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To: frogjerk

oh, please. So violation of the Levirate wasn’t quite a capital offense, but coitus interruptus was? Or the coitus interruptus was the straw somehow that broke the camel’s back? Give me a break. The twin offenses were failure to honor the Levirate (by far the biggest) and refusal to consummate the marriage (second). “spilling seed” (much less masturbation) still has nothing to do with it.

Many biblical passages began to be misinterpreted in the middle ages, and this was one of the worst offenders. Few serious biblical scholars these days agree with this nonsensical interpretation arising from medieval moral codes having little to do with actual biblical mores and anthropological practice.

There are other biblical arguments against premarital sex. There are few against basic contraception, some Catholic doctrine notwithstanding. Onan has nothing to do with either.


2,275 posted on 09/01/2008 6:13:16 PM PDT by TINS
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To: TINS; frogjerk
There are other Biblical arguments against premarital sex.

I want to see somebody knock down the arguments against postmarital sex, eh? Too many husbands have discovered that as soon as they say "I do", she "won't". LOL

There are few against basic contraception, some Catholic doctrine notwithstanding. Onan has nothing to do with either.

What does Keith Olbermann have to do with this?
2,283 posted on 09/01/2008 6:18:18 PM PDT by mkjessup (Jimmy Carter is the Skidmark in the panties of American history. (Obama is his 2nd term))
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To: TINS
oh, please. So violation of the Levirate wasn’t quite a capital offense, but coitus interruptus was?

You have already lost the argument here

Or the coitus interruptus was the straw somehow that broke the camel’s back? Give me a break. The twin offenses were failure to honor the Levirate (by far the biggest) and refusal to consummate the marriage (second). “spilling seed” (much less masturbation) still has nothing to do with it.

Many biblical passages began to be misinterpreted in the middle ages, and this was one of the worst offenders.

You know who the Church Fathers are right? Check them out as well. Way before the middle ages. I'll take St. Clement, St. Augustine, St. John Chrysostom, St. Jerome, over the baloney of "modern" liberal scholarship.

2,647 posted on 09/02/2008 6:57:47 AM PDT by frogjerk (McCain - you did the right thing by selecting Palin as VP)
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