I’m confused, perplexed, mortified, flabbergasted. And whatever other words you can find that are not routinely used in the trailer park. Why? Well, as I type this, apparently Mr. Saddam Hussein is going to be hanged for his crimes against humanity and beyond. I see headlines in the media that are almost gleeful and I suppose that there are a certain amount of citizens glad that he will soon die.
But I must ask myself, is it right to be happy when a human beings life is exterminated? No matter the human being in your eyes, is he not still a human being? To see a picture of cute Katie Couric below a picture of Mr. Hussein with a glaring headline “Time Running Out for Saddam” and not puke?
I’ll leave it for another day to discuss the death penalty, Thou Shalt Not Kill and other issues. For today, I just wonder, why rejoice in the death of a human? Is he not now in custody? Is he not now incapacitated? Is he not now incapable of the things that he formerly did?
Sharon says
December 30, 2006 at 11:48 amPerhaps this was simply an “eye for an eye?” Sad nonetheless…Couric is responsible for her gleefulness..that’s for sure!
Bigjolly says
December 31, 2006 at 8:12 amWhat was Christ’s response to an “eye for an eye”?
Sharon says
January 1, 2007 at 8:43 pmYou have heard that it was said, “AN EYE FOR AN EYE, AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH.†“But I say to you, do not resist him who is evil but whoever slaps you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also . . .†(NASB) Matthew 5:38-39
Eye for an Eye. Jesus starts by quoting from one of three Old Testament passages,
And the judges shall investigate thoroughly . . . Thus you shall purge the evil from among you. And the rest will hear and be afraid . . . Thus you shall not show pity: life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. (NASB) Deut. 19:18-21
The other passages are found in Exodus 21:24 and Leviticus 24:20. All three passages deal with legal cases. God set up a judicial system with judges and principles of law or guidelines to be used in deciding various situations. Exodus 21:24 is about miscarriages,
And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further injury . . . he shall pay as the judges decide. But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint as a penalty life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise. (NASB) Ex. 21:24
Bigjolly says
January 2, 2007 at 8:57 amWell, you got me. I’m not sure what you mean by quoting Jesus saying to do the opposite of the three OT verses you cite.