Are Christian parents still expected to kill their disobedient children?
1) Are Christian parents still expected to kill their disobedient children? Christians were *never* expected to kill their disobedient children. 2) The bible clearly states that disobedient children are to be stoned. Why is it that only seems “clear” to people who extract that passage from its very important textual context? The textual context, besides giving several *mandatory* prerequisites before such an action can take place, also teaches that this regulation is required only of the Jews. The Jews teach that is true, and Christians teach that is true. As you can see yourself, there are several important prerequisites mentioned even in the **immediate** textual context. Now, read the rest of Deuteronomy and tell me if you can come to the conclusion that this regulation is required of Christians, or if those you have mentioned here are the only prerequisites required before a set of parents can legally execute their child.
It wasn’t for the parents to decide whether or not their children were to be stoned. There were judges in Israel to do that. We still have judges today and we still punish rebellious wicked teens by putting them in detention and prison. Then some of them, when they get out, become worse and worse criminals. Some murder their own parents. Certainly if any nation would follow God’s laws in the Old Testament they would have a better nation! Because people are allowed to get away with so much, there is more and more crime. Laws without teeth are useless–as we’re finding out!
“Christian” parents were NEVER expected to kill their disobedient children…JEWISH parents were expected to kill their disobedient children. Jesus clearly eliminated the “stoning people for sin” responsibility from his followers (“let he who is without sin cast the first stone”)…I don’t know who removed that requirement from the Jewish law. As for why many Christians simultaneously ignore this passage (and MANY others) while trying to enforce other “laws” from the same book (and even the same chapter sometimes), I’d say the answer is obvious…because they missed one of the main points that Jesus made. Surely that isn’t surprising when Jesus said such things would happen…that “false prophets” would deceive “many”. From Matthew 7… “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons
