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Vengeance, Retaliation and Revenge - Anyone Got a Better Idea?

One of the less great "thus sayeth the hell.
Lord" moments in the Bible was the I still vote Rodney King of "Can't we
imposition of the very well know all just get along" fame be head of the
principle of "an eye for an eye and and a UN or at least advise the next President.
tooth for a tooth." I understand that an This one would just say "No".Speaking of
apologist can say it just means that the current powers that be, its
people should be paid restitution for disturbing just how difficult if not
losses, but in practice, Governments and impossibe it is for anyone to get to talk
most Evangelicals, love the literal with this guy when sabre's are a rattlin'
translation. I assume that also went on and agendas are a formin'. Seems the
to mean to those who know the deeper converstaion goes something like this.The
meanings of such things that it could Threatened: "Can we talk?"The Decider:
also mean, "a leg for a leg", "a spine "No"The Threatened "Would you like
for a spine," and "a skull for a skull." to debate it?"The Decider "No"The
While God claimed the exclusive right to Threatened "Would you like to come
vengeance in the Old Testament (Psalms look?"The Decider "No"The
94:1 O Lord, the God who avenges, O God Threatened "Could we have lunch?"The
who avenges, shine forth." and in the Decider "No"The Threatened "May
New Testament, (Romans 12:19 "Do not take I send you some Pistachio nuts?"The
revenge, my friends, but leave room for Decider "No"The Threatened
God's wrath, for it is written: "It is "Would you like to kill me, my family,
mine to avenge; I will repay," says the lots of children, women, men and our
Lord,) the Israelites pretty much did the younger generation and take all our
work for Him, and the Christians who resources under your supervision?"The
evolved to make up the Church of history Decider "Now your talkin, get on
did a darn nice job of inflicting God's the floor!"I don't know where religion
wrath upon both the believer who believed came up with the idea that vengeance,
the wrong thing and unbeliever who needed retaliation and revenge was a great
to be pursuaded.As a child, when hearing characteristic for a Deity and one that
this all in Sunday School, I had a was so well advised to follow. In
picture of all the people in the Old practical fact, few really practice the
Testament running around blind and religion of their guru. They find ways
toothless and it explained why Jesus may around it so they can manipulate the
have had so many blind people to heal in results and take the short cuts they wish
the New. I don't recall Jesus restoring for personal gain, power and prestige,
any teeth however.Later I began to think and yet retain a form of the religion
that vengeance was one thing reserved that they must appease to get selected or
only for God, but retaliation must be elected in the first place. Smoke and
somewhat of a more subtle human endeavor. mirrors, masks and make-up...it's what
You know, a way around the problem of most "World Leaders" and human beings who
not being allowed to inflict vengeance profess to know and need to propel them
per se. But then I find that Jesus nixed to places of authority and power use
the idea of retalaliation with his own against aveage humans.No one seems to
example in 1 Peter 2:23. "When they notice that when Moses is said to have
hurled their insults at him, he did not come down the mountain with the Big Ten,
retaliate; when he suffered, he made no one of which said, "Thou shalt not kill,"
threats. Instead, he entrusted himself to and before reading them to the troops,
him who judges justly. " But then I got got pissed off at the people for
to thinking about the entire theme of the wondering where he had been, and had
Book of Revelation, where Jesus, well the "every man slay his neighbor and in that
Cosmic Jesus at least, wreaks vengeance, day about 3000 perished," and then went
revenge and retaliation big time upon the back to explaining the wonderful new Law
entire planet for not going with the of God he had been given by the Deity
program. The Jesus of the Gospels might Himself! It's almost as bad as Cain
be the distant cousin of the Jesus of worrying about "every man who finds me
Revelation, but I don't think the Jesus shall slay me," when God booted him out
of the Gospels could actually be the of the Garden, but never stopped to think
Jesus of Revelation, at least not without that there were only four people on earth
a change of brain chemistry and his at the time and he had just killed one of
Meyers-Briggs Personality Profile. So them." Actually it was the writer of
then I got to thinking that it's not that the story who had a brain fart. But in
you can't retaliate or get vengeance, but the Bible and in the Middle East and now
you have to wait until you have tried in America, it's really all about
everything else before scraping your vengeance, retaliation and revenge. The
enemies off the face of the earth. But go nowhere and accomplish nothing but the
then I learned from President Bush and my death of a few hundred thousand
government that trying everything only doctrine.The fact is that it does not
took a few weeks at most, and never work and no one is ever satisfied that
worked so you had to bomb the sh-- out of enough is enough. Who gives up their
people quickly and with shock and awe. last son and says they no longer wish to
Yeah, that works and in a very short time take another man's son to pay him back?
people are apologizing for 911 and Who then says "I will if you will," and
wondering what were they thinking?I did they will! Who loses a tooth and does
read an interesting study once by a not wish to retaliate by punching out all
psychologist who felt Jesus could have the teeth of the attacker? Who gets
written Revelation (the intro does say their eye poked and doesn't wish to
it is His revelation) in his later years totally blind the poker? Well we did
when delusions and schizophrenia would have the example of a Pope who forgave
have been at it's worst. I was taught he the man who shot him in a very dramatic
channeled it through John which is how we scene in the man's cell. But remember,
got it. The fact that it said 2000 years the Pope is a Professional forgiver!
ago that it was the story of things which It's not like he can demand to go in and
"must shortly come to pass" kinda bothers shoot the man twice for him shooting him
me because that's not my personal idea of once! No one, and certainly no one in
"shortly." Maybe someone missed their this administration, has the insight or
cue.But then I wonder if that's not foresight to try a new way that excludes
what's happening to our leaders today. the idea of being the bully and getting
It would explain a lot. I wonder if they even. Of course a more pure motive and
might be thinking of writing their own heart would go a long way too.What a
Revelation and pouring out all their own different world it might be today if men
vials and plagues along with the blowing had no agendas and that when 9-11 came
of assorted trumpets. Kinda worries me. calling we had an enlightened leader who
I have noticed the President and friends was not connected like a mass of worms in
tend to surround themselves with those a can to other plans and masters. The
who read the Book of Revelation like a buck might stop with someone, somewhere,
newspaper and see themselves in some of but vengeance, retaliation and revenge
the leading roles.At any rate, let's get seems to be what humans demand and we get
back to this idea about vengeance, no over and over what we see today... blood,
matter who it belongs to, retaliation and anquish, hatred, car bombs, depleted
revenge. As far as I can tell it does uranium by the ton, birth defects,
not seem to promote anything but cancers and terrorism we never would
vengeance, retaliation and revenge, which have had if there was a genuine leader in
seems counterproductive. When the place in all these countries, ours
Hatfields and McCoys went at it over included. As long as "God told me attack
decades I believe, all we ended up with Sadaam and I did," is the mentality,
was less of each and a great story....all (how scary is this?) and my YHVH can
because of a pig I believe. Actually I woop your Allah is the stupidity that
have lived in Eastern Kentucky and rules in the minds of world leadership,
vengeance, retaliation and revenge is we're in for hell on earth...again and
what you do in them thar hills because again and again, worldcrap without end.I
reception of both TV and radio signals is know I'd feel a lot better if our current
so bad. There is little else to do or President conferred with the Dali Lama
talk about after the day is done without more frequently instead of the Boys of
those modern conveniences. It is no Revelation and those of Evangelical
coincidence that the Hatfield and McCoy Zionist Christianity gone nuts. But then
thing eased up a bit right about the time I'd be afraid this President would think
you could put that one big ass satellite it funny and welcome him by saying "Well
dish in your front yard! I often saw Hello Dali!...hehe," and not understand a
dishes almost half as broad as the house, word much less a concept he endeavored to
but darn it, there was peace in that explain about the futility of vengeance,
family and surrounding county. Watching retaliation and revenge propelled by
the Dukes of Hazard is safer than BEING religion out of control. I'd be afraid
the Dukes of Hazard!I've been to the he'd embarass me again.I know...I'm too
Middle East where every stone upon the idealisitc and don't understand a thing
ground has been thrown at sometime, by about how people end up where they do in
someone, at someone for some reason and places of power and what's really going
often. The Middle East is the Land of on. Ok, well maybe I am not letting on
Handy Stones or perhaps we should say the to as much as I do know. But it's past
Land of "Oh Yeah? Yeah!, Oh Yeah? time... way past time, to replace a Deity
Yeah! I know you are but what am I, Oh and His chosen religio-political minions
Yeah? Yeah? Make me! Take that! Doh!" who believe vengeance, retaliation and
It's all nuts. Kinda like growing up in revenge are the fruits of their Holy
the 50's picturing the launch of one Spirit that will bring their idea of the
missle that lead to two back that lead to Kingdom of God for us all to regret.
twenty that led to a hundred that led to




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