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  1. barfo

    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    Definitely neither compliment nor insult, just a question. I'm a curious cat.

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    barfo triggered obsessive commie pinko boomer maniac Staff Member Global Moderator

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    It occurs to me that this not-very-well known song is rather apt here:

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    Man, I was just saying that Spud's economic desires sounded masturbatory. I don't know what you're on about but it sounds dirty. :sigh:
     
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    Genesis 38. Onan was Judah's second son. His brother Er died before siring an heir, so Judah instructed Onan to provide an heir for him. Onan lay with Er's widow, but "pulled out" before completing his responsibility. God struck him dead for his selfishness.

    I know that nobody really wanted to know, but I couldn't help myself.
     
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    Onan's sin, biblically speaking, wasn't in masturbation but in not performing the duties he was supposed to do (impregnating the widowed wife, so that the dead guy's family would continue) because he wanted his kids to be his heirs, not his brother's.

    EDIT: didn't see Platypus's take.
     
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    Yeah, I wasn't aware of the Biblical reference, of Onan.
     
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    Well, what puzzled me is that you were telling Spud that her economic desires were not just masturbatory, but specifically male masturbatory. Hard for Spud to spill her seed on the ground by jerking to the rhythm of success, I'd think?

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    I think you're over-complicating it.

    And, if we don't use the Bible version of Onan, but the more general cultural version of the word "onanism," does it still connote specifically male masturbation? I didn't think so. When I wikipedia'd "onanism" it redirected me to the general masturbation entry.

    And wikipedia is a pretty well-established authority on what people believe is true. :)
     
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    Probably so. It's just that I'm such a big bible scholar, I go directly for the vaguely biblical interpretation.

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    ^^Seminary show off. Pun intended.
     
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    Makes sense. You are a liberal which, in the oldest sense of the word, means a student of the Bible.
     
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    Fixed!
     
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    Repped. Nicely done.
     
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    I am not a witch.


    I am a warlock with tigerblood. Winning!

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    Cool story. It reminds me of the movie "The Year One." I love satire, especially about crazy or corrupt people inventing religious doctrine.
     
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