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Originally Posted by Golfingnut
Well, if a man judges another man in any way, he is defying the teachings of Jesus.
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The problem with this is that people get judging a person confused with judging acts or behaviors.
We can all certainly agree that there are some acts that are wrong. What we should not be doing is judging that the people who commit these acts are going to hell.
This is a problem with people who read the Bible and quote a few lines out of context. Often, when Jesus spoke he was not speaking of the material world. Sometimes when he used to the terms rich and poor, he was talking in spiritual terms.
Someone said to read the sermon on the mount and it will all become clear. The problem is that ten people can read the sermon on the mount and come away with ten different ideas of what he was saying.
Biblical scholars are often needed to put the words of the Bible into the context of the time and the language of the day.