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To: topcat54
the “point” of the Biblical reference has to do with YOU posting a remark about Gingrich & his wife's supposed " extramarital affair"...

‘Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.” shezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...
68 posted on 03/30/2009 8:26:22 AM PDT by kellynla (Freedom of speech makes it easier to spot the idiots! Semper Fi!)
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To: kellynla
‘Let the one among you who is guiltless be the first to throw a stone at her.” shezzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Ah, then in that case you obviously misinterpreted the passage.

In the context, the Pharisees brought the woman to Jesus to catch Him on a matter of the law. Their problem was that they were not fulfilling the requirements of the law which was that both parties in the adulterous affair were to be stoned to death (Lev. 20:10). They only produced the woman. Clearly justice could not be done in this case. An accuser had to cast the first stone (Deut. 17:7), but since no accuser was innocent with regard to the facts and procedure in the case, no one was suitable to cast the first stone.

The watch word still is “go and sin no more”, not “take the adulterous partner as your new wife.”

70 posted on 03/30/2009 9:02:26 AM PDT by topcat54 ("Naysayers" laughing at a futurist is not scoffing at God.)
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