W.TN.Orange Blood
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So far, the 4 non-believers in this thread have shown a total of Zero evidence in anything they are trying to refute. All they have is disrespect mockery & name calling.....no substance to hold water for their side. Pitiful to be a non-believer for only what they see & smell.
After reading what's been stated since I was on here last I have determined the following:
All morality comes from the one true god, the great I am
Therefore if he were to tell you to rape kids, fly planes through buildings, or blow up abortion clinics....
All of those actions would be morally correct by the standards laid out by our Christian counterparts, because only god can determine morality.
You need me to explain why it is "bad" to kill people for being non-Christian, disobeying their parents, or not keeping the Saturday day holy?
If you proclaim atheism, then yes. I do. Go. (And for the record, nowhere in the Bible does it say to kill anyone for not being a Christian.)
When you take that in context, with the rest of the law, (even from the minor context that you quoted), you see that the stoning is concerning other sins of rebellion. The "disobedience" is refusing to stop other sins.
So, the law stated that the parents were to bring the child to a plurality of elders and let them judge the child's life. (Note: "Child" here in the original language meant son/daughter; not young child. It appears to have referenced adult children.) It wasn't a haphazard angry killing. It was a jury trial.
Edit: I am a pastor. I taught the entirety of Leviticus within a cultural study of what each law meant in the time it was given, and to the people that it was given to. Have you studied the OT law in context, studying the ancient near east customs that it dealt with, and with attention to the idolatrous practices that surrounded Israel at the time?
Like the fact that the multiple fabric law was directly related to an idolatrous practice that neighbored Israel at the time?
So you believe it is justifiable to kill sinners?
No. I do not. I am not a Jew living in the ancient near east, surrounded by a bunch of idolatrous nations that were sacrificing their children to Molech by heating bronze statues and burning them to death. I am a Christian in America who follows a savior that never tried to overthrow Rome and never commanded his church to.
I'll repeat. Have you studied the OT law for context, intent, and cultural importance?
