"Turning the other cheek" isn't about submission. It is an act of defiance.
Modern society interprets Christ's command as a call to be a doormat, to be passive, weak, and defenseless.
In 1st Century Judea, the left hand was considered unclean. You would never use it to strike someone. Therefore, to slap someone on the right cheek (as Jesus specifies), you had to use the back of your right hand.
A backhand slap was an act of insult. It was how a superior hit an inferior. It said, "You are beneath me."
By turning your head and offering the left cheek, you physically prevent them from backhanding you again. You force the aggressor to use their open palm or a fist.
Why does this matter? Because a fist is how you hit an equal.
Jesus wasn't telling his followers to cower. He was telling them to stand their ground, look their oppressor in the eye, and say without words: "I am not your slave. I am a man. If you are going to hit me, treat me like one."
It is not an act of cowardice. It is an assertion of dignity that requires terrifying courage.
@matthew_sede The catechism is a lot more nuanced on this. God is not bound by his sacraments. Also saying "cannot go to heaven" is putting human measures onto salvation, which we shouldn't do. We don't decide who is or isn't saved. Thats reserved for God.
@PXLMinistries@EraoftheMuse@WesleyLHuff Jesus died for our sins. But your soul is still corrupt from doing them. Your soul is not pure. We are all still sinners and will die so. We can't walk into heaven as sinners. So we need our souls to be pure, thus Purgatory.
@LizzieMarbach The rosary is older than your denomination. You do not know better than the apostles. You do not know better than the early church fathers. Look into church history and learn. Scripture didn't pop out of the sky, don't forget the Catholics compilled it.
@ElijahForCA@WalmartThomist Fatima had 70'000 eye witnesses and was photographed before, during and after. Portuguese news outlets (including anti religious one) reported it real. Anticlerical outlet O século whose reporter wrote "the sun spun in a wild dance in a clear sky". Repent, submit to Rome.
"Where men are forbidden to honour a king they honour millionaires, athletes, or film-stars instead: even famous prostitutes or gangsters. For spiritual nature, like bodily nature, will be served; deny it food and it will gobble poison."
- C.S. Lewis
@NOCsuperman Muscle suits made from the actual actor's physique like Cavill is honestly amazing. Only thing I'd change is the abs, permanent abs looks silly
👀🚨🟢Frederico Varandas, presidente do Sporting sobre Gyökeres: "Tentei tirar três dias de férias, voltei ontem. Vi tanta informação e contra informação que é justo vir explicar o processo.
Começa o ano passado, quando termina a época e o Sporting é campeão nacional. Durante o mercado vimos que ia ficar porque não houve qualquer proposta. O agente falou connosco, para acrescentar algumas cláusulas. O Hugo Viana, como sempre o fez, e muito bem, geriu a relação com os agentes. Esse espaço relacional é feito com o diretor desportivo.
Uma das grandes preocupações do agente era se íamos exigir a cláusula de rescisão. O Hugo Viana foi negociando com os agentes, ao longo de várias reuniões, até que o agente exigiu a presença do presidente. Nessa reunião, onde estava o presidente, o agente e o Viana, o Gyokeres não estava presente, quis garantir determinadas coisas.
E o que ficou fechado? Que Sporting não ia exigir cláusula de rescisão agora. Por uma razão: ia fazer 27 anos e nenhum jogador sai de Portugal com 27 anos por 100 ou 90 milhões.
Nesse mesma reunião o agente quis ancorar a saída a um valor. Eu disse esta frase: 'Não vale a pena fixarmos um valor porque não sei o que vai acontecer daqui a um ano.
Não sei se vai ser 40, 60 ou 80. O que posso garantir é que não vou exigir 100 milhões de euros.
A partir daqui nunca mais falei com o agente, nunca falei com o jogador sobre saídas ou valores. Agora vejo na imprensa o agente a debitar informações.
Quero deixar uma coisa clara: o Sporting tem bom senso e tem palavra.
O Gyokeres fez 63 golos, 10 assistências. Performance fantástica. Seguramente dos melhores jogadores que pisou os relvados portugueses. E o Sporting não vai exigir a cláusula.
Agora chantagens, ofensas, o Sporting não vai admitir. Uma coisa é certa: o Sporting não vai aceitar 60 milhões mais 10. À data de hoje o Sporting não recebeu nenhuma proposta por Gyokeres."
@rogersharison@WelBeast@adamkeys_ This is wrong. Varandas (Sporting president) has stated today that at the beginning of the season he said to Gyokeres's agent that he wouldn't ask for 100m but that he wouldn't put a price tag on his release as it would depend on his performance this season. 1/2
@ChambersKyrelle@DCStannn Well then John Cena shouldn't have been casted as Peacemaker if that's a problem, cuz not a single quality actor is more jacked than him