That is a question that made a big impression on me and still does.
We forget the obvious at times until it is pointed out and hypocrisy is a human trait that requires exposure when seen for what it is.
The funny part of this little story in which a woman was caught having sex with a married man and the locals were set to stone her is it did not appear in the original manuscripts the bible was founded upon, but inserted at a later date.
Because it follows with the teachings of Jesus it fit. However if the Word of God can be compromised so easily, how much of the other is true?
It is a fair question I think. If any human endeavor appears suspicious we should question as the consequences for not questioning may be serious as in the Bernie Madoff fraud or the Nazi Concentration Camps.
Whoever wrote the story had compassion and an understanding of humanity and life.
It is too bad we will never know who wrote those words or how it came to being, yet it is the story itself that is important and what it attempts to teach.
