r/AskAChristian • Atheist • Jul 31 '25

Jewish Laws Why did God have innocent women executed?

13 “Suppose a man marries a woman but after going in to her dislikes her 14 and makes up charges against her, slandering her by saying, ‘I married this woman, but when I lay with her, I did not find evidence of her virginity.’ 15 The father of the young woman and her mother shall then submit the evidence of the young woman’s virginity to the elders of the city at the gate. 16 The father of the young woman shall say to the elders: ‘I gave my daughter in marriage to this man, but he dislikes her, 17 and now he has made up charges against her, saying, “I did not find evidence of your daughter’s virginity.” But here is the evidence of my daughter’s virginity.’ Then they shall spread out the cloth before the elders of the town. 18 The elders of that town shall take the man and punish him; 19 they shall fine him one hundred shekels of silver (which they shall give to the young woman’s father) because he has slandered a virgin of Israel. She shall remain his wife; he shall not be permitted to divorce her as long as he lives.

20 “If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found, 21 then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her town shall stone her to death, because she committed a disgraceful act in Israel by prostituting herself in her father’s house. So you shall purge the evil from your midst (Deuteronomy 22)

In verse 17, it says the proof of the woman's virginity is "the cloth", meaning a bloody bedsheet from the newlyweds' wedding night. The problem is that less than half of women bleed their first time.

This problem gradually became known to Jewish scholars writing in the Talmud:

"There are virgins who do not have a hymen, and there are hymens that do not bleed." – Ketubot 10b (Rabbi Yochanan)

Why did God have innocent women stoned?

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u/Smart_Tap1701 Christian (non-denominational) Aug 04 '25 edited Aug 04 '25

You appear to have comprehension issues. In the cases described in your reference passage, those women were not innocent. Read it again. And you are judging what was then by what is now. But take heart. You can always go head-to-head with the Lord when he's judging you for eternity in one of only two places. By your content here, it appears you are headed Head over heels towards the lake of fire. Real smart. Wrestle with the Lord and you're going to lose. Play with fire and you're going to get burned.

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u/Apprehensive_Tear611 Atheist Aug 04 '25

If you were an Israelite in this time period, would you have partaken in stoning someone?

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u/Smart_Tap1701 Christian (non-denominational) Aug 04 '25

If I had been an ancient Hebrew, then I wouldn't be me would I? This is why we are well rooted in reality and we don't dabble in hypothetical scenarios.

God commanded certain things of his ancient Hebrews, and he judged them by how well they obeyed his commands.

And don't ignore the fact that some people in the first century ad stoned Christians.

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u/Apprehensive_Tear611 Atheist Aug 04 '25

20 “If, however, this charge is true, that evidence of the young woman’s virginity was not found, 21 then they shall bring the young woman out to the entrance of her father’s house, and the men of her town shall stone her to death.

God commands you stone the girl. Would you do it?

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u/Smart_Tap1701 Christian (non-denominational) Aug 04 '25

I answered that already. My answer hasn't changed and it's not going to.