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I might be flogging a dead horse;

I am always in favor of studying the Bible, but since Christine mentioned ONE TIME in an interview in 1996 on MTV what the Christian Church has taught for 2,000 years, and never mentioned it again in the last 14 years, I think it is a bit off the target.

I do agree that Onan was punished for DISOBEDIENCE to God and the morality of his culture. The Bible does not support the idea that spilling seed is a sin.

However, Jesus explicitly said, point blank, what Christine mentioned in passing 14 years ago -- ONE TIME: That to lust after someone is the same as committing adultery in your heart. And the Church has taught that it is unrealistic to masturbate without lust.

But since even Christine was simply making an off-hand comment IN SUPPORT OF what the youth pastor in a group had taught, and has never considered it remotely important herself, it is a bit off track.