"Dont spill your seed on the ground", is this a biblical reference against masterbation?

Answer 1

No. This is actually a biblical reference against rebellion.

Read the story. Gen 38:8-10

It actually has nothing at all to do with masturbation (masturbation is not even in the story).

Also remember to keep it in context. Bear in mind we are in the book of Genesis, which is the first book in the Bible. Since this is the beginning of the world, there are very few people on earth and they were ALL related. (Adam and Eve...their offspring multiplied to populate the world). Anyway, based on the circumstances, God told the people to multiply (so as to populate the world). So it was kinda their duty (otherwise the human race would die out).

Anyway, in this particular instance, Onan's brother died before he had any children, therefore according to custom, it was Onan's duty to sleep with his dead brother's wife in order to produce offspring for his dead brother (to continue the family line). So Onan was specifically instructed to do this. But what does Onan do? He sleeps with the wife, but rather than giving her a baby, he pulls out and let's "his seed spill to the ground." He did this regularly. He wasn't masturbating, he was deliberately making sure the wife wouldn't get pregnant. It was a direct act of rebellion. So God got mad and struck him down. Hey, the earth is new, people need to multiply and populate it. God didn't have time for BS.

Answer 2

That is not a biblical reference. When a brother died in the Nation of Israel the brother had to take his wife and have children by her but the child would still be his brothers. Here is what one brother did that didn't want to raise children in his brothers name. Genesis 38:9 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.It has nothing to do with masterbation.

Answer 3

If God wanted us to know that it is a sin to spill your seed for the sake of self gratification he would have said so with stories that depicted single males or even females. But instead he chose to depict an act of rebellion in the sanctity of the covenant of marriage for the purpose of being fruitful and multiply. He wanted to do something with the seed of Onan with his brother's wife and the act of rebellion cost him his life.

Answer 4

This is not a story about willful disobedience, masturbation, or not giving one s brother his rightful heir after death. It is a story about the honesty between a man and a woman in the working of their loins.

If a man is disobedient to the sanctity of a marital act (quite different from sex, by the way) he is being dishonest to the entirety of his wholeness to God.

The magic in this story is about how God cannot hold someone to an act of giving, but God will hold one to an act of separation.

Onan stopped caring enough about his brother to treat his wife with the dignity and respect she deserved, in sexual relations. He abused the privilege of sanctimonious interaction with a woman.

He abused his natural instinct to love a child that comes from his own making, and this is what God found un-useful and therefore took him off the planet for not participating in his community with concern for the community.

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Answer 5

Bible Spilling Seed

Answer 6

Some advocate you are! The account of Job shows that Satan failed to prove his point. God proved HIS point by permitting Satan to go ahead with his plan. So Satan murdered Job's 10 children, while God gave Job 10 more. Who was the evil one? In the book of Revelation are accounts of Satan going forth to the kings of the entire inhabited earth to deceive them and so gather them together to war against God. If this happens within your lifetime, then you'll see just how evil Satan is. But if you are not aware of his wiley tactics, you will be amongst the deceived.

Answer 7

Yes it is - taken from the Old Testament (cannot rememeber the exact placement right now). It speaks about the man Onan, who - due to unwillingness from his wife - masturbated and spilt his semen on the ground. When God saw this, he became furious, as semen should be used solemnly for procreation and not wasted in a manner of self-pleasure. Hence, there is a biblical entymology to the word "onanism"; where as "masturbation" is of latin origin, referrring to manus - the hand.

Answer 8

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John 13:27 - 'Then, dipping the piece of bread, he [Jesus] gave it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon. As soon as Judas took the bread, Satan entered into him. 'What you are about to do, do quickly,' Jesus told him'. So Satan was in control of Judas in order to betray Jesus to the authorities, leading to his crucifixion. (I hope you aren't going to say THAT wasn't evil.) It was Satan who, ultimately, wanted Jesus dead, and he used Judas as his errand-boy. He's very subtle, you know. Rarely does he show himself overtly. He's a master at influencing others to do his dirty work. A bit like Mafia 'godfathers' - it's almost impossible to pin anything on them, legally, but if they weren't there, the murders etc just would not happen because they make the orders that others carry out.

Answer 9

It doesn't say that. It says Onan was cursed because he spilled his seed on the ground, but the context of the story is "coitus interuptus" not autoeroticism.

Answer 10

It's an Old Testament story about a man named Onan who refused to impregnate his dead brother's wife. He chose instead to 'spill his seed on the ground'. Many people translate this story as being anti-masturbation, but I think it's more about willful disobedience. The masturbation element is secondary in Onan's case. He wasn't punished for the act itself.

The issues surrounding the act of masturbation fall into two camps-- human selfishness and perversion of the marriage covenant. Masturbating at the expense of all other sexual expression with a committed partner is completely selfish. The Bible clearly states that a man and woman are meant to be a 'comfort' to each other, and this includes acts of mutual sexual gratification once they have entered into marriage. Masturbation, sodomy and oral sex, according to many church doctrines, are perversions of the marital covenant. These acts become a barrier between a believer and God. We cannot grow stronger in our faith if we cannot deny at least part of our carnal nature. Giving into masturbation is seen as a weakness of the flesh, same as giving into alcohol or cigarettes or other vices.