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Sojourner Robert Hess

Judge not... (oh, really?)

  • For the "judge not lest you be judged" folks... that's a very specific phrase. It refers to final Judgement, which is Gods domain. It does not refer to social judgement , personal judgement, or courts.

     

    Now I know there are some that will say it also means we should accept (and never EVER speak against) everyone elses lifestyle.... but it doesn't and how unrealistic is that anyway.

     

    Live and let live not enough for you? Does it have to be "Live and promote even those things you may personaly find disgusting because the fact you find it disgusting is a flaw in you"?

     

    We make judgement calls all the time, it's part of what keeps us -alive- most days.

     

    We enjoy the right to dissagree and even to teach our children what we disagree with and why. If we are not to be allowed to (respectfully) voice disagreement then where would any sort of advancement come from? We would stagnate as a humanity.

     

    I'm not promoting hate, there is a vast gulf between "WE think X'ing is wrong and here is why." and "All them X'ers are going to Hell and should be kilt!"

3 comments
  • kiwani  [e.lawson]
    kiwani [e.lawson] Robert, I get the point you are making, yet imo- "Accept" is different than "Promote," and one can still disagree yet accept that it is another's belief-system.. nobody is compelled to "Promote" something one does not believe... it's all in how it is pres...  more
    August 9, 2013
  • Sojourner Robert Hess
    Sojourner Robert Hess "Accept" is fine and is what happens in 'live and let live' I don't have to agree with something or teach my children that it's OK in order to accept someonel elses right to do that something. It seems to me that modern culture has forgotten that it is po...  more
    August 9, 2013
  • kiwani  [e.lawson]
    kiwani [e.lawson] It seems like you just said it yourself.. accept is fine, but I don't have to agree it is right or ok for someone else... and that is what parent's can teach their children - no judgment [or words of judgment, ie. approve/disapprove, good/bad, right/wrong...  more
    August 9, 2013