BOOK OF GENESIS

This is one of the several examples of Biblical injuntions to burn transgressors at the stake. See Related Quotes for others. Both New and Old Testamant not only did not condemn this cruelty, but actually proscribed it. This was one of the reasons that it was so difficult for Christian nations to abolish the practice. This also is a very notewothy Biblical quotation becasue the daughter in law was to be burned at the stake, even thiugh she was pregnant. In the Old Tetament, the fetus was not considered a person and preserving the life of the unborn child was not considered important becasue the fetus only became a person when the head of the baby could be seen emerging from the mother's vagina. Then and only then was their a life that commanded respect and protection.

This is one of the several examples of Biblical injuntions to burn transgressors at the stake. See Related Quotes for others. Both New and Old Testamant not only did not condemn this cruelty, but actually proscribed it. This was one of the reasons that it was so difficult for Christian nations to abolish the practice. This also is a very notewothy Biblical quotation becasue the daughter in law was to be burned at the stake, even thiugh she was pregnant. In the Old Tetament, the fetus was not considered a person and preserving the life of the unborn child was not considered important becasue the fetus only became a person when the head of the baby could be seen emerging from the mother's vagina. Then and only then was their a life that commanded respect and protection.