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[–] 23220839? [S] 1 point -1 points (+0|-1) ago  (edited ago)

Who are you to interpret what Jesus meant? You're the one twisting Jesus' words. He very clearly stated it would be better for his followers to drown people who offend children, than to wait for God to punish them. Jesus even gave a specific method of drowning them. It is rare to see a specific method of punishment, but God did establish those methods in several specific cases such as Leviticus. This is one of the few cases in the New Testament.

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[–] 23246515? ago 

Matthew 18:6 " But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea."

In no way can a person with even the most tenuous grasp of the English language interpret that as a command to do something. It is a comparison, nothing more.

I am not interpreting what Jesus meant. I am reading and understanding his words. You are the "interpreter" and doing a horrible job at that.

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[–] 23248607? [S] ago 

If he didn’t want the punishment carried out in such a specific way, then he would not have been so highly detailed and specific.

He could have said: “it would be comparatively better for pedos to drown in a general sense than burn in hell.”

Instead, he says exactly what must be done, ie a millstone should be tied around their necks and and they be drowned in the depths of the sea. Not the shallows of the sea, not the middle of a deep puddle, but the depths of the sea.

How much more explicit do you need Jesus to be?