"Turn the other cheek" was a way to INSULT the one slapping you, during the times in the Roman Empire when Christians were persecuted. Because to show your assailant the "other cheek" was to force them to use their dominant hand. You would force them to acknowledge you as an equal, because the dominant hand was what you used on other men, back in those days.
Turn the other cheek.
"Turn the other cheek" was a way to INSULT the one slapping you, during the times in the Roman Empire when Christians were persecuted. Because to show your assailant the "other cheek" was to force them to use their dominant hand. You would force them to acknowledge you as an equal, because the dominant hand was what you used on other men, back in those days.
Exactly!
It just annoys me how a lot of Christians use that phrase as an excuse to be doormats for their assailants.
I would rationalize furthermore that it was even a "square up bro, ill clean you out like i did the temple."
Me too. But you understood the context i was using it in.