[clue-talk] Re: Bible Academia

[David L. Willson]

Whups.  Forgot the link, sorry...
http://adultera.awardspace.com/

On Mon, 2007-10-01 at 20:53 -0600, David L. Willson wrote:
> > > For example, is it right or wrong to stone a woman who was caught in 
> > > adultery?  The God of the Old Testament prescribed this measure.  Then 
> > > Jesus changed our thinking about this.  
> > 
> > I think I've mentioned this before, but I think that's commonly thought of
> > as a forgery. And Jesus did have that quote that I think Jed put in here
> > about not coming to change the law. It becomes a sticky wicket as the Brits
> > say, then. As you say later, though most people pick the choice Jesus made,
> > even if that part is a forgery, and even if they aren't Christians.
> 
> Jesus didn't come to change the law, because you can't change the law,
> you can change how we express the law in convention, but the law itself,
> perhaps best expressed in Jesus' "two commandments" is unchangeable.
> 
> We need to do more citations.  I'm not sure where in the old testament
> God says to stone women caught in adultery, and I would like to read it
> in context.  
> 
> On John 8:1-11, the Pericope of the Adultress, I found a very neat
> website which argues at great length for it's authenticity.
> 
> In any case, we need to remember that Jewish laws (and customs) were not
> what Jesus was here to uphold, but the thing that they reflect.
> 
> 
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