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Originally Posted by marksmarkou  I was on yahoo answers and someone had posted the question is MMA a sin. With a slight variation,I ask, is everything to do with Martial Arts in general a sin (training, competition, fights, intent on knocking someone out for money etc) |
Here is my two cents; one hand we have the "eye or an eye & tooth for a tooth" line, the "turn the other cheek" line and "take all your belongings and if you own a coat and not a sword sell the coat and buy a sword" line. What this means is much debated but purly simple with a little education and thought.
First, the line "an eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth" is reference to defending yourself and justified relatiation. Means that if a you lose an eye, take the aggressor's eye but no more. You are limited to defending yourself to the equal effect/intent of your attacker.
Second, the "turn the other cheek" line comes from the do not return insult for insult. In hebrew culture if a man corrected his children or wife he did so with a slap only. Men did not beat their wives but crazy woman trying to hit her husband with a broom stick for example was to be set straight with a slab to the face to end histeria. It was a far different culture back then, and woman didn't have equal rights or any of that stuff as they do today. Nt trying to sound sexiat but it was the way of the world at the time.
The last line I mention of Jesus' command to his disciples prior to a full scale Roman invasion. While Jesus had told the jews to leave everything and run for the mountains he also told many of them to "buy a sword (dagger)" meaning they they should be prepared to defend themselves. And again how do they defend themselves doing only as much damage as done to them...
There are several lines in the bible that shows that Jesus Christ was not as passive as many modern day preachers and religious groups claim he was. Infact since suicide is a sin, it only makes sense for not defending yourself to be sin as well. So learning to defend yourself is fine, learning to harm others for the power it gives you is a sin...