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	Turn the other cheek - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Turn the other cheek is a famous phrase taken from the Sermon on the Mount in the Christian New Testament.
		The other alternative would be a slap with the open hand as a challenge or to punch the person, but this was seen as a statement of equality.
		Thus, they argue, by turning the other cheek the persecuted was in effect demanding equality {or perhaps being defiant to the alledged authority much like a defiant child might involk further wrath}.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Turn_the_other_cheek (1300 words)

	Don't turn the other cheek
		Others simply do not have the patience or the capacity to motivate their spiritual growth.
		Others may believe that Christians act superior, or that they are maniacal religious zealots.
		These people are not turned inward with their backs to the world to shut out those who are not of their kind.
	www.usc.edu /student-affairs/dt/V133/N52/01-don't.52v.html (799 words)

	Would you turn the other cheek? - Chamber of Secrets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		If turning the other cheek would have positive consequences and would help to solve the problems, I would be in favour, but unfortunately, as this world goes, it is more likely that the other side would abuse that.
		Turning the other cheek can only be a smart option if it is strategically planned to surprise/confund the fraction you want to change or dialogue with.
		Turning the other cheek does not mean asking an agressor to repeat the crime once more.
	www.cosforums.com /showthread.php?t=84835 (2642 words)

	The CEO Refresher - Turn the Other Cheek
		One of the things I have been most thwarted by in my spiritual development is the concept of "turn the other cheek." During those first few hours on September 11th, 2001, when the evil of terrorism hit our country, the concept of turning the other cheek struck me as ridiculous.
		I have turned the other cheek when my efforts to have a better body, a better business, and even a better hairstyle didn't work out as I'd hoped, and then saw that these "problems" were really just ways to keep me distracted from what was important.
		In turning the other cheek, the emphasis is on shifting from seeing things from the ego mind, the fearful mind, and instead seeing things through the mind of love.
	www.refresher.com /!othercheek.html (1238 words)

	Pontifications » Blog Archive » “Turn the Other Cheek” and the Violence of Sharia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		“Turn the Other Cheek” and the Violence of Sharia
		Our Lord’s advice to “turn the other cheek” must be put in the context of the rest of His teaching, and His dealing with us in perfect charity.
		The Lord’s advice to “turn the other cheek” applies when it would cost ME, not when it would cost the offender– and let us be clear that often it’s much easier to acquiesce in an evil than challenge the offender.
	catholica.pontifications.net /?p=1426 (7425 words)

	turn the other cheek, armed forces, baptism, unforgivable sin
		Concerning the Lord's teaching to "turn the other cheek"...
		became valiant in battle, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
		The Lord's statement to "turn the other cheek" was given to preclude personal vengeance, NOT self-defense of one's own person or family against direct attacks, violence, or murder.
	www.biblebell.org /mbag/mailbagax.html (1344 words)

	Daily Bible Study - Turn The Other Cheek
		But if any one strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also; and if any one would sue you and take your coat, let him have your cloak as well; and if any one forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.
		Many have wondered just how far the famous "turn the other cheek" instruction from Jesus Christ should go in everyday Christian Living.
		No "turn the other cheek" for burglars or looters, and by extension, every other sort of common criminal.
	www.keyway.ca /htm2002/cheek.htm (663 words)

	Turn the other cheek - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
		I am enraged when the Bible says, even in the New Testament, that we are to “turn the other cheek,” to forgive those who wrong us.
		If a slave master hit his slave, and the slave turned his other cheek to him, he was in essense making them equal, because anyone who found out that the master had hit his slave with the left hand after the slave turned his head would consider him lower than the slave himself.
		If you continue to hit him after you have made each other "equal", then you become the new bully, and he has every right to fight you back.
	www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=28777 (1073 words)

	Preach The Word - Sermon On The Mount Pt10: Turn The Other Cheek
		It doesn't matter if you put your other cheek out and the attitude within you is hate and revenge, and you want to get this person one way or another - we'll follow them and we'll get them somehow, whether with our tongue or with our fist.
		In other words, if there was a Roman official going down the road and you were minding your own business in the corner; if he wanted he could impress you to carry his bags and go wherever he was going.
		The only other occasion when we have a reference of this is in Matthew 27 and Mark 15 where Simon of Cyrene was compelled to carry the cross of the Lord Jesus.
	www.preachtheword.co.uk /sermon/sotm10.shtml (5527 words)

	Turn the Other Cheek? Yeah Right! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Jesus was murdered on the cross – I use that term intentionally, his death was a state-sponsored murder – because he dared to resist the oppression of his time.
		And he did so not with violence or with the "turn the other cheek" passivity that some have associated with him, but with a strong and intentional call for nonviolent resistance.
		To turn the other cheek is to prevent a second backhand, putting your nose in the way.
	www.uuprinceton.org /worship/sermons/sermon_2005-06-19.html (1834 words)

	Turning the Other Cheek (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		A: Jesus' complete statement is "If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also." Of course, any striking is a painful blow, but the striking in this case is meant as a gross insult (cf.
		If a right-handed person strikes someone's right cheek, presumably it is a slap by the back of the hand.
		A fist striking you would be on the left cheek.
	www.new-life.net /faq001.htm (195 words)

	Turn The Other Cheek - NOT (my title) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		You said, “When the United States was attacked; ‘TURN THE OTHER CHEEK’ went out the window, we had to retaliate.” Now may I say you are quoting out of context.
		This, like the other teachings of Sermon on the Mount, was given to govern a Christian’s inter-personal relationships – not to govern relationships between nations.
		It high lights some of the truths about Islam and obligations by Christians on whether or not "to turn the other cheek." It was interesting to see what the Bible says about our personal behaviors and those of governments.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/598712/posts (1373 words)

	Turn the Other Cheek? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.
		The accepted practice it seems was if you encountered a Roman soldier on your way and there was some mild altercation between you and he, he would strike you upon your cheek, often wearing a glove.
		The "proper" response was for you, the "peasant," to immediately kneel bow your head, exposing the back of your neck.
	famguardian.org /Subjects/Spirituality/ChurchvState/TurnOtherCheek.htm (266 words)

	Turn The Other Cheek
		We have misunderstood the instruction to turn the other cheek, and we keep trying to make that misunderstanding fit, somehow, into our spiritual lives.
		We have chosen the word warrior to name our model and metaphor for the spiritual life, in spite of the fact that the meaning we understand that word to have is totally in conflict with our understanding of the command to turn the other cheek.
		To turn the other cheek to the one who strikes us with the message that "I am not afraid of you at all," we have to mean it.
	www.forlovingkindness.org /excerptcheek.html (1227 words)

	Turn the Other Cheek -Welcome to The Crossroads Initiative
		“Love your enemies and turn the other cheek.” “Judge not, lest you be judged” (Lk 6: 27-38).
		It was time to turn the other cheek.
		Some Christians seem to neglect her; others seem overly preoccupied with her.
	crossroadsinitiative.com /library_article/377/Turn_the_Other_Cheek.html (860 words)

	Witt: Playoffs time to turn other cheek - Boston.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Predators defenseman Brendan Witt thinks the time has arrived to turn the other cheek.
		Chris Mason, who turned 30 on Thursday, took over in Nashville's net when Tomas Vokoun's season was ended by a blood clotting condition.
		The Sharks were the third-least penalized team in the NHL with 399, while only two other teams drew more than the Predators' 533.
	www.boston.com /sports/hockey/articles/2006/04/20/witt_playoffs_time_to_turn_other_cheek (680 words)

	Turn the Other Cheek? : Luke 6:29 : What Jesus Did! : HEARTLIGHT®
		On the other hand, Christians ARE to offer conflicted situations the opportunity to de-escalate instead of "upping the ante" on destructive behavior.
		Give me strength, O God, to turn the other cheek and to not be embittered.
		Give me a generous heart, O Father, so that others can find their way back to you because of my influence and behavior.
	www.heartlight.org /wjd/luke/0405-wjd.html (839 words)

	Turn the Other Cheek - Medgadget - www.medgadget.com
		With inventions like The Rascal and the HarmonySystem, we suppose it was inevitable that an inventor would tackle the problem of pressure sores in the elderly and infirm.
		The concept is so easy to understand, and the potential for mockery is so great, they pretty much had to include a video.
		But we anticipate we'll see this on late-night TV, with a 1-800 number and perhaps this Bonnie Tyler song playing in the background (on second thought, this tune may be a better fit).
	www.medgadget.com /archives/2006/02/turn_the_other.html (283 words)

	Appeals Court (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		Turn the other cheek and brace ourselves for the inevitable second strike?
		Or perhaps, as one alert Socialist I spoke with several weeks ago suggested, we should spend the billions of dollars that would otherwise go to the war effort to alleviate the victims’ pain and rebuild the WTC buildings.
		It is a war to protect our freedoms: freedom of speech, freedom to live without fear, and even the freedom to protest a war.
	students.washington.edu /right/10-30-01/turn_cheek.htm (718 words)

	Turn Other Cheek
		Jesus taught to turn the other cheek and to forgive a brother seventy times seven.
		It is clear to me from these and other examples that we are to not offer resistance when we are being persecuted for Jesus sake.
		In these conflicts because the argument was over who was God’s anointed, a spiritual matter rather than a human one, David turned the other cheek.
	www.fortunecity.com /millennium/hollyoaks/1152/id247.htm (754 words)

	Turn-the-Other-Cheek Diplomacy
		It seems in fact to whet the appetite of some to throw the president at the world's most dangerous confrontation and see what turns up.
		Inderfurth's continuing promotion of the Pakistani stopover was apparent in his explanation to the Times of his refusal to offer benchmarks or warnings to Musharraf about the consequences of a failure to crack down on terrorist groups and to defuse tensions with India over Kashmir:
		Withholding this visit is the minimum that needs to be done to send a message to Pakistan and other regimes that flout international norms and expect to get rewards.
	www.indianembassy.org /US_Media/2000/turn-the-other-cheek_diplomacy_jan_27_2000.htm (614 words)

	United Communities of Spirit
		The pacifist ethic to bear insults without complaint and to turn the other cheek is related to the ethic to love one's enemy.
		Those who are insulted but do not insult others in revenge, who hear themselves reproached without replying, who perform good work out of the love of the Lord and rejoice in their sufferings...
		Analects 14.11: Kuan Chung had such prestige that no one called him 'presumptuous' when he injured others; it was much harder for the head of the Po family to avoid resentment than it was for Kuan Chung to keep up the air of probity.
	origin.org /ucs/ws/theme145.cfm (1466 words)

	Reinterpreting "Turn the other cheek." - UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum
		Thus if one were struck on the right cheek by the back of someone's right hand, it was an insult and a provocation.
		I believe if you were struck AGAIN with the OTHER hand, it would be a grievous insult and a major provocation.
		This leads me to conclude that the gesture of turning the other cheek is a challenge to the striker.
	www.usingenglish.com /forum/usingenglish-com-content/16533-reinterpreting-turn-other-cheek.html#post80787 (594 words)

	Lisa’s Writings (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		He knew better than to start anything with me. I have been sure to avoid going near his office and he has done his best to walk the other way when he sees me come in to the building.
		I didn’t like a lot of his ideas or rude comments he was saying about other teachers.
		Before he even MET these teachers, he would assume that all of them were screwing the school, trying to get more money or were bad teachers.
	lisa.innereyes.com /2006/04/turn-the-other-cheek (1261 words)

	Your choice! Turn the other cheek? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-23)
		I was reading someone's journal about the hurts they went through growing up in childhood and some others who talked about other hurtful things that happened in their past, caused by the words or actions of others.
		I don't know how to let her go, from dumping on me, from sucking my own positive energy from me. I'm sick, and I know that the stress is a big factor.
		I also need to forgive her for dumping on me, by causing me more emotional pain that is turning physcial harm to my body.
	journals.aol.com /readmereadyou/MyThoughts/entries/2006/04/18/your-choice-turn-the-other-cheek/484 (1676 words)

	TURN THE OTHER CHEEK?
		29 If someone strikes you on one cheek, turn to him the other also.
		When Jesus told his followers, "if someone strikes you on the cheek, turn to him the other also," he wasn't telling us not to defend ourselves.
		In a nutshell, they treat others as they want to be treated.
	www.somebodycares4u.com /devo_turn.htm (341 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		King should be remembered for his focus on service to others.
		Although one might think that the example cited by Jesus (being slapped by a violent person) is uncommon, in fact it occurs quite often.
		It's worth noting that Jesus speaks of offering your other cheek to one who slaps you--a painful but not normally life-threatening circumstance.
	www.beliefnet.com /frameset.asp?pageLoc=/story/6/story_671_1.html&boardID=1107 (474 words)

	The Great Epics: Mahabharata
		Answers to these and innumerable other questions are found in this astonishing book, through myths and legends, dialogues and scraps of history.
		It is the story of a struggle between cousins: a family of one hundred on one side, the Kurus, more evil than good, and on the other Pandavas, five brothers of outstanding heroism and virtue and their allies.
		The former cheat the latter of their kingdom, and the rest is taken up with the Pandavas' struggles to regain it, ending in a great battle.
	www.vedanta-atlanta.org /online-books/WayHindu/Mahabharata.html (211 words)

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