In Reply to: Re: About Abraham & Isaac posted by Farmer on November 19, 2005 at 23:05:56:
There are many who equate the "sin" of "onanism" with masturbation. In fact, that's probably a fairly mainstream belief, if Ann Landers is anything to go by. Years ago I read her make that comparison in one of her answers to a letter writer. I wrote her to correct that misinterpretation.