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mecmk
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Thank you for your reply and advice 
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mecmk
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Thanks for your reply
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Techno2000
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We are to imitate Christ, who allowed himself to be Crucified .Techno2000:
What? Source, please.
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whatistrue
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That’s not quite the same thing as letting any random person use you for a doormat to no purpose. Did He let the moneychangers walk all over Him? Did He defer to the Pharisees that tried to test Him? Yes, He allowed Himself to be crucified because that was the plan all along, but He was far from allowing people to trample Him underfoot on a daily basis.
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jzea1992
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I have tried this but I fail continuously still
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Techno2000
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“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 anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also. And if anyone wants to sue you and take your shirt, hand over your coat as well. If anyone forces you to go one mile, go with them two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
Matthew 5
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whatistrue
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Generous and meek does not equal doormat. Otherwise, where did the concept of “just war” come from?
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Techno2000
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But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also.
Sorry, but that’s the definition of being a “doormat”… it’s hard sometimes to be a Christian.
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whatistrue
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We obviously have a very different understanding of what a Christion is. There is more to that “turn the other cheek” quote than was presented here, but I decline to participate further in this exchange.
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0Scarlett_nidiyilii
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Jesus told us to intercede for each other and to ask for the things we want and need.
At the same time, He told us to not worry about the future.
So, you need to strike a balance between asking and being patient for everything to play out, and to trust where He is leading, even the painful stuff.
At the same time, He told us to not worry about the future.
So, you need to strike a balance between asking and being patient for everything to play out, and to trust where He is leading, even the painful stuff.
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Canvas
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This was quite profound in its simplicity.
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Annie
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And yet we have a saint who did resist: St Maria Goretti.
Two other points to consider: we have also the spiritual work of mercy of admonishing the sinner, and it can be supernatural heroic virtue to accept evil, which means that attempting to do so may be spiritually overly-ambitious and tax us beyond our strength.
Not to mention the need to protect others from evil which St Thomas Aquinas describes in terms of war but which can be extrapolated to other areas of life.
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