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.
As in Banishment? Into the Wilderness, away from the society and all its support systems? Leading to a most certain death at the hands of the beasts or starvation and thirst?
But in today's connected world that one might not work so well.
Besides, I sorta remember God determined the penalty to be stoning, no?
Geno
The desert is a true treasure for him who seeks refuge from men and the evil of men. In it is contentment In it is death and all you seek (Quoted from "The Bleeding of the Stone" Ibrahim Al-Koni)
