....but then what do you do if he just keeps hitting you???
2006-07-30 13:10:12 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
bigez is right, I was tryin to be metaphorical :^P
2006-07-30 13:19:02 · update #1
also, I dont really follow any religion, but I do follow many of the true teachings of Jesus. I just want to know you're opinion on this one!
2006-07-30 13:26:17 · update #2
i love that movie! what the bleep do we know opens your eyes to multiple possbilities! turn the other cheeck so that he may take your land. christianity is all about control.
2006-07-30 13:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, Jesus can be pretty tricky and his parables are not just stories but have been considered to be, by some, quite subversive! In this parable of turning the other cheek, there is another level of meaning that we are missing-- Here is a quote that sheds some light:
Jesus clarifies his meaning by three brief examples. “If anyone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also.” Why the right cheek? How does one strike another on the right cheek anyway? Try it. A blow by the right fist in that right-handed world would land on the left cheek of the opponent. To strike the right cheek with the fist would require using the left hand, but in that society the left hand was used only for unclean tasks. As the Dead Sea Scrolls specify, even to gesture with the left hand at Qumran carried the penalty of ten days penance. The only way one could strike the right cheek with the right hand would be with the back of the hand.
2006-07-30 20:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by Ponderingwisdom 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was back in the day. A lot of things talked about in the old testament do not apply in the new testament, if ya do the reading. Nowadays it is not bad for you to beat his ***. Especially now you have to fight the devil all the time. Just can't be doing it to hurt for fun.
2006-07-30 22:07:56 · answer #3 · answered by blunter26 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know it is U.S. court law that says that you must flee when attacked. You cannot defend yourself if you have a avenue of escape. The only place you do not need to that is in your home, court figuring you ain't any place to run then.
2006-07-30 20:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by Richard15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mace. Cops. Self defense.
2006-07-30 20:12:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Set him on fire and watch him run screaming down the street. After he has finished kicking and screaming call 911.
2006-07-30 20:13:45 · answer #6 · answered by Little Wifey 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is not a statement meant in a physical hit, it is more of taking the attacks upon your faith in Christ, in other words, don't argue back about your faith in Christ.
2006-07-30 20:14:52 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tell him to grow up and leave you alone.
That meaning shouldn't mean you let people walk all over you, but you have to try to understand why they might be angry.
2006-07-30 20:12:34 · answer #8 · answered by Adam G 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never let someone cause you harm, and do not allow harm to come to you. Harm none, even yourself. Get help. NOW.
2006-07-30 20:18:02 · answer #9 · answered by Alysianna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Defend yourself.
2006-07-30 20:16:25 · answer #10 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋