[Natural Law]

"Well, my many verbal provocations would have the one aim of getting him to swing on me - at which point ALL bets would be off...I’d just keep punching until...it became pointless. Then I would offer one wickedly hard kick in his groin just to emphasize the lesson."

That would certainly prove you to be the better Christian.

[AmericanArchConservative]

LOL!

Petty effort at a sarcastic riposte duly noticed

Especially since Joey was not a Christian of ANY sort...

And since I, as a Christian, am not called to suffer false prophets, false teachers, purveyors of polygamy, polyandry and paedophilia, etc...I would have been well within my rights in such a hypothetical situation.

The best thing Joey did in his sorry life was pull out his pistol and fire it in the Carthage jail and give someone the right and necessary reason to kill him.

By that time he had been confronted on multiple occasions and given the opportunity to repent of his foul words and deeds...he was beyond repentance, he life was weighed and found wanting.

A.A.C.