From: user6340@newsgrouper.org.invalid   
      
   Mike  posted:   
   > On 2025-12-20 11:13, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   > > Mike  posted:   
   >   
   > >> The Bible is clear what should be done with   
   > >> those who break the law.   
   > >   
   > > The stoning of Stephen was not a legally conducted   
   > > execution, it was perpetrated by an out-of-control   
   > > angry mob. Ask your AI thing if it thinks the stoning   
   > > of Stephen was a properly conducted execution under   
   > > Jewish law. I'm very interested in what it has to say.   
   >   
   >    
      
   Wow, is that thing dumb or what?   
   >   
   > St. Stephen was stoned around c. AD 34–35,   
   > shortly after Jesus’ crucifixion. At that   
   > time, the Jewish religious authorities (the   
   > Sanhedrin) were enforcing the Torah as   
   > interpreted by Jewish law. The first commandment,   
   > “You shall have no other gods before Me,”   
   > prohibited worship of any deity other than the   
   > God of Israel. From their perspective, proclaiming   
   > that Jesus was divine could indeed be seen as   
   > blasphemy or idolatry, which was considered a   
   > capital offense under Jewish law (Leviticus 24:16).   
   >   
   > So yes, from the standpoint of the Jewish authorities   
   > of the time, the stoning could be seen as “legal”   
   > according to their interpretation of the law.   
      
   Are you kidding me? That thing doesn't know that   
   the trial wasn't fair? Sheesh, I knew the thing   
   was dumb but this is even worse than I thought.   
   >   
   > Importantly:   
   >   
   > The New Testament didn’t exist yet, so there was no   
   > canonical text to validate Jesus’ divinity.   
   >   
   > The charge against Stephen was specifically blasphemy   
   > (Acts 6:13–14; 7:57–60). He was accused of speaking   
   > against Moses and God, which the Sanhedrin treated   
   > as a violation of the law.   
      
   The trial hadn't ended when the angry mob took over   
   and dragged Stephen away and started stoning him   
   without an official verdict having been given. It's   
   such a shame that your dumb AI thing is misleading   
   you with false information. I'm not even going to   
   bother reading whatever else the dumb thing had to   
   say.   
      
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