Vengeance, Retaliation and Revenge - Anyone Got a Better Idea?
by
Dennis Diehl
One of the less great "thus sayeth the Lord" moments in the Bible was the imposition of the very well know principle of "an eye for an eye and and a tooth for a tooth." I understand that an apologist can say it just means that people should be paid restitution for losses, but in practice, Governments and most Evangelicals, love the literal translation. The Old Testament reality is proof it was not taken in any other way than literally. The People of the Book still take it quite literally.
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id=305567 - Sep 20, 2006
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