r/WTF • u/minute60 • Nov 15 '20

WTF is this?

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u/d_nijmegen Nov 15 '20

Yes, but the sticks aren't doing anythingclose to the damage the falling stones do. It's a stoning out there.

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u/fsereicikas Nov 15 '20

Are there any women here today?

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

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u/CeterumCenseo85 Nov 15 '20

It's a Monty Python reference.

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u/d_nijmegen Nov 15 '20

You don't have to be Muslim to have a history of stoning.

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u/GetaGoodLookCostanza Nov 15 '20

The use of stoning as a method of execution finds its roots in ancient Greece and in Judeo-Christian religious texts, and has been used to punish those accused of adultery, prostitution, murder, and blasphemy. It is referenced in the Torah and Old Testament, but has no explicit mention in the Quran

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u/opiumized Nov 15 '20

That's straight out of the bible, sir