Posted on 04/18/2016 6:26:47 AM PDT by shortstop
Oh, you though he was telling the truth?
So you hate Christians.
You are delusional and so blinded by bias, that you are incapable of seeing reality.
And the whole OT verse is "AN AYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH, BUT VENGaNCE IS MINE, SO SAYETH THE LORD! ".
Finally my Dad told me to hit them back 10 times harder and to not stop until they're on the ground, which I proceeded to do and I never had any further problems with bullies. To this day I'm an eye for an eye type of guy when it comes to physical violence because it works. Jesus’s recommendation on turning the other cheek doesn't seem to apply in a lot of situations and Jesus himself wasn't beyond opening up a can of whoop ass on the money changers in the temple.
And if we're talking Christian forgiveness of our enemies here, I haven't seen a lick of love thy enemies from Cruz supporters, just pure hate and often slander towards Trump supporters.
Interesting. I suppose they may have knocked out a tooth. Until the other guy said - “Hey how about I give you a piece of silver? That’s about equal don’t you think?”
In Judaism (and in our chutzpah we claim to know the intent,) “Eye for an eye...” is not literal, rather it establishes the basis of monetary compensation for injury. Of course the elaboration of the applicable portion of the laws is expounded upon in the Talmud.
Thank you. I know it wasn’t until a few years ago that I understood (after teaching by our pastor) that the idea of an “eye for an eye” was a GOOD thing!
My wife likes the one in the New Testament about how being kind to one that hate you is like heaping coals on their head. (Or something). I’m guessing she is focusing more on the heaping coals than the being kind part though!
You should possibly suspect her (I’m joking) of studying the works of Jewish Chassidic philosophy which speak in exquisite depth about the love of G-d in terms of a coal... At times firery and at times seemingly cold or extinguished... But when one blows on it, the instead, internal flame leaps out. Ergo, your wife must be heaping those kind of coals...
Interesting! I emailed your comments to myself to do more research into that. I suspect that my ignorance of Jewish text and traditions does not do my Christian beliefs any good. I always find it interesting when I learn of things that are discussed in the New Testament that have a direct tie-in with the old.
Yeah, yeah, we all know that already because you Trumpsters parrot it all day long.
I realize that is a new concept to Cruz supporters.
Your opinion is your opinion, not the truth, but I’ve come to expect Trump fans to play fast and loose with the truth.
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