An eye for an eye or turn the other cheek?

Answer 1

It might depend on the laws of your land. As a Christian I am told to follow the laws of the land. Some lands have an eye for an eye law out of necessity, in the US we don't. There are times to turn the other cheek, but Christ did not call me to be a door mat! There are times you have to protect yourself.

Answer 2

An eye for an eye of course - it may very well make the world go blind, but who gives a flying ****? And all of you seemingly righteous lot, i very much doubt that any of you would turn your bleeding cheek to any type of wrong doings in the world. Take 9/11 for example and the subsequent war in Afghanistan. If we were such a forgiving nation, we would have forgiven the bloody terrorists and not blown their country apart!!! Vengeance is justified and the right of all man!
Subsequently - Marx was right when he said that 'Religion was the opium of the people' - the type of ideology taught through many world religions encourages us to take everything that life throws at us - further oppressing us in a rigid belief system that teaches us that one day life will get better.

Answer 3

If I look at all the posts and how angry everyone gets with one another, it's a virtual internet interfaith blood bath. Turning the other cheek, if you really mean it, means figuratively as well as literally. I don't quite understand that if a person truly believes in atheism or christianity or buddhism or whatever why they get so riled up over many of the questions posed. Turning the other cheek requires compassion, diplomacy and a true understanding of what these things mean. I would say that a person who truly 'turns the other cheek' is a rare and wonderful person to find and encounter. It's not about allowing yourself to get run over but it is knowing how to address a situation without escalating it.

Answer 4

Turn the other cheek means walk away. An eye for an eye means get revenge. Take an eye for an eye, then turn the other cheek before they can react.

Answer 5

Two different meanings. Eye for an eye is about justice, let the punishment fit the crime. Turn the other cheek is about doing no evil when someone does evil to you, like don't go burn someones house down if they called you a name, pray for them instead.

Answer 6

This "turn the other cheek" philosophy has gone too far. Most "Christians" seem to think that it is the right thing to do in every situation.

It most certainly is not.

I've had "Christians" tell my younger sister that she should have just "turned the other cheek" when our uncle tried to rape her. That is a deeply perverted idea, and most "Christians" seem to believe it.

I wish you all would grow up. Sometimes, an "eye for an eye" is necessary to make criminals stop what they are doing to innocent victims.

Answer 7

Turn the other cheek.

An eye for an eye will become an eye for an eye for an ear for an ear for a hand for a hand for a foot for a foot, and so on.

Without forgiveness, revenge grows, multiplies, and hate remains.

Answer 8

I would say the right thing to do would be to turn the other cheek .But if someone did something awful to me or those I love, I would knock both their eyes out. Im such a lady!!!!

Answer 9

The interesting thing about "an eye for an eye" is that it was originally intended to be a limiting statute, rather than a license for revenge. If someone did another person harm, the victim was permitted only to do an equivalent amount of harm in return. If you, for example injured my eye, I was permitted to injure your eye, but to do no further injury.

This practice gave way eventually to compensation in more practical ways. If you damaged my eye, I was permitted to seize a pre-determined number of your domestic animals. Ultimately this gave way to monetary compensation, to the great delight of personal injury lawyers.

Answer 10

Turn the other cheek or you are just going down to their level