The
Bible opens with two polar opposite stories about the creation of humans – but I could not see that for a very long
time. I had been taught to read my Bible from an “authority first” perspective. “Authority
first” is a very “religious” way
of reading the Bible and in my religion it meant – submit, comply, obey and don’t question authority! For us, God
was the highest authority of all and the leaders of our religion were
God’s authorized agents, therefore “good
Christians” were supposed to submit, comply,
obey and not question God’s authorized agents either!!! Continue reading at
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The witnesses, laying their coats at the feet of Saul, were the men that would cast the first stones at Stephen in Acts 7. Why did they all lay their coats at Saul’s feet? The Talmud contains a very interesting account of the act of stoning that may provide the answer. “When the trial was over, they take him [the condemned person] out to be stoned. The place of stoning was at a distance from the court, as it is said, ‘Take out the one who has cursed.’ [i] A man stands at the entrance of the court; in his hand is a signaling flag [Hebrew sudarin = sudar , ‘scarf, sweater’]. A horseman was stationed far away but within sight of him. If one [of the judges] says, ‘I have something [more] to say in his favor,’ he [the signaler] waves the sudarin , and the horseman runs and stops them [from stoning him]. Even if [the condemned person] himself says, ‘I have something to say in my favor,’ they bring him back, even four of five times, only provided that there is some substance to...
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