Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: August 3, 2025, 10:43 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Religion › Christianity v
Is God’s justice close to an eye for an eye?

Thread Rating:
  • 0 Vote(s) - 0 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Is God’s justice close to an eye for an eye?
Oldandeasilyconfused Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Agnostic Atheist
Posts: 7388
Threads: 168
Joined: February 25, 2009
Reputation: 45
#14
RE: Is God’s justice close to an eye for an eye?
January 15, 2012 at 9:49 pm
(January 15, 2012 at 7:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Yes, it does help us learn where they stole them from.

Perhaps to also realise that notions of justice are relative.One's views on justice are largely a matter of accident of birth.

More critically one needs to realise that 'justice' and 'law' are not now and have never been synonyms. Sometimes the two occur at the same time by happy accident, but not by design.

I formed this cynical opinion through long observation and by talking to a lot of (lawyers). Thinking
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Religion › Christianity v
Is God’s justice close to an eye for an eye?

Messages In This Thread
RE: Is God’s justice close to an eye for an eye? - by padraic - January 15, 2012 at 9:49 pm

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  [Serious] Trying close to my best to rationalize Christianity sausagerock 65 10953 January 29, 2020 at 4:47 pm
Last Post: Mister Agenda
  The illusion of justice, sin and free will dyresand 17 5744 October 15, 2015 at 10:42 pm
Last Post: Pyrrho
  The Human Eye: A Double Standard? Rhondazvous 84 14710 May 2, 2015 at 5:53 pm
Last Post: Rhondazvous
  Shouldn't there be more Christians with eye patches? BrokenQuill92 33 9312 February 2, 2014 at 9:57 am
Last Post: Tonus
  God is god, and we are not god StoryBook 43 15799 January 6, 2014 at 5:47 pm
Last Post: StoryBook
  My close encounter with a Facebook xtian Cyberman 11 5705 March 8, 2013 at 8:50 am
Last Post: Cyberman
  Where's the Justice? FallentoReason 129 71234 July 17, 2012 at 12:09 pm
Last Post: Thor
  Where's the justice? FallentoReason 77 40490 May 24, 2012 at 1:23 pm
Last Post: Reforged
  Tired of xtians prattling on about their "eye-witness" testimony? Minimalist 22 11981 April 27, 2012 at 1:21 pm
Last Post: Minimalist
  Democracy, religion, women and equality. Justice demands affirmative action. Greatest I am 47 27401 February 16, 2012 at 1:27 pm
Last Post: Greatest I am



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)