In one case a life has not even been given a chance.
In the other case, someone has committed a heinous enough crime to forfeit their life.
Comparing the two is only something a secular relativist would do, as the Bible makes clear distinctions about NOT killing kids versus administrating capital punishment unto evil doers.
The famous "Eye for an eye" passage in the OT is in a chapter about laws regarding things like abortion & capital punishment.
(Paraphrasing) If a bull escapes & kills a man, the bull will be put to death. (& sold with the money given to the family?) If the owner ransoms the bull & pays the price, then the bull can live. But if it escapes again, and kills again? Both the bull AND the owner will be put to death.
That's some thinking we could use today, eh? If a judge lets a murderer walk...
Also if anyone conspires to end a pregnancy, they're getting the death penalty too.
“Eye for an eye” describes a straight forward exchange between two parties. “Makes the whole world blind” never, ever made any sense whatsoever. When I buy a candy bar for $2, does the whole world get half a candy bar and $1?
I haven't heard it referred to like that since my University days! 😺
In the same part of the OT it also discusses that if a slave owner accidentally puts out his slave's eye? The slave must go free. There's teeth mentioned in there too, I haven't read it for years now :>
But the "life for a life" part is both about the bull's owner AND about abortion too.
Intellectually dishonest false equivalence.
In one case a life has not even been given a chance.
In the other case, someone has committed a heinous enough crime to forfeit their life.
Comparing the two is only something a secular relativist would do, as the Bible makes clear distinctions about NOT killing kids versus administrating capital punishment unto evil doers.
I said I’m pro life, I never said I was anti death.
Should maybe reframe it as pro birth? Just spitballing here
The famous "Eye for an eye" passage in the OT is in a chapter about laws regarding things like abortion & capital punishment.
(Paraphrasing) If a bull escapes & kills a man, the bull will be put to death. (& sold with the money given to the family?) If the owner ransoms the bull & pays the price, then the bull can live. But if it escapes again, and kills again? Both the bull AND the owner will be put to death.
That's some thinking we could use today, eh? If a judge lets a murderer walk...
Also if anyone conspires to end a pregnancy, they're getting the death penalty too.
Me at eight years old: "Wow, that's harsh! That's terrible!!! I'm glad I wasn't alive back then!"
Me today: "They were very generous to not do it the first time the bull killed someone."
“Eye for an eye” describes a straight forward exchange between two parties. “Makes the whole world blind” never, ever made any sense whatsoever. When I buy a candy bar for $2, does the whole world get half a candy bar and $1?
"We can't just stop taking eyes! That's not an option. You just need to learn to live with eye-gougers going unpunished."
I haven't heard it referred to like that since my University days! 😺
In the same part of the OT it also discusses that if a slave owner accidentally puts out his slave's eye? The slave must go free. There's teeth mentioned in there too, I haven't read it for years now :>
But the "life for a life" part is both about the bull's owner AND about abortion too.
If someone takes an eye, take their life as a warning to other evil doers.
-me, 2025
Juries are retarded. Just because a court says something happened does not mean it is true.