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Originally Posted by DeborahC
Teancums,
You know, those "stoning laws" from Leviticus.. you either have to take them ALL or drop them ALL. You can't pick and choose the ones you like.
For instance,
"While the people of Israel were in the wilderness, they found a man gathering sticks on the Sabbath day ... And The Lord said to Moses, "The man shall be put to death; all the congregation shall stone him with stones outside the camp." (Numbers 15:32,35 RSV)
Honestly, would you stone to death someone who picked up firewood on a Sunday?
20:9 Any person who curses his father or mother shall therefore be put to death. Since he has cursed his father or mother, he shall be stoned to death.
20:10 If a man commits adultery with a married woman, [and] she is the wife of a fellow [Israelite], both the adulterer and adulteress shall be put to death.
20:27 Any man or woman who is involved in [the practices of] the mediums or oracles shall be put to death. They shall be pelted to death with stones, and thus stoned to death.
And are we going to stone every teenager who says they hate their parents?
Or every adulterer or adulteress?
Or Sylvia Brown or John Whatshisname?
I'm sorry... but using those texts as your byline make me question your judgment.
Just thought I'd say... sorry if it offends you...
It's just that I seem to remember Jesus saying, "Woman, where are thy accusers?" AFTER saying, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone..."
::: picking up all the loose stones and hiding them behind Jesus ::::
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I don't get offended, mainly because I don't care what people think.
Since you seem in search of an explanation...
They are there to remind those joyfully engaging in practices of sin and those who support them, how lucky they are for Jesus' atonement and to live in a country that tolerates their perversions to the extent that it does.
Oh, I'm about to change it anyways.