On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:25:28 -0800, Larry Dighera wrote
(in article ):

On Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:26:21 GMT, Orval Fairbairn
wrote in
:

It seems to me that we "turned the other cheek" too many times in the
past: Lebanon, Khobar Towers, Mogadishu, the embassy bombings, the USS
Cole, etc.

Can there be too many times? Aggression only spawns more aggression.
Isn't that the wisdom behind Christ's words?


You would sound a lot more sincere if you did not regard belief in Christ as
"irrational."

IMHO, you have to "turn the other cheek" only once. If he hits you
again, you flatten him, which is long overdue.

That's not a very enlightened attitude, IMO.

No, I do not think it is, either. However, there is a difference between
forgiveness and defending yourself, your family, and your property. You can
forgive a thief, but you don't have to let him rob you. You can forgive a
murderer, but you don't have to let him kill you or your family.

But I think there is a line between defending yourself from an immediate
threat and going out and destroying all those who simply *might* be a threat
some day.