“Turn the other cheek” or to be as exact as we can be, “But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also”, (Mathew 5:39 of some Bible).

Sounds so reasonable doesn’t it, I mean Jesus himself allegedly said it, so it can’t be in any way negative or bad, surely. So many people will repeat the abridged phrase at you, whenever you are, or have been in a situation where you are being abused, or even attacked.

The books that the phrase comes from, The (or rather one or more of many versions of ‘The’) Bible we are taught from an early age as children brought up in what claims to be, a ‘Christian’ country, is the teachings of ‘God’ that have been passed to ‘man’, (meaning all humans, men and women) through his ‘Son’ Jesus and the disciples.

All good so far, and if you have faith in that, great, I truly and I am sincere in this, am happy for you and can only respect you for it. Peoples belief’s or rather their spiritual beliefs are precious and should always be respected.

My own personal beliefs however differ slightly, I dont challenge all the stories in any such volume, whatever religion or belief it is born from, but, for me there are a few points I choose to question and even argue.

The first point is who actually penned the original manuscripts, and with a degree of certainty, I think many will agree, likely not the people present at the time. We are talking around 2000+ years ago, give or take, and I understand that during that period most of the people could not read or write, in fact to be a literate scribe may still have meant you were a house slave, but certainly in an elevated position.

The Masters and most certainly not the Mistresses of the house, no matter how Hollywood depicts it, were extremely unlikely to even write down numbers, and definitely not entire recounts of events.

Yes some traders, even slavers may have had basic knowledge but most certainly were not scholars.

Therefore the people who could have written true accounts of the described events, including the spoken words of the Messiah or his mates where probably not actually there.

I may be wrong, as neither was I present, as far as I know. (Oops a different theology).

I don’t know about you, but I rarely remember anyone’s words verbatim, especially if there is a huge crowd and no Marshal amps.

So I do question whether Christ actually said these words, and if he did, why?

The phrase seems so innocent, and maybe even common sense, which is a key aspect of why the Bible is so often accepted

‘But’ …. this innocent phrase is actually very powerful, and more controlling than we think.

Now all religions I understand have rules, in Christianity they are primarily The (ten) Commandments. Certainly anyone brought up in the 1970’s British education system will have had them spouted at them by over zealous RE teachers and the head teachers during assembly, I certainly did.

The Commandments basically were laws, that if you broke, God would judge you by, but also at several points in our history not only God, but the Church, the judiciary (if it could be called that) and even those we called family or friends.

Then there were the teachings such  as “But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to them the other cheek also”, and though not a commandment, a very strong instruction of which you again would be judged.

This kind of statement does not come from no where, its a very deliberate form of control, social control.

Social control is about ensuring you can keep people in their place without the need to police them yourself. A very useful tool if for instance you as a minority wish to govern over others who outnumber you a thousand fold.

Slavery, whether a shackled example or a social conscript, making people work for you and then taxing them, upon whatever meagre pittance of a wage you decide to pay them, is far easier to enforce if those you enslave believe they have no choice in fighting back.

Bullies thrive upon the “turn the other cheek” mentality of so many.

The phrase in a utopian land may be truly good advice, but there is no Utopia in this world we currently live. 

Sadly it is often the oppressed that use the phrase upon themselves and their peers, those with power never truly believe it relates to them, they do not abide to any such rules. That’s why they are in control, why they continue as that minority to wield power over us, who absolutely out number them.

Its how their cruelty, corruption, murder, abuse, and yes genocide thrive.

Now this is no call to arms, for that likely would result in my  arrest and the same to others following me, we truly live in a regime even here in Britain (especially here in Britain) where freedom of speech is simply another lie to appease and control, if you are seen to stand against that minority holding the power you will be shut down, one way or another.

So no call to arms here, no incitement in any way, beyond a call to think. To question, to criticize and challenge.

Stop using such terms as “turn the other cheek” or “live and let live”, especially if referring to those pedalling hate, those preaching cruelty, those attempting to divide and oppress us, those stealing our rights, our lives, those dehumanising people to cull them then steal their homes.

Do not turn the other cheek to fascism, to Nazi’s that attack the most vulnerable, simply because they are an easy target.

Remember when they have stripped the disabled and sick of everything, when they have stolen the safety net from the unwaged or low waged, when they have stolen all the assets of our National Health Service, when they have used all our economy, to buy, use, and give away their weapons of destruction in order for them to profit from it, remember that then they will see the little you have saved, and you too will become fair game, for to these vile creatures, it is but a game, and even if you are their most loyal foot soldier, they will take all from you, your children and all you hold dear.

I don’t write this for fun, certainly not for fame, I simply write out of a desperate need to wake people up to the attacks already happening upon the disabled, chronically ill and impoverished, upon those whose only crimes are geography of birth, and for those currently blessed in so much as they as yet are not in the crosshairs.

It is that simple, and as I am Simon I can truly state that.