re: #260 DaddyG

The bible has an instance of discouraging “spilling one’s seed on the ground” in a specific case where someone was asked to father a child by God. The passage can be understood as a man being cursed for refusing to bring a child into the world or for the act of wasting the “seed” itself. I think it was the former more than the latter.

I cannot ascribe any more holiness to the bological material (sperm) than I do to the creation and preservation of life itself (multiplying and replentishing). That is akin to calling the book holy while ignoring the meaning of its contents.

However my interpretation is not authoritative for others and I do understand where Catholics and others would consider it a sin to tamper with the building blocks of life.

That is the proper context of that incident in the hebrew scriptures. Of course, like so many biblical passages, it has been totally misused.