God never told us to strike back; just the opposite. People who are bullies themselves like the idea of hitting back and having someone to blame.
A family member undermined me one day when he counseled our son, in front of me, to hit back if a bully bothers him. I was telling my son not to retaliate.
This family member was supposedly a Christian, but he was also a terrible bully himself, mostly with his mouth, to cause others to become angry. Then, when the victim of my bully relative lunged at him, he blamed the one who hit him but never admitted his part in it with his mouth.
Sadly, adults in the family praised him for beating up the bully when he was the bully with his mouth and should have been punished for it.
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