Are you a Christian? Are you aware that God sent His Son, Jesus to die and pay the penalty for our sin. ALL our sin deserves death, but Jesus paid the price for our sins.
Talking about stoning as God's law disregarding 'the rest of the story' is irresponsible.
I am indeed a Christian, and am well aware that Jesus died for my sins, and am very grateful for that. He is my Lord and Saviour.
"ALL our sin deserves death, but Jesus paid the price for our sins."
I so much agree with this and am so thankful that if we accept Him as our Saviour we will not need to pay for our sins for all eternity.
"Talking about stoning as God's law disregarding 'the rest of the story' is irresponsible."
I'm just curious, do you not believe in capital punishment? I hate it, and could not possibly be the person to flip the switch or give the injection. But I do believe that it is an injunction that God gave to government to deal with certain societal sins. I absolutely hate the thought of stoning, but evidently God thought that it was a justifiable punishment for adultery and rape.
To me it says just how awful adultery actually is that God would assign such a horrible punishment for it. I think in our society that we have come to lose our horror of adultery, and in many cases even our distaste for it.
Thankfully we are still horrified by rape.