Oh yes! And why the children were the first to gather the stones and to begin chasing her with them, because they're young and had less oppurtunity to sin yet! heh.
I'm actually leaning heavily towards the idea of the stoned person being a scapegoat for their sins, a sacrifice almost. Yes. this makes sense to me!
Re: S/he who throws the first stone
Date: 2006-03-09 10:10 pm (UTC)I'm actually leaning heavily towards the idea of the stoned person being a scapegoat for their sins, a sacrifice almost. Yes. this makes sense to me!
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