Question:
Do you believe in---> An eye for an eye can make the while world blind? or do you believe an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?
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2014-04-22 12:51:20 UTC
Do you believe in---> An eye for an eye can make the while world blind? or do you believe an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth?

life for life? retaliation?

or live and let live, love and forgiveness? let others live in peace and move on?


peace cannot be gained by war...peace can only be gained by more peace, understanding,and love..

darkness cannot be fought with darkness, only light can do that...
hatred cannot drive out hatred, only love can do that..
where there's war there cannot be peace..
Eight answers:
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2014-04-22 12:53:34 UTC
Extremes in either case are wrong. Governing rules are there for boundaries and never mean they must always be enforced without mercy, imo; while to remove them completely in favor of a false sense of mercy as rule promotes only lawlessness and absence of protection where necessary. Therefore, both are right in proper understanding and there is a time for everything under the sun (Eccl 3)
Dr. octopus
2014-04-24 02:37:25 UTC
seems logic is the way. and it seems anyone can be rehabilitated but figuring out how to rehabilitate everyone might take a singularity. seems you should have unbiased compassion. if you switched consciousness with your enemy but left all your memories behind and had your enemies memory you would not know you switched bodies and memories. and you would be doing the same things your enemies are doing to you. so have compassion for your self as it seems your enemy is a reflection of your self.
Miley Cyrus
2014-04-22 12:52:49 UTC
There is a time for both.
2014-04-22 14:10:23 UTC
there is no actual "eye for an eye" biblical approach. The teaching was understood in ancient times simply to make the point that the punishment had to fit the crime. The point was to limit punishments to the level of the crime and not go overboard.



to our modern eye it seems to speak of revenge, but that is just a poor reading on our part. It is not about revenge and is instead about holding back revenge to ensure justice.



I think all would agree with "the punishment must fit the crime." Where we break down amongst us is defning how that applies to a specific situation. That was true then and now.



In some instances, we might agree that a more literal applicaton is appropriate, and in some others we would be making adjustments. Just like the ancients did.
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2014-04-22 14:00:10 UTC
I'm not entirely sure that it's that black and white. If someone makes off with my pencil or screws up my order at McDonald's then I'm not going to worry about it. If someone robs a bank they should spend the appropriate amount of time in jail. If someone does something to get a life sentence why not just execute them. Why spend the money to keep someone alive in prison who is going to die in prison.
Mike B
2014-04-22 13:11:03 UTC
The idea of an eye for eye to me is simply an act of taking revenge because you do not like or agree with the actions of others, the repercussions of which will just result in a circle of violence, even if it is through the supposedly legitimate actions of a court.



What an eye for an eye is saying is this, if someone kills my brother, I have a right to have that person killed, therefore extending that logic, the family of that person have the right to an eye for an eye, so they can call for the killer of their relative to be killed, and frrom this feuds and violence can escalate to full scale war.



No, I want a system that sees a person that has done wrong with compassion, to solve the problems that person has that lead them to doing wrong, not to abuse others because I or a friend or a family member have been wronged.



Is it not the place of religion to preach forgiveness?

So why does religion seek revenge?



Another reason for me to be an atheist.
anton t
2014-04-22 12:57:30 UTC
People who I am close to, people that have the same standards and acceptances as myself are treated as they treat me. Others, people outside my "circle" are not subject to my judgement.
2014-04-22 12:54:42 UTC
There's a moose loose aboot this house.


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