What's your interpretation of this?
2007-09-24 00:21:58 · 10 answers · asked by ancientcityentertainment 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Please try not to answer if you don't know the answer. This phrase is definitely in the bible. I used it to get out of reading the bible in school. Rev. Einstein; you need to chill out , you don't know of what you speak and you definitll aren't a genious. please be real people. I'm sincere in my questions and it seems the respondents aren't in their answers. That's too much preaching for me . i'll leave it to the idiots on ANSWERS
2007-09-24 01:17:51 · update #1
biblegateway.com
that should help
2007-09-24 00:57:08 · answer #1 · answered by Reshonda P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That phrase is not actually in the bible, It is a quote that has been err.. mutated from the story of onan and tamar in genesis 38. Many people have heard and used this phrase over the years believing it to be contained word for word in the bible and no one seems to know what started it. I remember it very similarly worded from when I was young (the things they tell kids eh) but after looking into it I found that the only mention of spilled seed in the bible is that of onan. Sorry to disappoint you.
2007-09-24 02:59:18 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 38:8-10 ... but the translation you use doesn't match my bible version.
There is no mention of masturbation in the bible so far as I can figure. The only detrimental objection to masturbation vis vis the bible would be something to do with lust. Arrrrhh Lusting!
EDIT:
The bible gateway web site link given below me provides all the various incantations of Genesis 38:9. Take a look yourself. Your bible at school had to be one of these versions. You will note that word for word, they are not all the same ~ so people are not going out of their way to frustrate you.. it's just the way it is.
2007-09-24 00:29:10 · answer #3 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I looked all through the Bible and I cannot find it. Check again if you like...
http://www.biblegateway.com
Its not in the Bible and even if it were...the answers in the question. However, since I have not discovered the scripture giving permission to be with a "woman" and pull out instead of masturbation...I'd be pretty hard pressed to say that since the bible doesn't speak against masterbation except where lust and sinning against oneself is concerned and that fornication is a sin..I'm fairly certain this verse isn't in scripture. At least not in the KJV. Love in Christ, ~J~
2007-09-24 00:40:59 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
look up the character "Onan"
it seems to be against the "pull-out" method of birth control, but the term "Onanism" is an older term for masturbation.
2007-09-24 00:30:32 · answer #5 · answered by dontknow772002 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think it is pretty obvious, it means it is better to **** a whore than to masturbate.
Btw it is probably in leviticus or deuteronomy those are the ones with the crazy stupid rules.
2007-09-24 00:27:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Not in my KJV. Must be in some perverted false translation. Sorry stick to God's word
2007-09-24 00:29:34 · answer #7 · answered by jesussaves 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Definitely NOT in Scripture...
It sounds like it came from the Quran.
2007-09-24 00:36:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
I would it is either against masturbation or "pulling out" or possibly both.
2007-09-24 00:34:14 · answer #9 · answered by Erica 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Couldn't tell you where to find it....
..... But I could tell you that you can marry a whore, but you can't marry a rock.
2007-09-24 00:25:15 · answer #10 · answered by Lucid Interrogator 5 · 3⤊ 3⤋