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To: odawg
Regarding Onan, the stated reason for the slaying was that he reneged on his obligation under the covenant he entered into.

That's how I've always seen it. Onan basically enjoyed a roll in the hay without doing his duty. Also, people who see this story as being about contraception presumably believe it is a brother's duty to impregnate his brother's wife?

10 posted on 10/26/2014 8:48:34 AM PDT by Sans-Culotte (Psalm 14:1 ~ The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.”)
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To: Sans-Culotte
No: for one thing, it is impossible to guarantee impregnating. Some people are naturally infertile, and some times are naturally infertile..

We do that it is forbidden to intentionally impair the act of sexual union by frustrating its natural end.

13 posted on 10/26/2014 8:53:05 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (He who sat on the White Horse is called Faithful and True: in righteousness He judges and wages war.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Did Onan perform withdrawal from his brother’s wife, or was he busy loping his pony prior to the act?


47 posted on 10/26/2014 11:48:39 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("I am a radicalized infidel.")
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