Does this "ring a bell" with anyone? Pardon the pun. I have a vague recollection of being a kid, and struggling to figure out how to reconcile the practice of execution by stoning with a loving God. Actually, that memory isn't vague at all, that struggle was quite persistant; the vague part is hearing or seeing either the Society or my parents, try to reason on stoning.
I think this may have been my first experience with cognitive dissonance. Hmmmm, no wonder I was depressed most of my life, lol.
Does anyone recall the Society ever reasoning something along the lines of
"well, the Isrealites no doubt used large stones first, so that the person would have been quickly knocked out if not killed immediately. See, not cruel at all!" ??? Sounds like something from a Monty Python skit as I think about it now.
Anyone else remember this? Anyone else remember having trouble getting your mind around this one?
Im'a be a frickin' Papist with a John Paul mask. The Real Slim Sixy