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An interesting fact that might come in handy right about now: The Biblical quotation “An eye for an eye” is NOT a commandment to meet like force with like force. It is an injunction against meeting force with GREATER force. At the time it was written, punishments routinely exceeded the crime by a drastic margin – like cutting off a thief’s hand. “An eye for an eye” is Yahweh’s dictum that this shall not happen – that a man cannot respond to losing an eye by taking more than an eye as retribution. He is free to exact a lesser revenge, or even none at all. He just cannot exact a more severe one.
Posted on: Mon, 28 Jul 2014 17:11:51 +0000

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