death by stoning

yosi wrote:

Being unbalanced is B's specialty.

:roll:

Godfather. wrote:

first degree murder vs. adultry...seems a little unbalanced to me.

Godfather.

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It all depends on how you look at it, I suppose. If you believed in the Bible... Adultery and Murder are both in the Ten Commmandments.
Exodus 20:14 "You shall not commit adultery."

Deuteronomy 22:22 "If a man is found sleeping with another man's wife, both the man who slept with her and the woman must die."

Leviticus 20:10 "If a man commits adultery with another man's wife--with the wife of his neighbor--both the adulterer and the adulteress must be put to death."

Leviticus 21:9 "And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire."

We just got used to ignoring the Bible as law and accepted adultery as an everyday occurance of our biology.
Aren't you glad you don't believe in the Bible?

mikepegg44 wrote:

not that you asked but..

All religions deal with abrogation issues...It really isn't an issue of "ignoring the bible" as much as it is that the new testament doesn't really teach the same things as these old verses you brought out. Too many people with no real knowledge of the bible point to these old verses as the reason to do things in the name of religion that are completely against the later teachings (westboro baptists for one)...and it is also these contradictions many point to in order to discredit religion as a whole. interesting dilemma in the religious community that rarely is discussed.

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I understand what you are saying... and agree it to be true... but, from the New Testament, we get:

Matthew 5:17-18 "Do not think that I [Jesus] have come to abolish the Law (the Old Testament) or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. I tell you the truth, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke or a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law (the Old Testament) until everything is accomplished."

Matthew 23:1-3 "Then Jesus said to the crowds and to his disciples: 'The teachers of the law and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. So you must obey them and do everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.'"

Matthew 19:9 "I tell you that anyone who divorces his wife, except for marital unfaithfulness, and marries another woman commits adultery."

Mark 10:11 "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her."

Mark 10:12 "And if she divorces her husband and marries another man, she commits adultery."

Luke 16:18 "Anyone who divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery, and the man who marries a divorced woman commits adultery."

When Jesus gave the above laws, he gave them during the time when he spoke highly of the Old Testament's Law... doesn't that include the part about killing adulterers?
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I also hear modern day Christians say they dismiss the Old Testament as being 'Ancient Jewish law'... but, isn't the fact that the Ten Commandments ARE the Ancient Jewish laws? I can understand their point about Leviticus and Deuteronomy... but, the law regarding homosexuality is from Leviticus and that law is almost always trotted out and presented as justification aganist Gays. And if we discount the Old Testament... why are the Ten Commandments and Creation so highly valued? Both are found in the Old Testament.
It is the modern society that accepts adultery because adultery happens. And of course, modern day law makers give adultery a break because if we were to kill all adulterers, there would be no politicians.