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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is no second place.  Christianity is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ.[/quote]

Catholics, Orthodox, and mainstream Protestants also have a long tradition of theologians who have helped interpret those teachings and explain how they apply outside of the time period Jesus lived in. Most Christians do not live today in societies where women accused of adultery have to face actual mobs of men with stones, but we "stone" them with our tongues through gossip and mass media.

Just wondering if you are a Christian from a denomination or non-domination all church that relies on a literal interpretation of the Bible?[/quote]

Jesus himself said, when confronting a mob preparing to stone an adulteress, "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone." The point being that only God is the judge of men and women. This succeeded in dispersing the mob. (John 8:7) So no need for centuries of theologians to interpret that, if anything the early church fathers were probably regressive compared to that.[/quote]

Forgot to add. When all the men had left, Jesus said he did not condemn her and let her go. [/quote]

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