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[QUOTE]Originally posted by First of Two: [QB] "What happened to 'turn the other cheek?'" (I dunno. Why don'cha ask BinLaden what happened to the peacefulness mandated by Islam?) Not being a follower of that particular religion, the question is meaningless to me. However, I will answer that in my opinion, It's a valueless dictate, and fosters a slave mentality. If you turn the other cheek to a vicious enemy, all you'll end up with is two bloody cheeks to his zero. (Which is the answer to the fib that is 'An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth leaves us all blind and toothless.') Christianity also, in one place, says 'Do not resist evil,' which is also foolish for any free society. Obviously, everybody should resist evil. Keep in mind, however, that 1st-century Judea was NOT a free society, having been conquered by the Romans, and that accepting wrongs done under those circumstances was the alternative to failed insurrection. (As in 'what cannot be helped must be endured.') [/QB][/QUOTE]
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