Posted by alexandra_k on April 1, 2021, at 5:28:24
In reply to Re: Hating the people that spread hateredheals hatred?, posted by Lamdage22 on April 1, 2021, at 4:38:30
> Right, you shouldn't use Jesus's words to avoid having boundaries. Or should you? Not sure what he meant by saying that thing with the other cheek. I'm sure he didn't want people to be victimized over and over again, right?
I don't know. By all accounts he allowed them to hang him on the cross. He chose to die so that he might rise again.
He chose to die so that... We didn't have to. For our sins.
So maybe that is something biblical, there, in not turning the other cheek.
I hear you on not using Jesus's words to avoid having boundaries. God helps those who help themselves. Amen.
I'm not really religious... But words of wisdom wherever they come from...
My grandfathers point was about there being something fishy in the leaders here (in this country) wanting to ship partiuclar men off over there (half way around the other side of the planet likely never to be seen of again).
Which is a different scenario from taking up arms, even, to protect your borders. Defending your home.
I honestly don't know his thoughts on if the Nazi's were invading our lands. But I know mine. And I know... I don't quite remember how it goes:
First they came for the Jews. And I did nothing. Because I was not Jewish. And then they came for the Blacks. And I did nothing. Because I was not black. And then they came for the people with disability. And I did nothing because I did not have disability. And then they came for me. And there was nobody to stand up for me, because there was nobody left.
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