(June 17, 2021 at 11:20 am)Drich Wrote: The only way one can argue this is if you are trying to sew doubt and dishonesty, as this is the traditional reading of this passage. nothing here refutes that the men casting stones had to be in good standing with God. Jesus himself in the john 8 passage takes it a step further and demands not only does one need to be in good standing one must be without sin. read the passage sport. it tells you this in such a way that it can not be denied unless you outright LIE about what is on page.
No, it's you who is bullshitting and lying all the time, and then accusing others of doing what you are doing.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
