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July 15, 2010
What faiths teach about birth control
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From sltrib.com:
Contraception in one form or another has been around since ancient times. While most every faith holds a notion of fertility and procreation within the family, according to The Encyclopedia of Women and World Religion, their views about contraception differ.
Here is a summary, from a variety of sources, of major faiths’ teachings.
Judaism
Orthodox Jews prohibit males from using contraceptives such as condoms that waste the “male seed,” a teaching derived from Genesis 38:9-10, in which God killed Onan for spilling his seed on the ground during intercourse.
Orthodox Jews allow female contraceptives for health reasons, while Conservative and Reform Jews allow individuals to make contraceptive choices based partly on rabbinical literature sanctioning sexual pleasure between married partners.
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Very interesting. I’ve always thought the Onan story was about the Levrite law. Onan spilled his seed because if Tamar had a child it would have been Er’s according to the Levrite law. Then the child would inherit the oldest son’s part of Judah’s estate after he died. “Then Judah said to Onan, “Lie with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to produce offspring for your brother.” 9 But Onan knew that the offspring would not be his; so whenever he lay with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground to keep from producing offspring for his brother.”
So why is spilling the seed on the ground always wrong?