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Originally Posted by Halibut
I believe the great progressive Jesus preached that we should, "Judge not ..."
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If I can comment upon the constant misuse and misapplication of what Jesus actually said? The full text is in the Gospel of Saint Matthew and is part of the "Sermon on the Mount."
It is not a call to moral relativism - don't judge anyone, and so on. That is an illogical position since one is then passing judgement on others passing judgement.
Jesus never ever said to refrain from judgement! (Go teach all nations… and teach them to observe what you teach [paraphrase] Also, when he sent the apostles out two by two prior to His death, he told them to 'kick the dust off their sandals" and move on when any town did not accept their teachings.
If one judges, be prepared to have God (not other people) judge you by the same measure.
A lot different from a blanket prohibition arising out of a mistaken use/reading of Sacred Scripture.
I hope I remember His teaching.
(Edited - I apologize for not having read Winston Boogie's excellent post of this a.m. before I posted. He says it much better than I.)