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Why do you think Jesus said to "turn the other cheek"?

I heard a very plausible, perhaps unsuspected, answer based on the historical context of the day...not the "for now and for all time" lesson one...

All good answers, right from the writer's point of view, and I may NOT be right, but I've still to hear the...theory...I heard. I'll make a small story containing my answer the interested can find, but for now the answer that I chose comes closest to the spirit of what I heard. I SAID I mayn't be right but do have a look. Narrowmindedness can't be good!

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Turning the other cheek is a fluffy nonsense lesson. When you are picking your teeth up off the pavement, you'll see the lack of wisdom in it.

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Other 12 Answers to Why do you think Jesus said to "turn the other cheek"?

wanderingbutnotlo st	Posted Aug 25th, 2009 at 6:46AM It is a way of saying do not respond in kind when someone is mean or cruel, don't meet violence with violence, nastiness with nastiness, rise above. He said it because according to what is written about him he was a man of peace and that is the peaceful response to someone who acts negatively towards you. Rated: +3Vote for this!
tallboy61	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 2:57AM Well in olden times it was customary to fart in the general direction of people you didnt like . Jesus was saying that you should turn your cheeks in the other direction and blow off the other way thus forgiving or ignoring the person in "the line of fire" . Rated: +3Vote for this!
Konrad	Posted Aug 25th, 2009 at 9:22AM Probably because people keep ******* up the meaning of that "eye for an eye" quote. Rated: +3Vote for this!
Duparc	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 2:43AM It was probably intended to mean that violence begets violence which is what we are all given to understand but its political undertones probably means that when you get yourself into a hole then find another to come out of. A secular lesson in diplomacy and nothing whatsoever to do with religion. Rated: +1Vote for this!
SamOnHisSoapbox	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 1:36AM All the good vengeance ideas had already been used up in the old testament ??? Rated: +1Vote for this!
trixiegirl	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 1:43AM He was diggin the disco dance? shakes booty Rated: +1Vote for this!
shf84	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 1:45AM It's ment to encourage pasivism, if a man sue you in the law and take away your coat, give him your cloak also, if a man strike you on one cheak turn also to him the other. Be peacfull and passive. Rated: +1Vote for this!
WildHorses	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 4:54AM It takes more self-control to walk away from a fight than it does to actually fight. It shows you are the bigger person. Rated: +1Vote for this!
rusted	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 7:20AM Jesus had a strange sense of humor. Rated: +1Vote for this!
theologian	Posted Aug 24th, 2009 at 2:18PM I believe it was a come back against the common practice of taking revenge on those who hurt you. "an eye for an eye" what's the historical context answer? Rated: +1Vote for this!
pukirahe	Posted Aug 25th, 2009 at 9:21AM Because the words were authentically recorded in the Bible. He Himself has sacrified more than turning the other cheek. Rated: +1Vote for this!
kerplin	Posted Aug 25th, 2009 at 11:06PM Because it makes you closer to god to overlook and forgive. You forgive someone, the same way god forgives your for your sins. Also it's said in the bible, that god will be the one to seek vengeance on those that deserve it. So basically if you do it yourself, you're playing the role of god so to speak. Rated: +1Vote for this!

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