Yeah, but note that this is used by Muslims as supposed evidence against Jesus' divinity. After all, that would make God inconsistent.
And note also that we don't see Jewish people who deny Jesus' divinity still don't follow that command for those who violate the sabbath.
So, is it "getting with modern times" to stop stoning, or is it "violating God's will with human 'modernization'?" After all, liberal theologians argue that views toward homosexuality are obsolete--if stoning is abandoned without a direct command from God, why not homosexuality? And why do many "Christians" still practice the anti-New Testament barbaric practice of mutilating their babies' genitalia?
Stoning is a good idea if God Almighty commands it to be done.
Remember that in Luke 3:14, Jesus commanded to do violence to no man. How can one not be a pacifist to be a true "Christian" if we are to follow those words?
I don't comment thus to be belligerent--I ask them as what I think are very legitimate and important questions if we are to comment on practices.
****Remember that in Luke 3:14, Jesus commanded to do violence to no man. How can one not be a pacifist to be a true “Christian” if we are to follow those words?****
Luke 3:14 (Amplified Bible)
14Those serving as soldiers also asked him, And we, what shall we do? And he replied to them, Never demand or enforce [a]by terrifying people or by accusing wrongfully, and always be satisfied with your rations (supplies) and with your allowance (wages).
There is a line of historical thought that Christianity deposits the first infection of liberalism in the West. Edward Gibbon is of this line and it's somewhat hard to completely dismiss.