What was that line about judging others? LOL!
Forced faith, is worth nothing.
Then that means all those God-given rights of yours aren't really God-given at all...
The principle of reciprocity gave those rights. Blood had to be shed for those rights. It certainly didn't fall from the sky, off the hands of an imaginary being.
It is certainly the most often used and misused "line" in the entire Book. It also teaches us, BTW, to warn our brothers of their shortcomings, lest their shortcomings be added onto us. If they fail to heed the warning, their shortcomings are their own.
And "having egg on one's face" can hardly be considered a "judgment" anyway.
The principle of reciprocity gave those rights. Blood had to be shed for those rights. It certainly didn't fall from the sky, off the hands of an imaginary being.
That isn't what our founding document declares. Nor does it ask the "principle of reciprocity" to bear witness to it's intentions. Having recognized that those rights are inherently bestowed in all mankind from on high in the DOI, the Constitution then goes on about limiting the amount of those rights being granted to the various governmental bodies.
Blood is not shed for those rights, not according to the documents we stand upon. They are ours as a birthright from God. Blood is shed to keep them.
Blood WAS shed. His name was Jesus.