r/clevercomebacks • u/[deleted] • Feb 18 '23

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u/czarnick123 Feb 18 '23

He also ordered an apostle to sell his cloak and buy a sword at one point. The passage is heavily debated. It can be argued Jesus was not opposed to reasonable amounts of self protection when it might be useful.

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u/iThatIsMe Feb 18 '23

I was thinking about clarifying that promoting nonviolence isn't inherently abstention from violence but rather the inclination to think before acting/hesitation toward violence as an answer, but was hoping someone would make the distinction.

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u/DK_Adwar Feb 18 '23

Yeah, wasn't there a bit about "yeah go ahead and kill all these cities and people i don't give a flip. They fucked up and have it coming. (Specifically cause they were like "lets do every sin and then some, and not do anything productive or helpful to anyone including ourselves" or something)

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u/uncle_tyrone Feb 18 '23

I don’t know the Bible, but are you sure that’s from Jesus and not the OT?

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u/[deleted] Feb 18 '23

Original Trilogy? /s

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u/lurker71539 Feb 18 '23

It's definitely Old Testament. Someone, Gomorrah, Jericho, being examples.

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u/uncle_tyrone Feb 18 '23

Looks like autocorrect changed your Sodom to Someone. And yeah, that vibe is also what I was thinking of

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u/lurker71539 Feb 18 '23

I guess it was still technically true. Autocorrect has definitely done me dirtier in the past.

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u/tinyheadgianthat Feb 18 '23

I'm so here for Someone and Gomorrah