>Yeah, but he told them to STOP IT. He didn’t teach them some new tricks.
>Everyone remembers the “Cast not the first stone.” No-one remembers the “Go and sin no more” part.
I completely agree; sadly it seems that there are two camps:
1 - The “don’t interact in the world, it’s evil!” camp. {Likely a leftover of the Gnostic heresy.}
2 - The “Let’s jump in and wallow in” group.
Both of these are not good. [Romans 6:1]
Catholic joke:
Starts with a quick recap of the story of the Prostitute...
“And so Jesus tells them, ‘Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.’ And all the pharisees and holy men walk away, with their heads down, for they all know that they have sinned. But then one small stone comes hurling from the crowd, and smacks the prostitute in the head...
... “MO-OMMMM! Cut that out!!!”