What is more important, vengeance or justice?

[msc545]

You can't have it both ways. If you engage in vengeance, then that is an injustice. If you believe in justice, then that precludes vengeance. If you answer both, I'm just going to delete it because you need to answer this question with one choice or the other, please.

Vengence

Justice

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[lightbulb27]

These are not easy issues to wrestle with. So I'll answer some here but see fella below... what is Justice?

To me, I don't even care for the word Justice, that isn't mine. People whom are hurt and offended need justice, I'm not there, thankfully, right now.

I want resolution... what caused this, how to prevent it from happening again, and compensated. Don't want others to suffer the same fate. This is a major issue I have with how the left functions... they ignore the plight of some to favor the feelings of a few... so it seems.

So, I guess that's justice? I pray to God I nor you are ever in these scenarios that some are faced with and if so, I hope I'm as forgiving as some other people I've seen and can draw strength from.

Justice is I guess the salve to being wronted. Vengence is something else and I don't go there right now. I could, I'm human, but that is a bitter... get even thing. I can see that scenario in some cases... like when there isn't an account for wrongs, insufficient power to make right.

Someone takes a life, what payment is due? It depends to me. Stupid accident, maybe forgiven. If preventable accident, I want some amends and correction. We do this with our kids too, or try. If they do something selfish and stupid that risks anothers life, try to train them so they don't reap a bad consequence. Fundamental problem, people are selfish! That leads to needs for justice and feelings of vengence.

Take viewpoint of people enslaved... yea the ones 100's years ago... and the ones today. there's people enslaved today, it's wrong, it's their life. Justice be needed. But maybe vengence... and death... is required to get there. Go and and try to convince a trafficker it's wrong to brutalize and control a young female. Someone kidnapes your kid, might need vengence to get justice. But leads to justice.

I'm writing this in concert to @ChiTown33. Doesn't Bible say if owed... pay full amount plus 1/5! That was a way to resolve the payment due AND the emotional portion on one side with emotional punishment to them that stole. Not supposed to steal because that causes problems... emotionally, division. That's the problem. That's why there were commandments... to avoid causing emotional problems.

I won't even touch Israel stealing the land from the others and what they owe, thats where this can go in differences of opinions and views. But for sure, there are deep emotional wounds. That's the problem of humanity.

So justice, but what the heck is it. May depend on the person and their emotional training.

[ChiTown33]

Justice! But what is Justice?

I love the fact that you ask this question @msc545 because i struggle with this one.

"Vengeance is MINE sayeth the lord".

The point, Justice is at the hands of God. I'm supposed to forgive and let God deal with them. Now... if you can tell me how to curb my inclination to want to choke the ever living 💩 out of someone who has wronged me then i'm listening.🤣

I know, this isn't funny.😞 This is a real struggle for me. This is probably the biggest struggle i deal with as a Christian. I know i need to let God be in control.

[lightbulb27]

I was going to write so similar to your first sentence!

[lilBigPotato]

Vengeance doesn't solve any issues, just creating new ones.

[andreasderjuengere]

Justice, the way the world enacts it, is derived from a set of locally selected values. It is variable and subjective.

You ask for importance... one will only be significant with the other as a contrast.

I don't 'want it' both ways of course - in case that you mean my own preferences.

[Ill_made_Knight]

I may hope for justice but am unlikely to take any action. Eject the toxic person from your circle and forget them. Continuing the negativity by actively seeking consequences for them only prolongs the harm done to you.

[NathanDavis]

I disagree...

it took long time... but I found peace over it

[Sevenpointfive]

vengeance is when justice fails. so justice is the most important.