In the year 404 AD, long after the complete triumph of Christianity, the gladiatorial games were proceeding as usual in the Roman amphitheater when the monk Telemachus flung himself into the arena to protest, and was stoned to death by the Christian spectators,
Hypatia a pagan female mathematician living in Alexandria in the 4th-5th centuries was stoned by a Christian mob in 415, in part for her beliefs.
Constantine, the founder of the heretical Bogomils sect was sentenced to stoning by the Emperor at the time.
On 8/4/05, Gilberto Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 7/31/05, Susan Maneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:"Even today, there are some reconstructionist
Christians who want to establish a theocracy and want stoning
implemented as punishment."
Perhaps, but it has never been done in historical Christianity.*389 to 390 * All non-Christian date-methods are outlawed. Hordes of fanatic hermits from the desert flood the cities of the Middle East and Egypt and destroy statues, altars, Libraries and pagan Temples and lynch the Gentiles. Theophilus, Patriarch of Alexandria, starts heavy persecutions against the Gentiles, turns the Temple of Dionysos into a Christian church, burns down the Mithraeum of the city, destroys the Temple of Zeus and burlesque the pagan priests before they are killed by stoning. The Christian mob profanes the cult images.from:Here is a statement from the reconstructionists, a modern movement:Bahnsen concluded that "there is no cancellation of the death sentence for those crimes which are specified in the Older Testament...." (5) In the words of Mark Rushdoony, son of R.J. Rushdoony, "The divorce problem will be solved in a society under God's law because any spouse guilty of capital crimes (adultery, homosexuality, Sabbath desecration, etc .) would be swiftly executed, thus freeing the other part to remarry.... Parents would be required to bring their incorrigible children before the judge and, if convicted, have them stoned to death." (6) Like the younger Rushdoony, Gary North has insisted upon stoning as the "most covenantally valid form of execution,"Gary North wrote, "Public stoning forces citizens to face the reality of the ultimate civil sanction, execution, which in turn points to God's ultimate sanction at judgment day. Stoning also faithfully images the promised judgment against Satan: the crushing of his head by the promised Seed" ( Tools of Dominion, page 44).In the Salem witch trials, at least one man was "stoned" in the sense of being crushed by a rock. And two dogs were pelted by stones.Here are some more extensive statements from Reconstructionists speaking in favor of stoning:(some as recently as 1998)(and there is some other generally scary stuff in here as well)In Calvin's Geneva, some people were excuted for adultery, and the passages in Deuteronomy on stoning were cited by Calvin in support of his position but apparently it doesn't seem as if they were actually stoned. (drowning and decapitation are mentioned)There are also examples of Christians stoning witches and Jews throughout history. But stoning is almost intrinsically a mob behavior so it is hard to find good accounts. So Christians have certainly stoned people who were thought to be sinful/evil/bad in Christian terms. And there are certainly examples of Christians today who approve of stoning and would like to see stoning implemented as a regular punishment. I'm still looking to see if there is an example of a court that officially "sentenced" someone to stoning. But given the first two facts I would be very surprised if such examples didn't exist.Obligatory Bahai Content:Are there statements in the Bahai writings about the Biblical "hudood" punishments? Do they give an idea of why stoning etc. were found in the Bible as punishments and were justified?I'm not sure if this is what the Bahai faith is saying, but to me it would be weird to argue that the punishment for these actions would change. Is the nature of the sex act today actually different from when it was 1000 years ago?PecaeGilbertoThe information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto ("e-mail") is sent by the Johnson County Community College ("JCCC") and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. 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