Quote: Perhaps there is something to be said of the "good old days" when adultery was not accepted in the community and transgressions led to dire consequences here on earth rather than in the in afterlife.
Now you're going overboard. I'm glad you and I weren't neighbors in Salem in the 17th century.
Quote: According to the Gospel of John, the Pharisees, in an attempt to discredit Jesus, brought a woman charged with adultery before him. Then they reminded Jesus that adultery was punishable by stoning under Mosaic law and challenged him to judge the woman so that they might then accuse him of disobeying the law. Jesus thought for a moment and then replied, “He that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stone at her.” The people crowded around him were so touched by their own consciences that they departed. When Jesus found himself alone with the woman, he asked her who were her accusers. She replied, “No man, lord.” Jesus then said, “Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.”
"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" - Mary Oliver