<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">David,<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Now I get to take you on ;-)</DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Oct 1, 2007, at 9:14 PM, David L. Willson wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Jesus preaches forgiveness.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Forgiveness is good.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Punishment is also</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">good.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Without punishment, few people learn.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Even my infinitely sweet</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">children do not learn without an occasional barking at.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>Punishment</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">~and~ forgiveness, now that's a powerful combo.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>BTW, do you have a</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">reference for the recommendation to stone adulteresses?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'd like to</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">read it for context.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN>I'm sure it's there, I just wonder how much of the</FONT></P> <P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">driving on that code was God and how much was Man.</FONT></P> </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV><DIV>The interesting question is: Was Jesus Liberal of Conservative? Love or Judgement? He was both, depending on the person he was talking or dealing with.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-style-span">See Leviticus 20:10 and I quote: If {there is} a man who commits adultery with another man's wife, one who commits adultery with his friend's wife, the <B>adulterer and the adulteress</B> (my emphasis added) shall surely be put to death."</SPAN></DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>When you read John 8:1-11, you see the Jews ONLY bringing the woman, where's the man here? It takes two to tango, unless it is rape.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Kevin</DIV></BODY></HTML>