The Hebrews and Stoning

by Clam 16 Replies latest watchtower bible

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  Clam

  Thank you everyone, especially those who gave some interesting links which I’ve been reading. Uncle B your pictures were chilling to say the least. Here's some detail from the Islamic stoning section of the Wikipaedia reference Blondie gave:

  The person to be killed is wrapped in a sheet and buried; male convicts are buried from the waist down, female convicts are buried deeper to prevent the breasts from becoming exposed. The crowd then pelts the victim with stones small enough so that one cannot cause death by itself. In some places, if the criminal manages to struggle free and escape, further punishment is cancelled.

  LDH yes I remember seeing your thread but I just couldn’t bring myself to look at a snuff film, especially with the victim being a child. People’s barbarity and ignorance never ceases to amaze me at the best of times.

  I had known that stoning was widespread throughout the ancient world, but do not recall its practice in Greece. Thanks Narkissos.

  Jehovah and Allah in particular though: well done for endorsing such a humane piece of justice. No wonder so many people worship you both.

  
  

  
  
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  greendawn

  That is a diabolical way of killing people and though the Jews had to give it up at least after losing their state, surprisingly some Moslem countries such as Saudi Arabia and Iran have carried over this barbaric practice into the 21st century.
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  Narkissos

  Here's a very interesting article (with quite a few references on the ancient Greek practice of stoning among others):

  http://academic.reed.edu/poli_sci/faculty/rejali/rejali/articles/lapidation.htm
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  vitty

  There was a real life stoning on the internet a while back. I didnt watch it but my husband did. It took him a while to run through it but he felt "compelled "to. He told me how they did it, it really stayed with me for a long time and I couldnt get it out of my mind (my hubby was haunted too) and vowed he would never watch anything like that again.

  This was when we were in the "truth". Listening how stoning was so easily dismissed on the platform, through pious talks and by CHILDREN is truly horrendous when people are still killed this way.

  I know some of us may feel that certain perverts deserve this. But in reality a lot of innocent ppl suffer this death, which is glorfied by zealot christians and muslems and with the backing of "Gods Word"
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  Fangorn

  Friend of mine saw it up close and personal in the Middle East. Said it was about the nastiest thing he ever saw.
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  El Kabong

  This song just popped into my mind while reading this thread:
  
  Well, they'll stone ya when you're trying to be so good,
  They'll stone ya just like they said they would.
  They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to go home.
  Then they'll stone ya when you're there all alone.
  But I would not feel so all alone,
  Everybody must get stoned.
  
  Well, they'll stone ya when you're walkin' 'long the street.
  They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to keep your seat.
  They'll stone ya when you're walkin' on the floor.
  They'll stone ya when you're walkin' to the door.
  But I would not feel so all alone,
  Everybody must get stoned.
  
  They'll stone ya when you're at the breakfast table.
  They'll stone ya when you are young and able.
  They'll stone ya when you're tryin' to make a buck.
  They'll stone ya and then they'll say, "good luck."
  Tell ya what, I would not feel so all alone,
  Everybody must get stoned.
  
  Well, they'll stone you and say that it's the end.
  Then they'll stone you and then they'll come back again.
  They'll stone you when you're riding in your car.
  They'll stone you when you're playing your guitar.
  Yes, but I would not feel so all alone,
  Everybody must get stoned.
  
  Well, they'll stone you when you walk all alone.
  They'll stone you when you are walking home.
  They'll stone you and then say you are brave.
  They'll stone you when you are set down in your grave.
  But I would not feel so all alone,
  Everybody must get stoned.
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  Clam

  Narkissos once again thank you. Fascinating article.