Joshua

Just a quick thought.....It was very difficult for me to get through Joshua. The violence throughout was often hard to swallow as was the stoning that God ordered. I have to admit it is difficult for me to believe God would order the stoning of a man and/or woman. It goes against the very core of what we have been taught to believe as Christians (well at least me throughout my Catholic upbringing, did I ever mention I have 25 years of Catholic schooling under my belt?).