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Is that stated in the Bible or another reliable source? I don't understand why both would be required. There may well be a good reason, but it seems to me like - in a robbery committed by two men, one is caught and the other got away - and the "catchee" is released because they didn't catch...

Could it not be the man was simply more agile or elusive than the woman?

I've heard this idea that Jesus wrote the accusers' sins in the sand. I'm skeptical, as, if that were true, why would it not have been stated. That would have demonstrated their mindset and emphasised Jesus' oft stated insight into fallen mankind.

Fair point

So you agree mercy is not involved in stoning someone to death! That seems self-explanatory. I don't see how one can know (because it isn't stated) what Jesus wrote in the sand, or if it was intelligible. If, as I've heard before, He was expressing previous conduct by the accusers, I can see...

I've wondered that particular point. To what extent was the Mosaic Law restricted by secular law? I've wondered that in the case of homosexual acts. In Romans, Paul describes these as being worthy of death, but doesn't seem to specify whether the death penalty were to be carried out in the...

If there was a need to formally attest to what they saw, why didn't they get that opportunity? Do you think Jesus didn't believe them? As for Jesus' suggestion that "the one who has not sinned" cast the first stone - Jesus was of course not expecting to find such a person, as his stance on...

I don't understand. As I understand it, the Law taught that if a woman were caught in adultery by 2 or more witnesses, she was to be put to death. I don't see how "mercy" played a part in this.

I've considered this event. It seems the accusers were obeying the Mosaic Law when bringing the woman to justice. Why did Jesus not fulfil this commandment? Was it because His presence on Earth was issuing in a new legal era? Or something else?

On this subject - Has anyone seen the clip of Pat Robertson responding to a message from an old lady, where she talks of difficulty she experiences in finding money for tithing after a life-long commitment to Christ's cause. He tells her she can always find money by selling something she has...

As for your "friends" - Jesus' talk about the beam in one's own eye comes to mind.

Even 'though it may well not be stated overtly, I think the NT focusses on the seeking of spiritual things rather than material ones. Jesus said -paraphrasing:- "Focus not on the worldly treasures, which moth corrupts; focus on the things above, which are incorruptible." and "Seek ye first the...

I'm not a scientist, but apparently there is sufficient DNA-based evidence to show there's not a continuous line back to Noah's sons.

Having said that - I think the minister's idea that the Isaiah passage was referring to 9/11 was dodgy extrapolation.

I'm not sure what you are referring to by "it" re. mattering - the sinfilulness of various aspects of drinking?, the homosexuality or not of Ham?, the abuse or not of Noah?, the lineage of Noah?, or other? I think "it" may not be pivotal to central issues, but one or more aspects may be...

PS - I really try to avoid typos, but occasionally, some get through. I hope my overall post was clear.

Thanks for your input. I was surprised that Anderson taught that Ham was a homosexual and abused Noah. I've never seen that in the account or anywhere else. He seems to know the Bible pretty well - I'm surprised he came to that conclusion. I don't know if this belief is widely held in some...

It seems like similar reasoning to part of Rom1, where Paul calls unbelievers "inexcusable". Many have used modern concepts such as evolution to "explain the inecplicable".

Thanks. I didn't want to overstate the issue, but things such as these instances of "fulfilling prophecy" have "bugged" me at times.

I think that's a stretch. I've come across the idea that it was to fulfil a prophecy. That's seemed strange to me - the fulfilment of a prophecy being to fulfil a previously predicted event. I realise that it's stated in the Bible in this kind of way and I certainly don't want to go against...