@ Min I'm not sure that you are correct, not saying your not, just not sure and need to do some research on the matter. If you are correct, in that ancient culture these young adults were responsible for their actions and not being considered childern by the age of 13 fell under adult punishments. This would not change what I've stated, to protect the good name of the family was more important than anything else. Thus the punishment was for adults according to that culture. Teens of 15 have been tried and sentenced as adults in the past few years, so are we so much different in our punishments of younger people, the only difference I see is the nature of the crime. What is important for us to try one so young might be different than past cultures but never the less their laws were important for them in their time.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
