Stoning the Adulterer is Effective Because?

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A muslim tried to convince me stoning is actually the act of flicking tiny stones at someone to signify that you disapprove of them. I don't buy that, but I think it's not too bad if the "progressives" truly believe that than the actual stoning (throwing big stones at people). Of course it'd be much better if they didn't believe any of this at all.

Well I don't have to be an ex-Muslim to tell you that this is not true at all.

In fact, in Iran, there is a legal ruling about the size of stones used:

Article 104 – The size of the stone used in stoning shall not be too large to kill the convict by one or two throws and at the same time shall not be too small to be called a stone.

And if flicking small stones at someone as a matter of symbolism is true then there wouldn't be any hadith about anyone actually dying from stoning in Muhammad's lifetime. But in fact stoning is intended to be a death penalty.

http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/Quran/...shment.htm

Includes links to the ahadith about stoning ^

Thanks for the verses, I would never have looked them up myself. And yes I know they stone people to death, this muslim was saying that it's a twisted version of Islam, imagine how hard it was for me not to roll my eyes at that.

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A muslim tried to convince me stoning is actually the act of flicking tiny stones at someone to signify that you disapprove of them.

Presumably, that was a muslim who didn't live in a place where stonings actually occur.

In my YouTube travels, I came across a video of a stoning being carried out. I'd find it and post a link, but I just had lunch, and I'd just as soon keep it down.

In the video, the crowd pelts the woman with many rocks. I don't know if that's what killed her, or if it was the guy who shot her afterwards.

Sickening, barbaric practice.

Yes, she's naive about her religion.

Stoning isn't something I know much of, the Shariah court I grew up with only did whippings. Which I think is extremely barbaric, and some people may think it isn't that bad. Trust me it is. They used to do public whipping, I'm not sure if they still do. But stoning seems much worse because so many people are willing to participate in it. It's very creepy when a large group of people engage in murder like it's ok.