Audio Bible

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Summary: Catgory errors are rife in the world of Biblical criticism
Review: Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, placed limits on revenge in ancient times. They once wanted to do much more. It is also a directive to government, not to individuals, effectively taking the perogative of personal vengence away.

Turn the other cheek is a directive given to individuals, not to governments. Both compliment each other in the sense that they remove the perogative of personal revenge, and place the power of justice in the hands of governments, and stipulate what that just punishment should be.

So what we have hear is a category error demonstraiting a woeful ignorance of scripture.

Rating:
Summary: Catgory errors are rife in the world of Biblical criticism
Review: Eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth, placed limits on revenge in ancient times. They once wanted to do much more. It is also a directive to government, not to individuals, effectively taking the perogative of personal vengence away.

Turn the other cheek is a directive given to individuals, not to governments. Both compliment each other in the sense that they remove the perogative of personal revenge, and place the power of justice in the hands of governments, and stipulate what that just punishment should be.

So what we have hear is a category error demonstraiting a woeful ignorance of scripture.

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Summary: Interpretation
Review: I've heard that the point of the statement of "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth" is that it does not refer to taking revenge, but to make a punishment fit the crime.

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Summary: Inconsistent
Review: This book tells you to use adapt the "eye for an eye, tooth for tooth"-philosophy, while at the same time telling you to "turn the other cheek" and not strike back. Now how are you supposed to do both?

I think the main reason for this, and many other inconsistencies (did I spell that right?) comes from the fact that it's not really one book, but a whole lot of books, written at various times, and then hastily thrown together by the monks/priests or whoever it was that was supposed to be the editors of this short story collection.