Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site whuxl.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!houxm!whuxl!orb From: orb@whuxl.UUCP (SEVENER) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: Re: Re: Christians and Morality Message-ID: <268@whuxl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 2-Oct-84 12:45:39 EDT Article-I.D.: whuxl.268 Posted: Tue Oct 2 12:45:39 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 3-Oct-84 19:40:21 EDT References: <1117@ihuxi.UUCP> <1015@akgua.UUCP> Organization: Bell Labs Lines: 26 > > 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 whuxl!orb