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'When the fanatically righteous acquire enough power to implement their 'an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth' dogma it seems to me that this inevitably leads to wide scale blindness and the silencing of the conscience.'

- W. D. Boyd -

2007-03-02 15:14:05 · 6 answers · asked by Doc Watson 7 in Education & Reference Quotations

6 answers

It is has been said that,

"An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth:
but . But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" Holy Bible.

A person who is too vindictive destroys the nobler virtue of forgiveness and therefore the conscience is silenced as well...for justice does not necessarily mean one has to apply the "an eye for an eye" adage. Justice also means "being able to live with a CLEAR and PEACEFUL conscience."

2007-03-02 16:12:30 · answer #1 · answered by ? 7 · 1 0

Blindness is one way to look at it, . . but to silence a lamb you are better at cutting their tongue for their conscience will continue even after all limbs are taken away.

Alexander The Great.

2007-03-03 02:05:17 · answer #2 · answered by Angus. 4 · 0 0

when something is lingering around you , you have more thought or more sense to it but when its in front of you its almost like your blinded or your mind goes blank your conscience stalls maybe out of fear

2007-03-02 23:57:10 · answer #3 · answered by BrownEyEdbeautI 2 · 0 0

And a quieting of the criminals! (spoken by a liberal too)

2007-03-02 23:28:02 · answer #4 · answered by mark 7 · 0 0

It ain't never gonna happen.

2007-03-03 11:38:43 · answer #5 · answered by starflower 5 · 0 0

nah go do your own homework kiddo

2007-03-03 00:32:48 · answer #6 · answered by Scpwnz 5 · 0 0

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