Stoning a Disobedient Child to Death...Does the Bible Really Command This?

Aaron Minsky, author of Beyond Faith - http://www.beyondfaithbyaaronminsky.com - looks into the claim that the Bible contains immoral commands such as that you should stone your children to death if they disobey. Move beyond the surface of the text to discover the true Bible! For more information check out his book at the website above.

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Education

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• rebellious child
• disobedient child
• stoning
• bible
• torah
• talmud
• judaism

[Harakat123]

Pursuit of happiness in the decleration is more abstract than the imperative of stoning which is more explicit. Im sorry. As an believer i struggle with this and it shouldnt be met with irony but seriousness

[voncello]

@Harakat123 There is no need to struggle. Just study Jewish sources that discuss how this law was interpreted and you will find that no child was ever stoned to death. My point is that taking a law like this literally, without any knowledge of how it was actually applied, is as irrational as taking the pursuit of happiness literally. Whether Jewish or American, law is complex. To understand a law one must study cases and read the decisions of judges. Taking a law out of context is pointless.

[smartass250]

so he should be killed alot aspetaly if the perants are the problem

[voncello]

@shyanndreamcatcher Good point about the "royal family". Funny how so many people trust their version. For a good basic Bible with just a touch of rabbinic commentary to clarify things I like the Stone Edition Chumash published by Art Scroll. In my book I have a whole chapter on the problems with English translations of the Bible. Even in the first 10 sentences there are many mistakes and if you really look carefully at the language a lot of it makes no sense.

[voncello]

@shyanndreamcatcher Great. The trouble is that Jews don't read the Bible straight through. They believe that the Bible is like a website full of hyperlinks. Each word is a symbol that leads to paragraphs of commentary. So the best way to get an understanding of it is to buy a Bible that includes rabbinical commentary, such as those published by Art Scroll. If Christians would read through even a few chapters with such commentary they would see that the Bible is much more complex than it appears.

[shyanndreamcatcher]

@voncello I did learn a few things, not to jump to conclusions and look for the Bible your reading from. I am sorry..