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<blockquote data-quote="vantexan" data-source="post: 5736425" data-attributes="member: 24302">Saw a Catholic priest on tv explain that in a way that makes sense.&nbsp; Back then if a man slapped you with his left hand it showed his dominance over you.&nbsp; By turning your cheek after being slapped with a left hand if he wants to slap you again it would no longer be possible to slap you with his left hand.&nbsp; He&#039;d have to use his right hand.&nbsp; By turning your cheek and forcing him to use his right hand you were defiantly telling him you are his equal.Another interesting point I learned at a Christian college is, when Jesus said if a man would compel you to walk with him a mile then walk with him two miles, that throughout the Roman Empire if a soldier pointed to a man that man had to drop whatever he was doing and carry the soldier&#039;s pack a mile.&nbsp; Jesus was saying don&#039;t grudgingly do it, go above and beyond.&nbsp; Nowhere in the Bible are we told to be doormats.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="vantexan, post: 5736425, member: 24302"] Saw a Catholic priest on tv explain that in a way that makes sense. Back then if a man slapped you with his left hand it showed his dominance over you. By turning your cheek after being slapped with a left hand if he wants to slap you again it would no longer be possible to slap you with his left hand. He'd have to use his right hand. By turning your cheek and forcing him to use his right hand you were defiantly telling him you are his equal. Another interesting point I learned at a Christian college is, when Jesus said if a man would compel you to walk with him a mile then walk with him two miles, that throughout the Roman Empire if a soldier pointed to a man that man had to drop whatever he was doing and carry the soldier's pack a mile. Jesus was saying don't grudgingly do it, go above and beyond. Nowhere in the Bible are we told to be doormats. [/QUOTE]

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