A small thanks to the resident Theists..

[John V]

I am taking it at face value. It says that if you have a disobedient child, then take that child to the priests, explain to them that your child is disobedient, and then take them to the city gates so they may be stoned to death. How is that not a passage saying to kill unruly children like you claimed?

"Child" in the sense of son or daughter is correct, but this isn't referring to young children, as it says that the child is a drunkard.

Second, note who makes the determination - the person's own parents. If you're so bad that your own parents turn you over to be stoned, you just might deserve it.

ETA: Interestingly, this is the same chapter which forbids battlefield rape and regulates marriage of captives, but somehow you guys always miss that part on your way to the part about stoning children.