tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193745359560427451.post6453767375174708353..comments2024-03-28T02:36:00.269-07:00Comments on The Refiner's Fire Blog: Torah says we should stone disobedient children?Carmenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14998146626031186940noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193745359560427451.post-24992374419340323742015-10-17T08:58:45.178-07:002015-10-17T08:58:45.178-07:00You are absolutely correct! Thanks for posting!You are absolutely correct! Thanks for posting!Carmenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14998146626031186940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5193745359560427451.post-46240626766474942822015-10-17T01:57:44.293-07:002015-10-17T01:57:44.293-07:00It is ironic that many people have no problem with...It is ironic that many people have no problem with the capital punishment which IS permitted for example in certain states in the US, but cry out loud against Torah commandments which permit capital punishment to rid the society of wickedness which leads to moral corruption and only more wickedness. Also this particular Torah commandment seems to imply that the "son" is not a defiant toddler, but an adult; Deuteronomy 21:20: "They shall say to the elders, "This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious. He will not obey us. He is a glutton and a drunkard."" A "glutton and a drunkard", hardly a little child who does not yet fully know right from wrong and is not capable of mature emotional and behavioural regulation.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com