"Stoning to Death" and Dishonesty of the Vatican
An Iranian court has sentenced a woman to be stoned to death. Reacting on the decision, the Vatican declared Islamic punishment “stoning to death” as brutal. Vatican spokesman Rev. Federico Lombardi said the church opposes the death penalty in general. He added that stoning is particularly a brutal form of capital punishment.
Bible is Word of God, according to the Catholic Church. Those who have read Bible know very well that “stoning to death” is an established punishment in Abrahamic religions. Here is a verse from Bible in which God ordained this punishment:
“Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.” (Deuteronomy 22: 21)
This clearly shows that the punishment of “stoning to death” was included in the Law given to Moses (AS). Before criticising a punishment of Islamic Shariah, we hope that the church must show some courage and moral honesty. Thus the church should first declare the punishments ordained by God in its holy book Bible to be brutal.
Bible is Word of God, according to the Catholic Church. Those who have read Bible know very well that “stoning to death” is an established punishment in Abrahamic religions. Here is a verse from Bible in which God ordained this punishment:
“Then they shall bring out the damsel to the door of her father's house, and the men of her city shall stone her with stones that she die: because she hath wrought folly in Israel, to play the whore in her father's house: so shalt thou put evil away from among you.” (Deuteronomy 22: 21)
This clearly shows that the punishment of “stoning to death” was included in the Law given to Moses (AS). Before criticising a punishment of Islamic Shariah, we hope that the church must show some courage and moral honesty. Thus the church should first declare the punishments ordained by God in its holy book Bible to be brutal.
There must be something more to the verse of bible otherwise its a bit too obvious to ignore by the church just like quotes by holy prophet (Ahadees) should be interpreted according to the context.
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Inam Arif Qasmi
To me, the only reason of ignoring this verse of Bible is that Catholic Church is becoming a more effective tool in the hands of Satan, with every passing day!
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