Today's Sermon: "An Eye for an Eye, Versus, Turn the Other Cheek"

[Philosoraptor]

OLD TESTAMENT:

The phrase "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth", a quotation from Exodus 21:23-27, expresses a principle of retributive justice also known as lex talionis (Latin for "law of retaliation"). The basis of this form of law is the principle of proportionate punishment, often expressed under the motto "Let the punishment fit the crime", which particularly applies to mirror punishments (which may or may not be proportional). At the root of the non-biblical form of this principle is the belief that one of the purposes of the law is to provide retaliation for an offended party. This early belief is reflected in the code of Hammurabi and in the laws of the Old Testament (e.g., Exodus 21:23-25. Leviticus 24:18-20, Deuteronomy 19:21).

NEW TESTAMENT:

"But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,"
"Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also. Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again. And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise." (Luke 6:28-31. King James Version)

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Same book, different message.

[pooja]

1. New testament doesn't apply to either jew or muslims... only christians

and they are not a majority rule population.

[Toots]

2. How about the "Golden rule" does that also not apply?

And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise."

[Joanne98]

3. We need a new religion. One that doesn't include evil people.

[kiki]

4. "I've always tried to do everything it says in the Bible...

...even the stuff that contradicts the other stuff!"

- Ned Flanders

[Ghost Dog]

5. Not the same book:

Many books that have come to be bound (perhaps unfortunately) together.