Jesus was killed not by unbelievers in God but by believers ---who held other ideas that they magnified to the point of leaving no more room for other points of view. Religious cruelty could come not from those who do not believe in the same God, but from those who believe but have other ideas on the details of how to approach or worship God. Nothing could be uglier than a fight among brothers. Stephen was killed not by unbelievers but by his brethren who did not understand the new wave of spirituality that was already in him but not yet in them. Before he was stoned to death, Stephen asked his own people: Acts 7:52 Contemporary English Version (CEV) 52 Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn’t mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God.[a] And now you have turned against him and killed him. NEVER BE QUICK TO THROW THAT STONE.

Jesus was killed not by unbelievers in God but by believers ---who held other ideas that they magnified to the point of leaving no more room for other points of view.

Religious cruelty could come not from those who do not believe in the same God, but from those who believe but have other ideas on the details of how to approach or worship God.

Nothing could be uglier than a fight among brothers.

Stephen was killed not by unbelievers but by his brethren who did not understand the new wave of spirituality that was already in him but not yet in them. Before he was stoned to death, Stephen asked his own people:

Acts 7:52 Contemporary English Version (CEV)
52 Is there one prophet that your ancestors didn’t mistreat? They killed the prophets who told about the coming of the One Who Obeys God.[a] And now you have turned against him and killed him.

NEVER BE QUICK TO THROW THAT STONE.