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"In Mea Sharim neighborhood of Israel, residents have been known to throw stones at those driving through their neighborhoods on Shabbat."
Anyone throwing rocks should now be assumed todo so in order to carry out an Old Testament punishment? I hope you warmed up before attempting that stretch.
(John 8:2-3) It is early morning, and Jesus is at the Temple, ready to teach whoever comes to listen to him. Some respected Jewish leaders bring a woman to him. She has been found guilty of adultery. Jesus was known to preach forgiveness. Would he condemn this woman, or let her go? After all, adultery was a serious sin that damaged herself, her children, her family, and the community.
(John 8:4-11) The leaders (scribes and Pharisees) challenged him to find a solution to a problem: what was to be done with this woman, who had been found guilty of adultery, a capital crime? Jesus did not question her guilt, neither did he condone it. He enigmatically refused to speak, but instead wrote in the gravel. Then he straightened up, looked at the crowd of accusers and said 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone'. In essence, he was asking them to examine their own consciences. One by one the crowd melted away. Jesus told the woman to go, and not to sin again.
Where does it say that the womans name was Mary Magdalene?
There is a verse that names Mary Magdalene as the woman that had 7 demons cast out.
Please learn before you preach.
Where does it say that the womans name was Mary Magdalene?
There is a verse that names Mary Magdalene as the woman that had 7 demons cast out.
Please learn before you preach.
It did mention her name on other verses; and even if it wasn't her, he did indeed save a women from being stoned to death for adultery and that is the main point.
It did mention her name on other verses; and even if it wasn't her, he did indeed save a women from being stoned to death for adultery and that is the main point.
It did not mention her name in relation to the story of the adultress, as you are claiming.
You made the claim that MM was the woman caught in adultery, she was not. Now you are pushing for jesus statues all over the place but you don't even know the basics of the cast of characters in your own religion.
It did not mention her name in relation to the story of the adultress, as you are claiming.
You made the claim that MM was the woman caught in adultery, she was not. Now you are pushing for jesus statues all over the place but you don't even know the basics of the cast of characters in your own religion.
Again, learn it before you preach it.
"It's better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubts" - Mark Twain.
Extra biblical Dane. Utterly and completely extra-biblical
The Bible does have admonitions to use stoning as punishment. Deuteronomy comes to mind, though off the top of my head I can't give you the specific verses. Christianity does not reference only the New Testament, though some Christians seem to think so. In catechism we learned about the Old Testament as well as the New. So stoning isn't "extra-Biblical". It's just not part of our modern teachings.
"It's better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubts" - Mark Twain.
Smart man, Mr Twain, I also like his views on religion.
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