An eye for an eye - tooth for a tooth. Or forgiveness...?

Question

What do you feel is the best method for sorting out problems when you feel someone has sinned against you?

Answer 1

Forgiveness, good for everyone involved. ARMY

Answer 2

To forgive is divine, but definetly not reasonable.

An eye for an eye - tooth for a tooth. This expression comes from latin: Ius Talio. This was the method before a court was established in later centuries.

Vengence makes people feel dominant. It encourages us to do what we want, and when we want it - for ourselves of couse. It's a very selfish behaviour, but surely effective.

Forgiveness can work, if both of the two people forgives. Otherwise, it is just a waste of time.

Answer 3

The eye 4 eye shows how God the fathers Justice is toward man that law found in the Torah that you some what quoted is demanded as same same for every infraction as a matter of fact when the law was given to the blessed Jewish nation they were sinning so god said moses, go to the people before I wipe them out.

The soul sinning it the very self shall die. Their has to be some one to go before us so said a Scripture in the 500 Ce old Isaiah
scrolls. our prophet Daniel spoke once and said it and my Jewish brother Zachariah waited for it. John the baptist got the people ready for his baptism.

Why, because most hear on this rock are lost. the forgiveness of Christ is so important that it cannot be taken down or taken copied or spoken in language of the elite, moreover the eye for an eye is just one way I think dios shows us that he is just for punishing human kind but by the grace given us through the labors at Calvary of himself in flesh.

The cross is not to be taken for granted. It could have just been tooth for tooth thank god for god the son shioloh who is like god y yahshua messiah.

Answer 4

As another answerer mentioned, the eye for an eye was a maximum -- that is, if the wrong was a tooth, don't kill the person for it.

The trouble with the eye and tooth is, what do you expect that person to do in return? Thank you?

Violence begets violence.

Violence never "taught" anyone any lesson worth learning.

But without any specifics, it impossible to say what one should do (if anything).

It depends on the "sin" and the circumstances.

Escalating the hostilities is never productive.

Answer 5

You have received some very good answers. We do need to forgive, but sometimes it takes some time. When someone sins against us; we can pray that God will touch their heart, mind and soul so they can forgive. It is really hard to forgive sometimes, but through Jesus Christ ANYTHING can be forgiven. And when someone says they get so angry that they could do some terrible things. That's when we need to beg God to help us with what is causing this anger. God can help anybody with anything. He loves you so much that He gave His only begotten Son; so you can have everlasting life. He doesn't want any of us/you not to be with him in heaven because we couldn't ask Him to remove a sin from us. We can do it right this minute. Ask Him to remove whatever it is that's causing everybody from forgiving, for what somebody did to you, for what we might have done to somebody else. It doesn't matter which way the sin went, who did it, or what it was. God can forgive us anything as long as we mean it in our hearts.

All we have to do it say it in our own words what we want God to forgive, and He WILL FORGIVE IT. That's what makes God happy. He doesn't want a single person not to be with Him in heaven. To have everlasting life. That should be on our mines every day when we wake up. What can I do to please God today?

Answer 6

Saints and sinners struggle with this but revenge is a bitter pill that offers no relief from the original pain of sin. Forgiveness is not an easy thing to do but removing one's self from the cause of one's pain, upset or irritation makes forgiveness, if not forgetting, possible.

Answer 7

Hey einenglander,

Respect is the golden rule, treating other people the way you want to be treated. When someone does not respect you, you turn the other cheek. And when that does not stop the disrespect, and you have forgiven that person but they keep disrespecting you - you need to take action. The action you take should be within the laws of your country. The legal system will exact a punishment equal to the disrespect (so we hope). And that is the eye for an eye. You should not exact revenge!

Screw me once shame on you, screw me twice, shame on me.

Answer 8

An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.

Not to go all 'religious' on you.. But the best thing to do is 'give it to God' or 'give it to the Universe'. Even if you never truly forgive the person, don't let yourself be consumed by the deed that was done. Give it to God and let Him deal with it as he sees fit.

It's all about karma.

Answer 9

It depends on what the person has done and who the person is but often, if it's just a minor thing, then I find completely ignoring it is the best form of action as the person is usually doing it just to get a reaction. Give us more info if this is a particular situation that you want advice with.

Answer 10

forgiveness is always the best method. forgiveness and in some cases, the perpetrator's conscience beats them up without the addition of you adding to it by not forgiving. I understand that in some cases, its hard to forgive, but as i said forgiveness is the way.

Answer 11

Forgiveness is always the best option, but there are somethings in this world that can not be forgiven.
Whether to forgive someone is something we all have to figure out for ourselves.