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cleaning up wishy-washy article; adding encyclopedic information
In my defense, I was trying to remain as euphemistic as possible in light of facts. In conclusion, it seems odd that onanism would be treated differently from this related sin, if only because its name is of Biblical origin. (Shouldn't an entry on Onan be enough, with perhaps -ism as a subheading?)[[User:CherryS|CherryS]] 18:14, 28 October 2008 (EDT)
In my defense, I was trying to remain as euphemistic as possible in light of facts. In conclusion, it seems odd that onanism would be treated differently from this related sin, if only because its name is of Biblical origin. (Shouldn't an entry on Onan be enough, with perhaps -ism as a subheading?)[[User:CherryS|CherryS]] 18:14, 28 October 2008 (EDT)
:I think everyone's done a great job today coming to a compromise on the article. I was not aware of the alternative interpretation of the sin as ''only'' defying God's Will (in my upbringing that a sinful part of the Onan's actions, but not the only sinful part). It's good to have both interpretations, especially if this varies even within Christian denominations. Also, Cherry made a good edit earlier - onanism does also refer to "self-abuse", and even though it's not a family-friendly topic to go into detail, it should at least be mentioned as a sin. Cherry's choice of words was appropriately inexplicit and matches the level of "exposure" of the rest of the article. I'm reinstating it. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:17, 28 October 2008 (EDT)
:I think everyone's done a great job today coming to a compromise on the article. I was not aware of the alternative interpretation of the sin as ''only'' defying God's Will (in my upbringing that a sinful part of the Onan's actions, but not the only sinful part). It's good to have both interpretations, especially if this varies even within Christian denominations. Also, Cherry made a good edit earlier - onanism does also refer to "self-abuse", and even though it's not a family-friendly topic to go into detail, it should at least be mentioned as a sin. Cherry's choice of words was appropriately inexplicit and matches the level of "exposure" of the rest of the article. I'm reinstating it. -[[User:Foxtrot|Foxtrot]] 22:17, 28 October 2008 (EDT)
I've cleaned up this article some. Onan was killed by God (as was his brother Er) - "punished" is too euphemistic. Both "withdrawal" and "''coitus interruptus''" are mentioned in other Conservapedia articles, and really belong in this article. And this article is ''the'' example of Levirate marriage, so I added the link. [[User:PaulBurnett|PaulBurnett]] 11:26, 13 December 2009 (EST)