(V): [ Right, they were not. It is not consistent with Christ's teachings... yet an eye for an eye is there in the Bible. Yes, I know it could be said that it is a phrase in the OT, and Christ is of the NT. ]

Not just a phrase, but as AD pointed out it was a way for people to deal with people who would harm other people. Disincentives for commiting crime does work... criminals are immoral, not stupid. Just like anyone else, if they feel it's not worth the effort then chances are they won't do it.

The New testament marks the beginning of the New covenent. Until Christ came along, God delt with the people as the people changed. It started with one simple rule, then the rules progressively became more complicated as the people became more unruly.

[ Yet the OT is part and is relied on to 'authorise' certain NT matters.. such as the coming of a Messiah, much regarding being 'gay' and the big argument over evolution. All gone with no OT. Which contains the oral history of the Jewish people, written down. Including their wars, some notable geographic events and massacres done by the Jews. .. The same God that Christ is of ordered, or did these massacres according to the OT. That cannot be denied as written.. debatable if it was actually 'God'. It might just have been their justification for it all. ]

Spoken like a true atheist. On other occasions you've spoken of God as an invention of man, to control people or simply make them behave themselves. Either you believe in some other sentient being with the power of a god, or you don't believe in any god or gods. You still haven't explained or demonstrated how it is you are not an atheist... nothing you have said indicates a belief in anything resembling a god or gods. If it's a secret you don't want to share, that's fine with me. I'll accept your belief in The Unknown and Unproclaimed God as proof of your not being an atheist. I'll assume you are not lying, but that you just want to keep your undefined deity a secret.

Your secret is safe with me. shhhhhhhhh.....