If someone slaps you on your cheek do you...
A) Turn the other cheek like a sissy (Submission)?
B) Slap him back on his cheek with equal force (Justice)
Or,
C) Do you slap him back 5 times as hard and break his hand so that he won't be slapping you or anyone else ever again? (Prevention)
2006-11-11 12:46:31 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
you forgot d)
Slap them back five times as hard then go and slap everyone who is related to him or her. (The Nuclear option)
2006-11-11 12:54:16 · answer #1 · answered by JerseyRick 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Maybe I missed something.
A) Since when is submission sissified? Didn't you submit to your parent's authority? Were you a sissy then? How about law enforcement (assuming you're an adult now)? They give you a ticket, you throw it back at them to prove you won't submit?
B) Self-defense may be justified, but to whom is justice served? What did you do to get slapped in the first place?
C) He still has another hand. Plus, the break will heal. That's not prevention, that's instigation.
2006-11-11 21:09:50 · answer #2 · answered by azar_and_bath 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have only two choices:
1) Be a slave, and turn the other cheek (the Xtian ethic)
2) Strike back to conquer and set a new ethical code
I am not an Xtian
2006-11-11 20:55:02 · answer #3 · answered by Random 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That would depend on why I was slapped in the first place.
2006-11-11 20:52:49 · answer #4 · answered by Epona Willow 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live my life in a manner so that I never am slapped.
But if I slap you, you're gonna stay slapped, and like it.
2006-11-11 20:55:45 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the person's size and reputation. Stay away from people who might slap you.
2006-11-11 20:50:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Interesting question - I guess it depends what sort of lesson you invited into your life to deserve the slap and what sort of karma you wish to create following your response
bless you ;))
2006-11-11 20:48:55 · answer #7 · answered by lit_spirit 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes it takes a bigger person to just walk away.
It doesn't mean you are a sissy, or a wimp or anything like that. Sometimes, it's the right thing to do.
2006-11-11 20:52:00 · answer #8 · answered by creeklops 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Jesus also warned his disciples to carry a sword to defend themselves! A real physical sword. I have a sword in my house and a gun and I will defend my family!
I believe Jesus gave us references to submission in the context of persecution and dying for the Gospel.
2006-11-11 21:12:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A) because of something called self control and what I believe in: karma
2006-11-11 20:49:04 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋