Klarinet Archive - Posting 000414.txt from 1997/02

From: Fred Duerr <fduerr@-----.net>
Subj: Re: Onan + Rico Grand Concert reeds
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 1997 21:37:08 -0500

At 01:18 PM 2/12/97 -0600, Neil Leupold wrote:
>On Wed, 12 Feb 1997, David H Eby wrote:
>
>> Now, if they'd blow the dust off their Bibles they would realize that
Onan was
>> NOT masturbating. He was practicing a method of birth control called "coitus
>> interruptus". Read Genesis 38:8-10. I checked it in six different versions
>> and they had differing levels of clarity, but this seems the most likely
thing
>> that is being described. (Look in http://www.gospelcom.net/bible)
>
>So "the hell" what? First people get bent out of shape over some
>offensive evangelistic signature file, and now we've come to the
>point of *analyzing* christian writings in addition to quoting them.
>This a clarinet forum. CLARINET. If you want to continue blathering
>on about prophets and myths, create your own listserv. We've got
>our topic. Let's stick to it. If you insist on mucking up our mail
>boxes with more off-topic religious babble, at least put "religion"
>in your subject line so we'll know to delete your message before
>even opening it. It's approaching the realm of so much pervasive
>spam, and plenty of us are sick of it, as shown by list members
>signing off in disgust. We'll be sure to lose more if it doesn't
>stop, and this would really piss me off.

Here! Here! I certainly agree. You seem to have the solution well in hand.

Fred
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