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<blockquote data-quote="Aussie Pete" data-source="post: 77590039" data-attributes="member: 421731"><p>"Turn the other cheek" is not to do with violence. You've likely heard the the expression, "A slap in the face". It is an insult. In those days, a slap in the face was considered the ultimate insult. Slaves were known to commit suicide because their master slapped them. Jesus was saying not to react to insults. I had a dispute with a neighbour over her dog. She allowed it to bark day and night. Early one morning, I went to confront her and told her to shut the dog up. And not especially politely. Eventually, the local council intervened and things settled down. </p><p></p><p>I saw the woman in a pet supplies shop. She told me that I would die soon. I did not react, although I was tempted to say that her dog would die first. I've been threatened with violence only once in my Christian life. I was able to talk my way out of it, by the grace of God. He ended up in prison for assault. This was while I was in the Navy.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aussie Pete, post: 77590039, member: 421731"] "Turn the other cheek" is not to do with violence. You've likely heard the the expression, "A slap in the face". It is an insult. In those days, a slap in the face was considered the ultimate insult. Slaves were known to commit suicide because their master slapped them. Jesus was saying not to react to insults. I had a dispute with a neighbour over her dog. She allowed it to bark day and night. Early one morning, I went to confront her and told her to shut the dog up. And not especially politely. Eventually, the local council intervened and things settled down. I saw the woman in a pet supplies shop. She told me that I would die soon. I did not react, although I was tempted to say that her dog would die first. I've been threatened with violence only once in my Christian life. I was able to talk my way out of it, by the grace of God. He ended up in prison for assault. This was while I was in the Navy. [/QUOTE]
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