[unspun]

So in this passage, persecution of any kind is worse than killing, eh? A great difference between this, and "turn the other cheek," don't you think? If anyone persecutes you, kill them, because that is kinder than persecution?

Wow.

I do hope to spend time reading those other passages too, in their contexts. I don't think I'll find any better results.

[Luis Gonzalez]

It may not be "turn the other cheek"...but what it also isn't is what you originally contended.

There is a whole world of difference between self-defense, and wanton murder as you claimed.