CremeBrulee
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I was quoting the op-ed. Judaism, Christianity, nor Islam were around in the Stone Age either. Did you mean Bronze Age? Regardless, people still had weapons other than stones. Maybe the stones were more convenient. It seems to me that stoning is a cultural practice that was incorporated into these religions as a means of being relevant to the culture. I believe it's called syncretism.If the stoning was "not of god" why is that form of punishment prescribed for so many offenses in the Bible? It seems that particular punishment is justified in all 3 major monotheistic religions.
"...of god" ???? well-----actually it does not say that it is "of god" in the OT, NT,
or koran. When death is prescribed by heaven -----people are supposed to just
drop dead (or get very sick or get hit with lightening) At least that is the OT form
of execution "of G-d" In the stone age------stones were just about all they had
for a court decree. Lethal injection has not yet been invented