(March 3, 2014 at 10:18 am)Chad32 Wrote: I'm pretty sure Paul or Peter said that it would be good if you didn't have sex, or why would anyone want to take a vow of chastity? If you must, do it within marriage. It's also stated that it's better to shoot your sperm in a woman than let it be wasted otherwise.
Quote:1 COR 7:1 Now concerning the things whereof ye wrote unto me: It is good for a man not to touch a woman.Paul goes on to say that marriage is the next best option for those "who can't contain".
Quote:1 COR 7:9 But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.Nonetheless, in the verses before, Paul makes it clear that celibacy is a virtue preferable to marriage.
Quote:1 COR 7:7-8 For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
I say therefore to the unmarried and widows, It is good for them if they abide even as I.
Quote:It's a common belief among christians that masturbation is bad,
This is an interpretation of the story of Onan.
Quote:GEN 38:8-10 And Judah said unto Onan, Go in unto thy brother's wife, and marry her, and raise up seed to thy brother.My opinion: I agree with the interpretation that this is NOT a condemnation of masturbation or non-procreative sex but rather Onan was killed for disobedience of a direct order.
And Onan knew that the seed should not be his; and it came to pass, when he went in unto his brother's wife, that he spilled it on the ground, lest that he should give seed to his brother.
And the thing which he did displeased the LORD: wherefore he slew him also.
I will say that the fact that so many Christians interpret this story differently is another example of how the supposed Word of God is unclear on many issues. Unlike Christian apologists, I make no claim to have the "correct" interpretation since there's no way to know what was going on in the mind of the author.
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"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
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