But not in the New Testament. Jesus said something like, He who has not sinned, throw the first stone. I'm with that more than putting people to death, thank you.
In Michigan circa 1980's I studied the Bible as literature in a section of high school humanities class. Reading the actual Bible as opposed to Bible stories is what turned me agonstic. I think we were assigned to read Psalms and Proverbs but I did some extra reading.
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