Clay Bennett for April 20, 2024

Sadly.

That action, if deliberately left unchanged, is an infinite twisted loop; infinity.

Yep. Around and around and around they go. YOUR eye is worth less than mine, so it’s TWO eyes for an eye, THREE teeth for a tooth. And a little more to let the militias have a little thrill.

Matthew 5:38 – 48

38 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.’[a] 39 But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. 40 And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. 41 If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. 42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.

Love for Enemies

43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor[b] and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.— ADA Alex Cabot, Law & Order: SVU

The “eye for an eye” rule was not intended as a requirement but as a restriction! In other words, “no more than an eye for an eye, and not the offender’s life!”

Just as an enlightening factoid, Infinity is the concept of something that is unlimited, endless, without bound. The common symbol for infinity, ∞, was invented by the English mathematician John Wallis in 1655.

Also deserving of the ∞ is the endless repetition of weird, disproved conspiracies and the denial of empirical facts and truth by the radicalized MAGA freaks and trolls.

Leaves one toothless and blind.

“When peace comes we will perhaps in time be able to forgive the Arabs for killing our sons, but it will be harder for us to forgive them for having forced us to kill their sons. Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.”

― Golda Meir, A Land of Our Own: An Oral Autobiography

Endless wars are ahead of all of us. Climate change is the enemy of the entire world right now, but instead of people uniting to deal with it, they are more likely to fight each other over the scraps that will be left. “You can take the ape out of the jungle, but you can’t take the jungle out of the ape.” – John Steiner

So say the laws of ancient Israel. Maybe if Iran quit trying to poke an eye out … but such is region, making it most adventurous to have military partners with good eye removal bombs.

“An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth”.

Tevye: Very good. That way the whole world will be blind and toothless.- Fiddler on the Roof

Kind of a corollary to “let those without sin cast the first stone”

“Israel is the only nation on earth that inhabits the same land, bears the same name, speaks the same language, and worships the same God that it did 3,000 years ago”. Dr. Charles Krauthammer

A never ending moebius strip.

A bag of groceries for fifty bucks! (or more!)

No beginning and no end. Our Möbius struggle. Lives of strife.

I’m surprised any libs are posting anything today. This is their favorite holiday, 4/20. Hint – “Don’t bogart that joint”.

WAY OFF-TOPIC but too many beer bellies to miss.

YouTube: The Good Liars at the Greensboro Trump Rally

the same dynamic is probably at play in Ukraine – Russian conflict, goaded on by us, or rather US.

The whole reason for “Turn the other cheek”.

The problem is, people SAY that they follow Christ, but prefer to follow the Old Testament.

took a while……………..southern education

Some day, you should read the preamble to the Code of Hammurabi.

Eye to eye ratio comparison:In Bible: one for one. In Gaza: thirty two (and counting) for one.

A perfect illustration if an infinitely repeating idiocy…

Endless retribution.

Ad infiitum or ad absurdum? You decide.

Tribal mentality.

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind – Mohandas Ghandi