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In March 2025, in the thread "Re: OT, out", Umm asked the members: "Do you think it is because America is made up of magical soil that makes businesses based in America magically profitable?" This week it is put to everyone again. The button below opens the small thread re-asking it - read what others have said so far, then give your own answer as an ordinary reply.
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Author: Steve203 ⎊❂🐝 HONORARY
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Subject: Re: fetal personhood
Date: 09/14/26 4:03 PM
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Perhaps, but they weren't set based on any idea of an unfertilized egg or sperm being considered a person, as was suggested upthread.

The Biblical passage on levirate law only applies to brothers in law, but modern religious nutters have interpreted it as any disposition of material, other than for procreation, is a sin.

From the font of Wiki:

The biblical story of Onan (Genesis 38) is traditionally linked to referring to masturbation and condemnation thereof.[6] A number of scholars have pointed out that the sexual act described by this story is coitus interruptus, not masturbation.[7][8][9][10][11] Some go further and argue that Onan's death was solely due to his refusal to fulfill the obligation of levirate marriage, rather than any sexual sin.[12] Others argue that Onan's punishment was both for his refusal to fulfill his obligations and because of his perverse sexual act.[13] For example, James Nelson argues that Onan's act was condemned due to the firm "procreative" accent of the Hebrew interpretation regarding sexuality, where survival of the tribe depends on abundant procreation. The story was written by a "prescientific mind" that considered the child to be contained in the sperm the same way a plant is contained in its seed.[14][15] Onan's offense was therefore the deliberate destruction of human life

en.wikipedia.org - Christian views on masturbation

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