In the intervening years, since the stoning of sodomites was instituted, ... generally society itself has become less likely to stone folks for any offense.
Stoning was considered the most harsh or dreaded method of death penalty, people could still be killed in other ways if the stoning method was deemed over the top for the offence.
over time they could completely omit stoning as a punishment , whist keeping other more humane methods of death penalty.
Originally Posted by DBT
Originally Posted by nighthawk
Faith just means holding a conviction without evidence proof to an ontological certainty
Proof entails evidence... sufficient evidence to prove a proposition.
A creationist evangelist said the [scientifically hybridized] modern day banana
displayed all the evidence needed to prove God created the perfect banana from the start.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.