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From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER)
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Subject: Re: Re: Christians and Morality
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Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 12:45:39 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct  2 12:45:39 1984
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> Russell and others,
> 
> MEEK does not mean WIMP !!
> 
> A meek man is one who has submitted himself to a Superior
> other.  This can be theological or natural submission to 
> training for his/her betterment.  Moses was described as the
> "meekest of men" and he was hardly a wimp.  In fact, a meek
> servant in the hands of the living God can be a powerful force
> on the face of the earth.
> 
> 
> Bob Brown {...ihnp4!akgua!rjb}

And refusing to engage in violence does not make somebody a wimp.
Jesus Christ could have allowed himself to be defended by the sword
in the Garden of Gethsemane--he didn't, instead he said "He who lives
by the sword, dies by the sword." 
Lashing out in irrational violence is often our first response to provocation
but it is not a sign of strength, rather it is a sign of weakness and lack of
will.  As Gandhi said, it takes more strength and courage to continue to
oppose evil nonviolently than it does to resort to violence.
Tim Sevener
Bell Labs, Whippany
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