The Reconstructionalists are one modern group, but from the very beginning
of Christianity, there have been MANY different groups which in various
respects have looked at the commandments of the Old Testament and said, "hey
there is a lot of good stuff in here that we should still be doing".
Dear Gilberto,
And none of them went as far as the Reconstructionalists.
" From the beginning there were Jewish Christians who believed the Torah was
still binding. The Ethiopian Orthodox Church is one which had more
"Judaizing" tendancies than some others. Hebrew Israelites are another such
group. So are Seventh Day Adventists in their own way. Worlwide Church of
God. etc. "
But none of these attempted to enforce things like stoning adulterers.
"Well it certainly wasn't a nerfing. Actually, pressing by rocks is included
in some definitions of stoning."
I don't remember it ever being suggested that Bilal was stoned."
Bilal was subjected to the same treatment as the man in Salem.
"In a larger sense it may be said of other methods :
having a single stone of sufficient size placed upon them so as to prevent
their breathing
having a large door placed upon them and laden with stones
being thrown from a height onto a large stone or rock outcropping."
That's not the kind of 'stoning' spoken of in the Old Testament which is
what we are talking about.
"But in your previous e-mail you just said there weren't any prisons."
My point was that imprisonment wasn't regarded as a form of punishment, per
se.
"You have a way of removing parts of the discussion from their contexts.
"atomizing" a discussion in a way which avoids the main point."
I was about to say the same thing about you. ;-} We seem to be getting away
from the question as to whether or not Christians ever stoned anybody for
adultery.
I think, by the way, you are vastely overestimating the numbers of Christian
Reconstructionalists. As Mark pointed out, Gary North went over to Christian
Identity. Fundamentalists have become increasingly politicized over the past
thirty years, but very, very few are Reconstructionalists.
warmest, Susan
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