quote:Originally posted by NashBama:
This is the site I use.
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Jesus did not teach that non believers would be stoned to death.
From your preferred source, BibleGateway (http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke%2019:11-27&version=31; ) "But those enemies of mine who did not want me to be king over them - bring them here and kill them in front of me."
quote:For your question about why the Bible is mistranslated, please go back and see my quote from Howard Hendricks.
Nash, I don't care what others think. If I want to know what Howard Hendricks thinks, I'll ask him. We want to know what you think. So are you saying that you think whatever Howard thinks?
I just looked at your preferred site for bible quotes and, sure 'nuff, it says the following are punishable by death, usually by stoning:
Homosexuals, Leviticus 20:13 and Romans 1:27-32; He that curseth his father and mother, Exodus 21:17 and Matthew 15:4; Witches, Exodus 22:18; Those who lie with beasts, Exodus 22:19; Worshipers of other gods, Exodus 22:20; People who work on the Sabbath, Exodus 31:15; Adulterers, Leviticus 20:10; Wizards, Leviticus 20:27; *****s, Leviticus 21:9; Blasphemers, Leviticus 24:16; Stubborn and rebellious sons, Deuteronomy 21:18-21; Thieves, Deuteronomy 24:7.
If you wanna be consistent, Nash, I'll give you a suggestion: Call the OT what it is: An evil abomination to god's word. Your kinder, gentler version of Christianity is sharply contrasted with the wickedness of Deuteronomy and Leviticus and the mythology of Genesis and the downright fire and brimstone of the entire OT itself. Why, its enough to cause one to erect a billboard in protest against the evil book.
But if you discount the OT, you're also going to have to dismiss Jesus' own proclamation that he was not there to do away with the old law, but to uphold the old law.
It's a never ending conundrum, isn't it? I find it easier to cal BS on the whole thing and look at the bible for what it is: The sometimes intelligent, sometimes insightful, sometimes evil, sometimes inconsistent, sometimes historical/allegorical/metaphorical book written by flawed men trying their best to understand their world prior to the invention of science.