would lessen crime today, or make it worse?
Ex: You steal, you get your hand cut off.
2006-06-17 05:23:08 · 22 answers · asked by cherripye99 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
If we had that there would be less crimes
2006-06-17 05:26:22 · answer #1 · answered by nastaany1 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Actually, eye for eye is not what you should do to the defaulter, but the maxium you can do to him.
In the law of the Lord, it is always very fair. If you read rape for example, rape carried out in city and village have different punishment. And there's a reason for it.
As for eye for eye, tooth for tooth is, if someone hurt you, the most you can do is to do the same, not more. Best is to forgive him.
Remember the city of refugee? It was set up all over the land, so that it can be reach by people who need a hiding place.
If I can quote, the Lev 19 is a way of holy living, which is duty to God, and duty to man. (I will not do into details).
Jesus has summerised the law into 2 commandment, love the Lord your God, and love your neighbour.
Paul had, in Rom 13 explain it clearly, if you love your friend, you will not do things to hurt them, things like steal, rape etc.
Mosic Law have many truth for us to learn. We need to see the underlining reason, if there is a principle to draw, if we can apply it wholesale, or we can use them as guideline.
We need wisdom from God, and we need to pray about it.
Happy seeking.
2006-06-17 12:43:31 · answer #2 · answered by Melvin C 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What goes round comes round as they say and I firmly believe in it too so eye for an eye or tooth for a tooth is probably true too but it has a funny way of working and sometimes the comes round can come back and haunt you or bless you when you least expect it!
My opinion
I know somebody who was racist-and what's so funny is this person is now going to be a grand parent to the same race that they were being racist about-thats a comes round and a half isn't it?
So we don't ever know what it is, or how it will come but it will somehow
2006-06-17 12:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by WW 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No I have never like that approach to crime. Even Biblical law ended that at Christ's death. Punishment should fit crime. We are so busy punishing white collar wealthy people that the serious armed robbery, rape & murder seem less important to court than Kenneth Lay. Take his business or fine him heavily - money talks with him or Martha Stewart. Do not waste jail space on someone who is not a danger to anyone.
2006-06-17 13:05:03 · answer #4 · answered by Wolfpacker 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We always have been tought that you deserve what you give to others -good or bad.
I have no problem with a punishment that is equal to crime and is fitting.
Problem is with our judicial system -it is not interested in finding out the truth -our courts just go through the motions and come to a conclusion without actually varifying the truth.
Our courts are controlled by an unscrupulous trial attornies and incompetant and corruptible judges and are governed by rules made by politicians who are controlled by lobbies and many of those law makers are unscrupulous trial attornies.
I have no problem with strong, brutal justice -it is just that I don't trust the American court system to deliver it correctly!
You can go to a wh*re house with a reasonable expectation of sex delivered to you but you cannot go to a courthouse with a reasonable expectation of justice delivered to you...in this regard American court houses are less worthy of respect than wh*re houses.
2006-06-17 12:35:25 · answer #5 · answered by dude 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth would only leave the whole world eventually blind and hungry.
2006-06-17 12:44:55 · answer #6 · answered by zephyrescent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No u got it wrong, if u steal u get something taken away from u not ur hand cut off. The point of it is if you kill someone u get killed. Yes i support this.
2006-06-17 16:54:04 · answer #7 · answered by Lana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, even though vengeance can be very sweet....
God said,
Romans 12:19
Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
God's revenge is much sweeter.... He knows where it hurts the worse and does the most good.
2006-06-17 12:43:45 · answer #8 · answered by MesquiteGal 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i feel this way if they brought back the death penality it would help and and eye for eye tooth for tooth would work also to many people are getting their hands slapped and keep doing it.
2006-06-22 02:28:48 · answer #9 · answered by pmj176 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes it would make your life more safer and streess free and make sure it work's for everyone equal.
Specially I recomend you the car thieves who steal my car twice and third time took my mags off
2006-06-17 12:40:15 · answer #10 · answered by askmechanic 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would only make crime worse
If punishment is cruel or administered with anger, it only makes the criminal worse
2006-06-17 12:27:43 · answer #11 · answered by Dagfinn 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋