On 7/31/05, Susan Maneck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Even today, there are some reconstructionistChristians 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
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
http://www.askwhy.co.uk/christianity/0800DarkAge.html
In the year 404AD, 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
Dear
Gilberto,
Mob
violence (which usually involves throwing rocks) cannot be equated with
executions by stoning.
warmest, Susan
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