Priestly apologetics in a sermon this a.m.

[Drich]

So, today's sermon was about the woman caught in adultery.  Jewish law said she should be stoned to death. 

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Leviticus 20:10 - And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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And Jesus comes back with the "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" bit.  Which ya gotta admit is a pretty brilliant response, whether the guy actually said it or not.  

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 John 8:7 - He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 

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And then the priest went into this convoluted explanation - that he thought Jesus was perfecting the law, and even maybe that God gave the law so that humans would grow and CHANGE it, after all, God changes his mind repeatedly throughout the OT . . . 
     I just really felt sorry for the guy.  I mean, he has spent his entire life, trying to make excuses for his god and his book.  What must that do to a human being?

     I also noticed that he completely left out the part where the law says both the adulterer and the adulteress should be put to death.

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 Leviticus 20:10 - And the man that committeth adultery with another man's wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour's wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death.

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Where was the guy?  And the fact that the passage makes it clear that it's only adultery with someone else's property: wife or mother.  But this guy is yammering on about Jesus "perfecting" the law, surely a priest in his 60's knows Matthew 5:17-19 . . . ?

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 Matthew 5:17-19 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfill. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

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   You guys can discuss the passage if you wish, or the priests' take on it . . . probably some theists will jump on it.  I just really feel sorry for this priest though.  He's a nice guy, and he was just tying himself in knots, saying "maybe Jesus" this and "maybe God" that.

It absolutely breaks my heart when I see a 'lifer' (especially a person who takes the role of a teacher) struggle.

The problem? A "priest's" first duty is to the doctrine of his domination and not God. He has to toe the company line. It's his job to sell what his given church has in their product catalog. Rather than teach what is in the bible. Often times it leaves the 'teacher' wondering about God/struggling to make sense seemingly contradictory messages. (the bible clearly says X here but the church's teaching says 'Y'= "God works in mysterious ways".) Never once questioning that their doctrine could be what is in error. That God could indeed be a known/knowable quantity in so far as what He has chosen to tell us in the bible.