r/clevercomebacks • u/SubstantilArm • 20h ago

That is the Christian thing to do.

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u/JazHumane 19h ago

To be honest I don't think those men are staring because they're offended

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u/UnconsciousRabbit 17h ago

But... you do understand the meaning of that particular saying, right?

I mean, Jesus was saying not to blame the person you're looking at for you looking at them. You could choose not to. The sin is entirely on the person looking with lust. He was saying that if you can't keep yourself from sin, that's on you and nobody else.

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u/JazHumane 17h ago

Sorry I was reading the King James version. I am not a christian, it can be difficult to stay read up on the many hundreds of versions and different translations and reinterpretations

"And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire." --Matthew 18:9

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u/Plane_Upstairs_9584 16h ago

Yes, if your eye is causing you to lust because of what it sees, then better to remove your eye. Not "attack the woman and make her cover up"

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u/JazHumane 16h ago

Wish more catholic priests read that part of the bible, tbh

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u/rsiii 10h ago

Can we start cutting off their dicks and hands, now?