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To: A.A. Cunningham
Ever hear of Onan?

Yes..he pulled out and spilled his seed against Leviticus law

But I see no bearing on using a condom...

A condom is a barrier...

37 posted on 05/28/2012 6:01:35 PM PDT by Popman (When you elect a clown: expect a circus to follow...)
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To: Popman

Well, Onan is in Genesis 38, so he predates Levirite law, although he does presage it. He did not use a condom because no one yet had invented them. Instead, he practiced the primitive form of birth control most readily available to him. Rather than declining to contribute as biological father of the children of Tamar altogether, he went halfway, beginning the act but intentionally stopping short of accomplishing its procreative aim. A condom merely provides a more technologically sophisticated method of doing likewise.


56 posted on 05/28/2012 8:53:51 PM PDT by dufekin (Obama and Pelosi: at war against the Church--and innocent American babies)
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