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Duke Nukum
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« on: May 22, 2009, 04:50:09 pm » |
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Jesus was pretty radical, even for our time, here is the whole quote:
"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.' But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Later Jesus talks about how it is better to cut off your own arm or remove your own eye if it keeps you from Heaven, which is interesting because Jesus seems to be saying, to me at least, that another person cannot harm us and he also seems to be denying the importance of our bodies. I don't think he was literally saying we should mutilate our bodies in order to get into Heaven but just denying the importance of the body as something important or sacred.
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What do you mean, "don't do it?" If everyone gives up their dreams to own a business just because someone in the White House is clueless about free enterprise our country is going to tank. --Bristol Palin
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