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that writing, Wesley warns about "the dangers of self pollution", the bad physical and mental effects of masturbation, writes many such cases along with the treatment recommendations.
Interpretation Disputes.
According to some Bible critics who contextually read this passage, the description of "Onan" is an origin myth concerning fluctuations in the constituency of the tribe of Judah, with the death of Onan reflecting the dying out of a clan; "Er" and "Onan" are hence viewed as each being representative of a clan,
Wesley, according to Bryan C. Hodge, "believed that any waste of the semen in an unproductive sexual act, whether that should be in the form of masturbation or "coitus interruptus", as in the case of Onan, destroyed the souls of the individuals who practice it". He writes his "Thoughts on the Sin of Onan" (1767), which was reproduced as "A Word to Whom it May Concern" on 1779, as an attempt to censor a work by Samuel-Auguste Tissot. In