RE: Why Christians can't respect other's opinion?
July 7, 2015 at 5:26 pm
(This post was last modified: July 7, 2015 at 5:47 pm by Catholic_Lady.)
(July 7, 2015 at 4:50 pm)Atheist_BG Wrote:(July 7, 2015 at 4:19 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: turning the other cheek always.
Don't take this the wrong way but when you run out of cheeks, what then? Humans only have 4 cheeks.
Heh heh
(July 7, 2015 at 4:53 pm)Neimenovic Wrote: Turning the other cheek sounds more like letting others walk all over you. That's not noble or commendable, it's lacking assertiveness.
Turning the other cheek means not to return insult for insult in retaliation, and to instead respond to hatred with love.
I don't see it as letting people walk all over you. You can and should still respond to people's insults/etc, but you do it with love rather than with hatred and more insults.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
