not enough to have children with you." What kind of love has that kind of limit?
2007-08-22 15:31:54 · answer #2 · answered by Thom 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes, the Biblical teaching on sex is that it must be open to procreation to be in accord with divine will.
Onan sinned even more because he refused to raise up a child for his deceased brother and in a sense keep his seed on earth and the presence of the deceased through such a child
2007-08-22 16:22:18 · answer #3 · answered by James O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, the reason for banning contraception is because it is part in breaking the law of the Lord to procreate, and secondly most of the drugs used, if the person is impregnated cause abortion of the cygote.
2007-08-22 15:41:09 · answer #4 · answered by Perhaps I love you more 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It sure does seem that way doesn't it?
God Bless
Robin
2007-08-22 15:15:07 · answer #5 · answered by Robin 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Geez, death was a little harsh dont you think?
2007-08-22 15:00:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋