Thomas
Jefferson once said, “A moral sense is as
much a part of man as his leg or arm.” Genetics
has discovered that Jefferson was right! Every part of our bodies exist
because of the four letter DNA alphabet -- A,
T, G & C (adenine, thymine, guanine and cytosine). Along with
instructions for creating, arms, legs, eyes, ears, stomachs, brains, etc. – those instructions give every human a sense of right and wrong, an appreciation
of justice and fairness, gut feelings that are triggered by kindness and
cruelty, compassion and empathy. Continue reading at -
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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