Uh, your attitude is showing again.
Good for you, then there may be hope. My attitude is that my salvation is between myself and my God. You and your reverend aren't in the equation anywhere. I agree, that kind of attitude isn't very conducive to the religion business.
One of the most interesting threads I've read in a long time; thank you for posting it. What do I have to say about it? Jesus said something to the effect, "Judge not lest ye be judged; for with the same measure you judge shall it be measured back to you..."
This is not an injunction against judging but a caution that the 'harshness' of our judgement may come back on us. I think I have just enough empathy to feel a great deal of pain in some of the responses I've read and I do not wish to add to that pain. I am Christian and I do believe in judgement and forgiveness and I believe that those of us who've asked for forgiveness (and who've accepted and acknowledged the Lordship of the 'Nazarene') may find not only that their sins have been forgiven, they may also find their injuries healed and their pain removed. I am also Baptist but I do not interpret those scriptures I've read here today as Reverend Mohler does and I don't think that necessarily means I'm wrong because I disagree with him. That only makes me a Baptist.