Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hwt@.bnr.ca (Henry Troup) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: Tithing; masturbation; politicking Message-ID: Date: 12 Aug 90 06:05:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ltd. Lines: 15 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu In article ut-emx!blais@emx.utexas.edu (Donald Blais) writes: >Genesis 38:9 describes how Onan shirked his legal responsiblity to >provide an heir for his dead brother. Instead of impregnating his >brother's wife, he spilled his seed upon the ground. At some point I notice that the sin of Onan was failing to do something which would be considered morally reprehensible and legally incest today. It was in fact the very thing over which Henry VIII Tudor gained a divorce and split the Church. Interesting... -- Henry Troup - BNR owns but does not share my opinions | 21 years in Canada... uunet!bnrgate!hwt%bwdlh490 HWT@BNR.CA 613-765-2337 |