Hi @stan
Forgiveness doesn't mean being a doormat, but that is essentially what the church teaches.

Logic dictates that turning the other cheek is not the complete teaching. If one did simply turn the other cheek, then we might as well disband the police... Why have courts & try crimes? Obviously there's a limit...
Besides, if we all turned the other cheek at all times, that would be criminal collusion in law - i.e. allowing crime to occur with your knowledge... It's a crime in itself.
Collusion is bad because if a criminal is allowed, they are emboldened, and go on to commit more crime. This is clearly not what Jesus, or anyone decent, would want.
So we have to use our common sense to pick the truth from Christianity, it doesn't offer it freely.

Thanks for commenting. :)