What facts get in the way of a good story? A country that is paranoid and has a violent culture has higher crime??? NOO WAY!!! That ruins what I BELIEVE AND I WILL BELIEVE WHAT I WANT TO BELIEVE NO MATTER WHAT YOUR STATISTICS SAY! i HAVE A GUT FEELING AND MY GUT IS OBVIOUSLY RIGHT!
On a more serious note, Jesus gave some pretty specific instructions to love your neighbor as yourself, turn the other cheek, pray for those that persecute you. I can imagine if someone were to rob Jesus(assuming he actually had a permanent home) that he would step back and say take my material possessions, they mean nothing to me. My focus is on things above, not on things of the earth. And if you are desperate enough to steal them from me, you probably need those material possessions more than I do!
On a more serious note, Jesus gave some pretty specific instructions to love your neighbor as yourself, turn the other cheek, pray for those that persecute you. I can imagine if someone were to rob Jesus(assuming he actually had a permanent home) that he would step back and say take my material possessions, they mean nothing to me. My focus is on things above, not on things of the earth. And if you are desperate enough to steal them from me, you probably need those material possessions more than I do!