Quote Originally Posted by JunkYard
Oneironaut, I look at woman with lust at times. BUT, I'm not a married man, so its not adultery, right? Sure, Jesus didn't specify, but I'm certain those hearing his words knew the definition of adultery. Do you really think, that Jesus would imply that a single man, not yet married, would be sinning if he thought about sex? That's just crazy, imo! Btw, stoning was an ancient practice, but certainly wasn't Gods law.
Even if that were true, God certainly doesn't have any problem with stoning. I don't recall any commandment "Thou shalt not stone". It's like the whole slavery thing. God could just come out and say "THAT'S BARBARIC!" but he doesn't. Funny how God's morality is malleable to the social milieu and the traditional customs of primitive nomadic tribes of desert warriors.
I don't recall anywhere in the Bible where 'God' demanded adulterers to be stoned...wasn't that Moses?
God demands adulterers to be executed in Leviticus 20:10. I never said anything about stoning.
Certainly NOT in the ten commandments.
What makes Exodus 20 God's true and eternal law but Leviticus 20 a barbaric ancient practice that is irrelevant in our modern culture? As far as I can tell from my reading of the Pentateuch, they have equal validity as God's immutable and perfect law to the prophet Moses. Jesus himself said not one jot or tittle would change from those laws until heaven and earth passed; that means Leviticus 20 must still apply, no?
Also, Jesus didn't say you had to be as righteous as the prophets. He said scribes and Pharisees. I think he refered to the pharisees as vipers:
You're right, my bad.