Why must a man stone his son to death?

Question

Deuteronomy 21

21:18 If a man have a stubborn and rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will not hearken unto them:
21:19 Then shall his father and his mother lay hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and unto the gate of his place;
21:20 And they shall say unto the elders of his city, This our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard.
21:21 And all the men of his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou put evil away from among you; and all Israel shall hear, and fear.

But I thought it was the word of God? Why are you allowed to pick and choose what's the word of God and what isn't?

Either all of it is the word of your God or none of it is.

Answer 1

Sick, isn't it?

Answer 2

Many years ago the Levitical Laws were formulated to keep a society together . It/they worked.

With no jails, social workers, or anyone else available to pamper and cojackel a son or daughter there was little choice but to stone or or even strangle a rebellious person.

This was done with the greatest of concern, not lightly.

This was the only way available ""to put evil away".

Public executions do indeed strike fear in to those who watch.

(I would not recommend it - but if THE LASH were administered to repeat offenders I do not think our prisons would be quite so full.)

Answer 3

Deuteronomy 21 is from the Old Testament which is a history book. Life was tough before Jesus came to earth and died for our sins. If you want to learn about today's Christians you need to look at the New Testament.

Answer 4

Toronto,
Many bring the Old Testament up when trying to attack Christianity. There is a "New Testament" in the Bible, and the days of it's earliest beginnings changed the order of observance of the Law of Moses.

It's towards the back of the Bible. It starts in "The Gospel According to Matthew", ends in "Revelation". You should read it sometime. It's revealing as to the function of the Law of Moses. And paramount to the relation of man's relationship with God in this Age of Grace through "Jesus Christ".

Answer 5

buy a NIV bible read how it words the passage then read the notes at the bottom mine says."put to the sword"means to kill.How could a merciful and just God order the destruction of entire population centers?he did this to protect his people from idol worship,which was certain to bring ruin to Isareal (20:18) in fact,because Isareal did not completely destroy these evil people as God commanded,Isarael was constantly oppressed by them and experienced greater bloodshed and destruction than if they had followed God's instruction's in the first place.we are not under that law any more Jesus came here and changed all that for us..hope this helped.if not I'm sorry I tried.

Answer 6

Sorry to your loss. Your son is subconscious interior the grave. -Ecclesiastes 9:5-10; Psalm 146:3-4; John 5:28-29. To misinform human beings, the demons use spiritism. The prepare of spiritism is involvement with the demons, the two in a right away way and by a human medium. The Bible condemns spiritism and warns us to maintain loose from each and every thing related with it. (Galatians 5:19-21) Spiritism does for the demons what bait does for fishermen. A fisherman makes use of a sort of baits to capture countless styles of fish. further, depraved spirits use different styles of spiritism to deliver each and every form of folk under their impression. one way demons misinform human beings is thru encouraging them to inquire of the lifeless. human beings grieving over the dying of a relatives member are frequently deceived by incorrect concepts approximately people who've died. A spirit medium can supply specific counsel or would communicate in a voice that seems to be that of a lifeless guy or woman. At different circumstances, by ability of apparitions, voices, and crafty strikes, the demons misinform human beings into believing that the residing can communicate with the lifeless.as a result, many human beings exchange into confident that the lifeless are particularly alive and that contacting them will help the residing to bear their grief. yet certainly one of these “convenience” is actual fake to boot as risky. Why? because of the fact the demons can imitate the voice of a lifeless guy or woman and supply a spirit medium counsel relating to the single that died. (a million Samuel 28:3-19) apart from, the lifeless have ceased to exist. (Psalm a hundred and fifteen:17) So “all of us who inquires of the lifeless” has been misled by depraved spirits and is performing opposite to the want of God. (Deuteronomy 18:10, 11; Isaiah 8:19) hence, be careful to reject this risky bait used by the demons.

Answer 7

member that the Old Testament was under the old Mosaic Law. That was done away with when Jesus Christ Came and died on the Cross for our sins... Do not confuse the Old with the New.

Answer 8

IMAO, that is quite wrong or some dumbshit eons ago messed up the translation and/or liberally inserted his/her own words/beliefs. the old testament is full of anger and is spiteful. whereas the new testament is all about love and compassion. so let's stick with the "new" and out with the "old".

Answer 9

One of the 10 commandments is "Honor your mother and your father" this just goes to show you how serious an offense it is to God to break a commandment.

Answer 10

Aren't you glad you're not living under Mosaic law?
You need to read this passage (and all Scripture) in context and ask yourself who the text is referring to.

As Christians, we are not required to live under Mosaic law.

Answer 11

to the true believer any thing that hinders your walk on the straight path needs to be moved.and remember when Allah said to Noah..."he may be thy son but he is not of thy family.so speak to me no more on his behalf"..for full story consult Quran.