Re: [OT] Good, evil and religion [WAS] Re: A way to compile 3rd party modules into deb system?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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On 05/16/07 00:40, Chris Bannister wrote:
> 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?

Absolutely not a compromise.

With that phrase, Israel's Eeeeeevil jealous monotheistic deity
(well, the priests who wrote it, since There Is No God) changed the
bedrock of jurisprudence from *vengeance* to *reciprocity*.

- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!

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