Genesis 38. And if you don’t like my interpretation of Genesis 38 then you should refer to the interpretation of the authority that Jesus called upon to interpret these things (Matthew 16:18-20) - the Holy Catholic Church. Those who reject the Catholic interpretation and teaching on contraception are acting like those in Judges when each man did what was right in his own eyes.
—Genesis 38.—
Which verse?
—Those who reject the Catholic interpretation and teaching on contraception are acting like those in Judges when each man did what was right in his own eyes.—
Now you are just being silly. And argumentative. And a troll.
You must have just read this stuff from the Catholic teaching. Read deeper. When they start talking that nonsense about Mary being perfect and ever-virgin, RUN, don’t walk, from that nonsense. The bible supports none of it and even contradicts it.
To be consistent, then God should instantly zot anybody who uses contraception in any form, even Onan's method?
I got to put my interpretation here fwiw. Judah's eldest son, who was the "first born" and therefore heir to be head of the family, died childless. The levirate custom, which was practiced in Canaan in those days, required that the dead man's brother take his widow and attempt to give her offspring. While this might have been a form of "social security", its main purpose was to have the new child "step into the shoes" of the dead brother.
The Scripture says, "Onan knew the seed would not be his", so he withdrew prematurely, "lest he give seed to his brother." He would have been reasoning this way: "If I take my brother's widow, and she never gets pregnant by me, then I inherit the pot and my own kids, by my own wife, will get it after me. But if Tamar gets a child, then he gets the pot and my own kids play second fiddle to HIM!"
True, but tough tacos. Onan was second fiddle to start with, but this got him kicked out of the orchestra.