Oh my goodness I'm soooo offended.
Posted on 10/14/2010 11:35:26 AM PDT by FTJM
I had a problem when she announced her wedding plans to a tabloid media outlet, but do not see anything wrong with this. She has been sufficiently modest so that there should be no issue. There have been a lot of married celebrities on this show who have had a reputation for modesty and survived being on the show with their reputation in tact. Many celebrities often have their spouses attend workouts to ease their discomfort. In the end everyone realizes that it is only dancing.
You know, everybody misquotes that scripture. It is talking about hypocritical judgement.
Consider the following, from the very same passage of scripture.
Matthew 7:5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.
We are actually called upon to judge, but to judge righteous judgement, that is, not hypocritically. If you can make no judgements, how can you even determine right from wrong?
There is eternal judgement. THat has been given to the Son of God.
Then there is righteous judgement. Not judging by how someone appears, whether rich or poor, educated or ignorant, but how he behaves. That has been given to the believer to choose the correct way to live in this world and to preach righteousness, and that NOT hypocritically. If you don’t like the preaching of righteousness, then don’t mention the Bible.
There are many scriptures in the New Testament that warn against hypocritical judgement. And many will bring those up without any balance with the scriptures that call for righteous judgement.
Here are just a few of the scriptures that encourage righteous jugement.
Luke 7:43 And he said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
John 7:24 Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
Matthew 23:23 for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
Acts 4:19 But Peter and John answered and said unto them, Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye.
Acts 16:15 And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.
1Co 2:15 But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
1Co 5:13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. (How can you do this without righteous judgment?)
1Co 10:15 I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say.
1Co 11:13 Judge in yourselves: is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered?
1Co 14:29 Let the prophets speak two or three, and let the other judge.
Php 1:9 And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment;
How about these warnings?
Eph 5:11 And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
1Pe 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
1Th 5:22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.
Ro 16:17 Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
1Co 5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators (Hollywood “stars” are nothing if they are not fornicators).
2Co 6:14 Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
2Co 6:17 Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you,
2Th 3:14 And if any man obey not our word by this epistle, note that man, and have no company with him, that he may be ashamed.
There is much, much, much more. How can we discharge these responsibilities without making some sort of judgement?
I have chosen only New Testament scriptures to show that righteous judgement is not “just Old Testament”.
I cannot judge Bristol’s soul. I cannot judge her eternal. destiny. I can, however, judge her behavior, as long as I am not hypocritical about it. In fact, if I am hypocritical, I must first correct my own sinful behavior and THEN admonish others about that behavior.
I choose in my life to abstain from the appearance of evil. Am I perfect? No. But you won’t find me watching any dance shows or encouraging anybody to do so.
Very inappropriate. Not at all “ladylike”. She seems like a nice person, though.
God Lord, THAT’S dancing??
Disgusting...
America is becoming so over-sexualized, it’s ridiculous.
Ed
Bristol will be gone sometime in the next three weeks. My guess is two weeks, but any of those three weeks would not be unreasonable. She’s a better dance than either Flo or Kurt, but Flo is a much better entertainer.
At this point my money is on Jennifer Gray.
>> Going to college and getting an education would be a good start.<<
I have owned a feed and soil testing lab, a furniture manufacturing facility, and a computer store and I can tell you that College educated people make the absolutely worst employees. Typically dumb as rocks and twice as lazy.
>>I pray to God they never do.<<
Oh they will. If not them, then a grandchild. When they do will you come in here and tell us? We will show you how to not be so condescending. We will help you show them how you will support them and encourage them to get beyond the embarrassment of the mistakes in their lives and how to not listen to jabs and put downs.
I happen to agree that college doesn’t necessarily make one smart.
I’m just saying I hope Bristol doesn’t ride off mommy’s fame for the rest of her life.
I’d like to see her forge her own path through life.
If she’s as smart as everyone claims she is, she’ll do just that. We’ll see.
To me, just the fact that she made that comment says she has her head on straight and is thinking along the right lines. She is evidently aware and as she grows will mature. I admire her grit and obvious good foundation.
> how you will support them and encourage.
Two of my eleven children are already married. Both have been through the wringers of life and experienced many misadventures before they settled down. I have supported them when they tried to make things right. I have expressed my disappointment when they made bad choices. Both have come very far, and one is doing even better than I in all respects.
That does not stop me from refining my methods to lead my ine children still at home with me to avoid unnecessary difficulties by making wise choices. You cannot do this without expressing disapproval for wrong choices and encouraging good ones.
Oh my goodness I'm soooo offended.
Must suck to be you...
> Must suck to be you...
Your response says a lot about you.
None of it good.
I’ve already said I’m not perfect.
I’m sure you hold yourself to the same standard as you hold me when you criticize those with whom you disagree.
But you are the one taking the low road, so if the hypocrite shoe fits ...
That position is probably how 3/4 of all females since Eve have been "knocked up".
How do hacklehead's come to be here, the stork?
Of course, I'm also not the one describing Bristol's little dance routine as "soft porn" either.
I'll leave the casting of silly aspersions to those like you who claim Superior Moral FiberTM.
But, you are better than those on a stupid dance show correct? How else could you come to such a firm resolution that it's "soft porn"?
But you are the one taking the low road, so if the hypocrite shoe fits ...
Note: It wasn't me that watched the show. It wasn't me that started claiming Bristol should be ashamed for engaging in "soft porn".
If they'd been engaged in hot and heavy Salsa, or pelvis to pelvis Bump-n-grind, then you might have a point.
right now, you are just coming across as a repressed prude with a moral superiority complex.
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