i'd never thought of it this way, i'd like the link.
i'd like to read more on it.
thanks micheal.
--- Michael Collis <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> There's some interpreters who now interpret Christ's
> commsand to turn
> the other cheek, go the extra mile, and go naked if
> someone sues one for
> the coat one wears as subversive, nonviolent
> teaching.   Christ wasn't
> teaching a mamby pamby rule here.   He was teaching
> a new way to act to
> authority,   For example, with regard to the
> teaching.to go the extra
> mile, the Roman soldiers could force the conquered
> subjects to carry his
> equipment one mile, and only one mile.  Any more,
> and the soldiers would
> be in deep trouble..Can you just see it? The Roman
> Soldiers begging the
> Jewish-Christians to stop carrying his equipment
> after the first mile?
> See the subversive humor in it?   Christ did not
> quesxtion the Old
> Testament laws, he questioned the  interpretation of
> them.  When he
> said,   "You have heard that it was said to the
> people long ago, 'Do not
> murder, and anyone who murders will be subject to
> judgment.'   But I
> tell you that anyone who is angry with his brother
> will be subject to
> judgment. Again, anyone who says to his brother,
> 'Raca, ' is answerable
> to the Sanhedrin. But anyone who says, 'You fool!'
> will be in danger of
> the fire of hell."  His interpretation was so much
> harsher than even the
> Jewish teachers of that time...
>
> Walter Wink is one of the theologians who teaches
> this interpretation.
> He has a number of articles on the web, and one of
> them is an 8 page
> paper of homosexuals and the church.  If you want I
> can put a link of it
> on here. .  ..
>
> Elizabeth H. Thiers wrote:
>
> >It's interesting in that when the Christ came he
> specifically questioned the
> >old testament laws.  He was often a breaker of
> Judaic law and questioned
> >it's legitamacy especially in the face of
> hypocrasy.  Christ worked on the
> >Sabbath, didn't wash his hands.  I often find a lot
> of conflict between what
> >Christ says "turn the other cheek', "meek shall
> inherit the earth" and
> >Pauline concepts of Christianity.
> >
> >Beth T.
> >


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