Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump said that his favorite Bible verse is “an eye for an eye.”
Trump has been heavily criticized in the past for not providing a favorite Bible verse when asked, although he stated that the Bible was his favorite book.
Trump was recently given a second chance at providing a favorite Bible
verse. ABC News reports that Trump was recently asked by conservative
radio host Bob Lonsberry if he had a favorite Bible verse or story that
“informed” his thinking or character.
"Well, I think many," Trump responded. "I mean, when we get into the
Bible, I think many, so many. And some people, look, an 'eye for an
eye,' you can almost say that. That's not a particularly nice thing."
Critics quickly jumped on this statement, pointing out that “an eye for
an eye” is not a verse many (if any) Christians would cite as their
favorite.
Allahpundit of Hotair.com
notes, "An 'eye for an eye' does appear in the Bible, true, but it’s
Old Testament; it was specifically repudiated by Jesus himself in the
gospel of Matthew in favor of “turn the other cheek,” as John McCormack
notes. The whole point of Christianity, I thought, is to resist
vengeance and embrace forgiveness, and it’s captured nowhere more
succinctly than in the rejection of 'an eye for an eye'."
ABC News suggests that “an eye for an eye,” does, however, align with
Trump’s policies: "I mean, when you see what's going on with our
country, how people are taking advantage of us, and how they scoff at us
and laugh at us. We have to be very firm and have to be very strong,”
stated the billionaire businessman.
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