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If there is anything the nonconformist hates worse than a conformist, it's another nonconformist who doesn't conform to the prevailing standard of nonconformity
- Bill Vaughan [noticed from here]

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Yancey, in the book Soul Survivor tells a story out of the life of Gandhi that intrigues me.

The story is also told in the movie Gandhi and concerns Gandhi and a Presbyterian missionary Charlie Andrews. Gandhi and Andrews were spending some time together walking in a South African city.

Two bullies tried to block their path and after considering his options Andrews decides to run and get out of Dodge. Gandhi stops him and says, "Doesn't the New Testament say if an enemy strikes you on the right cheek you should offer him the left.?

Andrews justifies (and I would have done the same thing) his position by explaining that he had taken those words to be used metaphorically. Gandhi counters by saying, "I suspect he meant you must show courage-be willing to take a blow, several blows, to show you will not strike back nor will you be turned aside."

Even though Gandhi was not a Christian, he took his beliefs in the theology of the New Testament seriously. Seriously enough that he was willing to suffer dire consequences to make sure he practiced what he preached.

[text seen here]