kellyfritz said:If a wicked man came into your home and attempted to rape your wife, would you passively turn the other cheek? If someone came into your home and tried to kidnap your children would you sit there idle and allow it to happen? There are many great resources and books that have been written down through the years that discuss this topic. Passivism is non-Biblical IMO. There was a reason that Jesus did not retaliate. He was on a mission to endure the cross. He had to die. Christians must defend themselves and they must defend life. Self-defense is not a violation of the command not to kill. This falls under the category of Just War. It is silly to think that Christians should not fight and defend themselves.
You're right, what was I thinking, believing Jesus and the early Christian martyrs should be examples of Christian behavior. That would interfere with the exciting apocalyptic Left Behind fantasy of me becoming some super-cool resistance fighter and sending minions of Satan to eternal hellfire.
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