Much of the dumb modernist views that arise from mainstream Christians, and by consequence the (justified) moral/philosophical critiques by certain nonchristians, often arises from those modernist Christians thinking the Bible was written in English and deriving their opinions purely from English translations.
One of the concepts that is hard to grasp is amicability towards enemies, or what even is an enemy, in the Christian lens. Very few know what was actually written beyond what was conveyed in English and subsequently lost in translation.
There are numerous types of "enemy" words in the original Greek, and not all of them apply (or even were necessarily intended) by Christ when He spoke of this. The Greek word for "enemy" Christ used was "echthros" meaning a personal enemy, someone who you know personally that treats you poorly. A family member, a friend, a coworker, and so on. The words for public/political/military enemy were "polemios" and "hostis", weren't used by Christ.
There is obviously a souring of the meaning of the words when we read (in English) that we are told to "turn the other cheek" to an "enemy" (like someone personally involved in our life) and also have to extrapolate this meaning out to even satanic forces (Satan being "The Enemy" in English).
Forwarded fromThe Marauder Project
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