Satan's army

[Alliandre]

The Old Testament law (eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth etc - Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21) did not command revenge but moderation - i.e. the penalty should not be greater than the damage done. Where the Old Testament laws were written to command a nation and provide their statute book when Jesus said to 'turn the other cheek' (Matthew 5:38-42) he was addressing individuals, saying that they should not seek justice (or revenge) for themselves.

Somebody slapping you on the cheek is not life threatening, but it is embarrasing - more of an assault on one's pride. A follower of Christ would not be expected to stand around whilst having the stuffing kicked out of him, but neither should he go on the offensive to tear somebody down if he felt his pride had been wounded.

There is no doubt that Christianity is different to Judaism and that contributed heavily to the persecutions that the early Christians suffered. But it sprang from that form of worship and so Old and New Testament have more in common than one may think on a surface read.

That's the problem. There's lots of different views on the bible. Some people take it literally, some people twist it to their views, some twist their views to fit in with it.

As for me, I don't believe in Christ or the Satanism which is in some ways just the opposite to this. Mainly because I don't believe an omnipresent and omniscient God can exist in the way Christians have stated and also because I don't believe Christ was the greatest man who ever lived (even if the bible is the absolute truth).

But each to their own I suppose.