{Added personal thoughts in January 2018: It's been years since I wrote this post and our family went through this judgmental experience. In the years that have come and gone, many things have changed, my beliefs and faith have traveled a great journey, and I still no longer call myself a Christian. Though I do believe in a Divine Spirit of All which gives life to all. The other day I thought of this post, and of what I believed at the time based on what I had been taught, in comparison to my perspective today. I know this: We are immensely and powerfully much more than just a human, physical body living an earthly life. Our very life essence is soulful, energetic, and spiritual. That IS who we really are. We live in a temporary shell of a body but, in our truest nature, we are neither male nor female. May we all be granted the sight to see and appreciate the truth and value of ourselves and each other beyond all earthly labels assigned to us in this short life.}
“…he who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone…”
“The
scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman caught in adultery, and having set
her in the center of the court, they
said to Him, “Teacher, this woman has been caught in adultery, in the very act. Now in the Law Moses commanded us to stone such
women; what then do You say?” They were saying this, testing
Him, so that they might have grounds for accusing Him. But Jesus stooped down
and with His finger wrote on the ground. But
when they persisted in asking Him, He straightened up, and said to them, “He who is without sin among you, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” Again
He stooped down and wrote on the ground. When
they heard it, they began to go
out one by one, beginning with the older ones, and He was left alone, and the
woman, where she was, in the center of
the court. Straightening up,
Jesus said to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one
condemn you?” She said, “No one,
Lord.” And Jesus said, “I do not condemn you, either.
Go. From now on sin no more.” (John 8:3-11, NAS)
I will proclaim that I am not a Christian. For the
past five years, I have not placed myself under that man-made
label. Please, don’t call me a Christian.
