[orionblamblam]

> You would have been wrong.

So it would seem. Along with, I imagine, that belief that had been pounded into me that judgement is reserved for God, not for online posters...

Again... oh, well.

[hushpad]

that belief that had been pounded into me that judgement is reserved for God<<<

Judgement is not reserved for God. Vengance is. Christians are warned to Judge not lest ye be judged {by the same rule), we are only to be careful how we judge, for the rules we apply may be applied to us as well.

[Mr. Silverback]

I agree with you that there has been too much "dancing" on this guy's grave in this thread, and we should remember here that God doesn't want anyone to perish. But that said, it's simply not logical to believe that we can look at a person who made his living ripping little children limb from limb and say, "Well, it's not for me to judge." This man was God's sworn enemy, and the enemy of little children. It is not "judgement" to call his work "evil," and to realize that, if unrepentant, he is certainly hellbound.

The non-judgemental part comes in when we realize that we're hellbound as well, unless we are under the grace of the blood of Jesus. I hope Richard Ragsdale is in Heaven today, but that hope is based on a belief in miracles, not any expectation that such a man would change. Why should he, when apparently some pastor and congregation were willing to enable him for decades, telling him he was a good Christian while he spent his days spilling innocent blood?

Judgement needs to begin in the house of God, and soon.