Iona said that God declared stoning to be good...

On the assumption that he / she / it exists and therefore is capable of thought and deed, that alone makes God an evil bastard beneath contempt. Now.. as many good people, Joe Offer included, may well wince at such a statement, it just goes to prove that Iona's God is not the God everybody else is talking about.

After all, the God many of my family and friends follow is not evil, is caring and seems to answer their prayers, (in conjunction with the council, the wages office where they work and everything else that gives us a good deal that some ascribe to God...)

So, are we talking the God most Christians are familiar with and many of the rest of us having a passing acquaintance with, or the disgusting article Iona tells us likes to stone women?

I reckon if The Pope and Archbishop of Canterbuty read this thread, they'd cut up their dog collars....