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Inane, fatuous, provincial, misguided, illogical, under-exposed, pliant, and fearful: "These are a few of my favorite ... dejections ... "

Everyone must confront someday very soon the ultimate truth -- that god does not exist. Those who seamlessly accept such outlandish falsehoods as facts may suffer clearly with with dementia.

Thank you. I'll add my true feelings after a good night's sleep. Sleep well!

-Ron B.

Reston, VA

R. Barry of VA 3:20AM June 12, 2010

Laura, how naive and unlearned you are about the Holy Scriptures and God. The man's point was made correctly.

Now about science. Who do you think created science and is the greatest sccientist of all time. In both cases, it is God! So can prove and disprove sience (those parts that are wrong) with the Bible for it is god's Word - and who is the word? Scripture tells us it the second part of the triune God - the Son of God the Fatehr - and who is the Son? - Jesus!

Laura you meant well, but you are as wrong as Adam and eve were.

And as for Albert, your opinion does matter and you do not know of what you speak.

JD of FL 9:16PM October 23, 2009

God had killed Onan's older brother Er, and Judah (as the emissary of god) asked Onan to have sex with Tamar, Er's widow, so that the offspring could be declared Er's heir. The narrative implies that Onan didn't object to the sex itself, but performed coitus interruptus, spilling his seed upon the ground, so that there wouldn't be any offspring which he could claim as his own. god killed him because of his disobedience not because he spilled seed. Masturbation or Coitus interruptus are not sins in themselves but when told by god to concieve a child Onan deliberately disobeyed. Just like Adam was forbidden the fruit in the Garden of Eden it was a disobedience to eat that fruit at that time, but eating fruit in itself was not inherently evil.

Please, people, think a little for yourselves.

Laura Westenkirchner of WI 12:36PM February 01, 2009

Why would you try and argue against science with the bible? It's comparing apples and oranges. You can't disprove science with faith, and you can't disprove faith with science. It's as simple as that.

At the end of the day though, science is based on empirical evidence, and can actually be measured. Faith is based on a 2000 year old storybook. I'm putting my money on science.

Besides, if you feel sorry about it, won't your Imaginary Friend forgive you anyways?

cyberbob of MI 11:31AM January 15, 2009

I think its not good to masterbate.Most people still do masterbate even after having sex with their sex partners since its been a habit to them.I dont think its good to masterbate

Albert

Ghana

Albert Nyantakyi 9:02AM January 04, 2009

Why would anyone who reads the bible also be reading a page about science? One is just a pile of nonsense that you MUST be a moron to believe, and the other is...well...Science.

Whoa...Careful what I say...maybe jesus won't want party with my ghost for eternity now.

Al of NJ 11:19AM December 31, 2008

My doctor actually wrote me a prescription for "more frequent orgasms" which I used to good advantage. My father,on the other hand (so to speak) told me that it would cause insanity to masturbate. So I have a crazy but healthy prostate.

Jay Kofferman of NE 7:52PM December 30, 2008

While masturbation in and of itself may not be defined as a "sin" in the bible, idolatry and covetousness are. If you let your prostate be an excuse to be a "jack-off artist" or porno addict, then you are sinning according to the Bible. My personal belief is that spanking the monkey for a health release occasionally is ok, Biblically. But it can lead to a bad situation when it takes the place of normal sex or becomes an obsession.

Whack-A-Way of NC 8:57PM December 27, 2008

Well then... if less masturbation leads to more prostrate cancer, but masturbation is a "sin against God", then it fallows that God wants us to get prostrate cancer. That makes me less inclined to believe in God.

On the other hand, the law of natural selection will ultimately ensure that the "non-wanking religious right" ceases to exist, having all perished from prostrate cancer and pent up sexual frustration, a fact that, in and of itself, makes me believe in God more strongly than ever.

LaVon of GA 10:57AM December 21, 2008

Only a few more weeks now until we see the last of the Bush Administration. May the light of Science shine brightly forever more.

David of DC 12:23AM December 20, 2008

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