Eyes for Eyes, Teeth for Teeth and Life for Life...No Wonder Everyone is Blind, Angry and Can't Communicate

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Eyes for Eyes, Teeth for Teeth and Life for Life...No Wonder Everyone is Blind, Angry and Can't Communicate:

One of the less great 'thus sayeth the Lord' moments in the Bible was the imposition of the very well know principle of 'an eye for an eye and and a tooth for a tooth.' I understand that an apologist can say it just means that people should be paid restitution for losses, but in practice, Governments and many chosen people, practice the literal translation.

I assume that also went on to mean to those who know the deeper meanings of such things that it could also mean, 'a leg for a leg', 'a spine for a spine,' and 'a skull for a skull.' While God claimed the exclusive right to vengeance in the Old Testament (Psalms 94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges, O God who avenges, shine forth.' and in the New Testament, (Romans 12:19 'Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God's wrath, for it is written: 'It is mine to avenge; I will repay,' says the Lord,)

The Israelites pretty much did the work for Him, and many Christians who evolved to make up the Church of history did a darn nice job of inflicting God's wrath upon both the believer who believed the wrong thing and unbeliever who needed to be pursuaded.