On Thu, 02 Jan 2014 14:05:54 +0200, Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:

> Nekar Xenos <nek### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Sin is sin and God hates sin but He loves us. Sin deserves death. That  
>> is
>> why Jesus died for our sins in our place - because we cannot do it
>> correctly out of ourselves. When we are one with Jesus, we do His will.
>> Jesus let the woman that was caught in idolatry free, yet with the words
>> "Sin no more".
>
>> If we love sin we won't want Jesus. Heaven is open to everyone. Heaven
>> belongs to Jesus and if you don't want to go to Jesus, you don't have  
>> to.
>
> But the question is: Would you stone someone to death because they worked
> on sabbath day?
>
> And please try to understand my point. I'm not asking if the commandment
> was given to gentiles. I'm not asking if the old testament judiciary
> system is still in place to enact these punisments. I'm asking if you
> *honestly* think that it's a good and just punishment, and therefore
> would have no problem in participating in its enactment.
>
> If you answer yes, then please don't be offended if I say that I don't
> believe you. If you answer yes, I think that you are only compelled to
> do so because else you would face a contradiction in your own beliefs.
> If you are completely honest, you would agree that the punishment is
> both barbaric and completely disproportionate, and that you would never
> personally grab a stone and throw it to kill someone, no matter what
> they did.
>

No. But it was "politically correct" for that time.

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-

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