“and as Christians we’re not to be footstools for other religions.”
I’m not saying we should be, in the least. What I’m saying is that Christianity is a great differentiation from the Old Testament approach of an eye for an eye. It teaches trying to rise above hatred, and breaking the cycle of vengeance.
That said, we have a duty to protect innocence and stop evil, and we have no obligation to let those who hate us hurt us. My comments are being misinterpreted, but that’s OK, and I probably wasn’t very clear.
you might not have been clear, but in re-reading I probably didn’t read too clear either. No worries.