A 29-year-old passenger was arrested after allegedly refusing to sit beside a woman, citing Sharia law, before assaulting a flight attendant on a flight to Düsseldorf.
No, he didn’t — at least not in any Biblically recorded passage. And the one time one of his apostles took his metaphors literally and wielded a sword, he was chastised for it.
There’s nothing by Jesus in the Bible stating that a person should defend themselves. There is, however, a command that if someone demands your cloak, to give them your tunic as well, and as far as you are able, to be at peace with those around you.
All the “fight in the name of Christianity” stuff is from Constantine and later.
Luke 22:36. I was directly referencing the Bible. Later when Jesus chastises Simon it’s for defying Jesus’s will and trying to prevent his arrest. When was the last time you read the Bible?
No, he didn’t — at least not in any Biblically recorded passage. And the one time one of his apostles took his metaphors literally and wielded a sword, he was chastised for it.
There’s nothing by Jesus in the Bible stating that a person should defend themselves. There is, however, a command that if someone demands your cloak, to give them your tunic as well, and as far as you are able, to be at peace with those around you.
All the “fight in the name of Christianity” stuff is from Constantine and later.
Luke 22:36. I was directly referencing the Bible. Later when Jesus chastises Simon it’s for defying Jesus’s will and trying to prevent his arrest. When was the last time you read the Bible?