Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?
On Thu, May 10, 2007 at 09:17:20AM -0400, judd@wadsworth.org wrote:
> On 10 May, Joe Hart wrote:
>
> > ...
>
> >
> > I really just wish that Christians would adhere to the lessons that
> > they so firmly believe in. But alas, we have a whole lot of people
> > that seem to do well on Sunday and forget about the rest of the week.
> >
> > Is it a turn the other cheek world we live in or is the eye for an eye
> > world?
> >
> > Joe
> >
>
> The two are not mutually exclusive. The traditional interpretation of
> the "eye for an eye" verse is that the punishment should fit the crime,
> but not exceed it, i.e. "an eye for an eye", not two eyes or a life.
> This was a somewhat radical concept at the time.
Ahh ... interesting! So the "an eye for an eye" concept is actually
closer to the "turn the other cheek" concept -- a compromise?
--
Chris.
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