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:::::: Liberals ''love'' the adulteress story, and cite and repeat it endlessly.  It flatly contradicts both the culture of the time and Jesus's own teachings, it is contrary to the death penalty and morality, and it directly undermines Christian values.  Do you know of any conservative scholar who earnestly defends its authenticity?  By conservative I mean in a political sense.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:47, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

:::::: Liberals ''love'' the adulteress story, and cite and repeat it endlessly.  It flatly contradicts both the culture of the time and Jesus's own teachings, it is contrary to the death penalty and morality, and it directly undermines Christian values.  Do you know of any conservative scholar who earnestly defends its authenticity?  By conservative I mean in a political sense.--[[User:Aschlafly|Andy Schlafly]] 18:47, 7 September 2009 (EDT)

:Andy, I think you missed an important point concerning politics entering into the equation by someone who opposed the death penalty. I wrote: "Opposition to the death penalty in the Middle East is likely fairly recent. It also appears the Roman Republic did not ban the death penalty until 1849."  In short, the liberal knee jerk opposition  to the death penalty did not likely exist (or was extremely rare) in the ANE culture of that time. The ANE culture as it relates to Judaism/Christianity was very conservative.  [[User:Conservative|conservative]] 00:57, 8 September 2009 (EDT)

:Andy, I think you missed an important point concerning politics entering into the equation by someone who opposed the death penalty. I wrote: "Opposition to the death penalty in the Middle East is likely fairly recent. It also appears the Roman Republic did not ban the death penalty until 1849."  In short, the liberal knee jerk opposition  to the death penalty did not likely exist (or was extremely rare) in the ANE culture of that time. The ANE culture as it relates to Judaism/Christianity was very conservative.  [[User:Conservative|conservative]] 00:57, 8 September 2009 (EDT)