Deuteronomy 21:18–21 is an explicit "shall" for parents to submit their unruly children to death. It isn't a punishment, it is a commandment of the law.
You believe unruly children should be executed?
You believe unruly children should be executed?
You are really making it a habit of misrepresenting scripture by removing verses/passages from their context and causing them to be generalized. Whether its malicious or not, you are also missing important details within certain verses as well as ignoring some key things about my position that I have made very clear...
1. Deu 21:18-21 contains both laws that a son is breaking, and a penalty (capital punishment in this case) for breaking laws. Like I've stated many times, the messiah's body paid for the earthly penalties (curses) associated with breaking "old" covenant laws.
2. I'm not saying that this is what you were inferring, but just in case you were.... this is not speaking of young children. Unruly... yes. And someone's son... yes. But this is speaking of a "bitter, worthless, alcoholic"... not a young kid.
3. This is one out of context situation in an entire court system... A parent couldn't just decide that his son (not young child) was being unruly and just go stone him. Just like how we have for capital punishments in our society today, there were many other things in place before it could get to that point:
Deuteronomy 16:18-20
18 “Appoint judges and civil servants according to your tribes in all your cities that the Lord your God is about to give you, so they may judge the people impartially. 19 You must not twist justice, show favoritism, or take bribes, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and subverts the speech of the righteous. 20 You are to pursue justice—and only justice—so you may live and possess the land that the Lord your God is about to give you.”
Deuteronomy 17:8-13
8 “If a case is too difficult for you to decide with respect to bloodshed, civil claims, assault and battery, or other matters of dispute within your courts, bring it to the place that the Lord your God will choose. 9 Present the case to the Levitical priest or the judge at that time. When you have inquired and they have announced the verdict, 10 carry out the verdict that was declared to you at the place that the Lord will choose. Carefully observe all of their instructions to you 11 in accordance with what the Law says and in accordance with the verdict that will be handed to you. You must not deviate from the verdict that they declare to you either to the right or to the left. 12 If a man presumptuously disregards the priest who is serving the Lord your God there, or the judge, that person must die so you will purge evil from Israel. 13 Then all the people who hear will be afraid and will not act presumptuously again.”
Deuteronomy 19:15-21
15 “The testimony of one person alone is not to suffice to convict anyone of any iniquity, sin, or guilt. But the matter will stand on the testimony of two or three witnesses. 16 When a malicious witness takes the stand against a man and accuses him, 17 then both must stand with their dispute in the Lord’s presence, the priests, and the judges at that time. 18 The judges will investigate thoroughly. If the false witness lies in testifying against his relative, 19 do to him just as he intended to do to his relative. By doing this you will purge evil from your midst. 20 When others hear of this, they will be afraid and will not do such an evil deed again in your midst. 21 Your eyes must not show pity—life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, and foot for foot.”
Deuteronomy 24:16
16 “Fathers are not to be put to death on account of their children’s sin; nor are children to die on account of their fathers’ sin. Each person is to be put to death for his own sin.