[Tax-chick]

In other words, calling someone a "fool" was making an eternal judgment against them: declaring that there is some minimum physical/mental condition that a person must possess and exercise in order to be forgiven/saved.

That's an extremely interesting point!

[Alex Murphy]

In other words, calling someone a "fool" was making an eternal judgment against them: declaring that there is some minimum physical/mental condition that a person must possess and exercise in order to be forgiven/saved.

FWIW, I left out the finishing part of that statement. Here's the complete thought:

In other words, calling someone a "fool" was making an eternal judgment against them: declaring that there is some minimum physical/mental condition that a person must possess and exercise in order to be forgiven/saved. If the church treats the low-functioning autistic person as only a disruption, as if they are incapable of "getting anything" from attending church, it is tantamount to a declaration that they are fools.