Posted by Isis at cau09.cau.cornell.edu on September 04, 2001 at 11:47:24:
In Reply to: Please, don't judge Christians based on this dude. posted by Isis on September 04, 2001 at 11:44:54:
I am by no means Christian and I have no specific belief about sin or whether Jesus & Mary were without it. I just meant that by the religion's own theology, it makes no sense for Jesus to be approving of the prostitute's death unless he's the one to cast the first stone.
: And I wouldn't bother e-mailing these people either. Anybody who actually believes that Jesus approving of stoning prostitutes to death has got problems beyond your reckoning. Ha! If Jesus had meant "he who is without sin, please do cast the first stone", he would have killed the ho himself, since he is the only being on the earth (besides Mary) to ever live without sin. Ignogrunts.
: Don't let this turn into a Christian-bashing thing though. Religion is like a knife, it was first invented so that people could cut bread to share with their neighbor, now people use it as a weapon. It makes no sense to blame the knife rather than those people who use it in a bad way.
: : Your ignorance of His Word is so complete I do not think I could help you
: : understand it. Besides, it takes an open mind and a free-thinker to
: : understand the Bible. But I will give you this pearl. When Jesus told the
: : men "He who is without sin may cast the first stone" He was NOT arguing with
: : the judgment to kill the whore (that had already been passed in accordance
: : with the times), He was arguing with their right to kill her. She was in
: : every way guilty of the crime of prostitution and Jesus did not deny that.