[Conservative til I die]

"Then neither do I condemn you," Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin."

I agree with 95% of what you're saying. The idiots and anonymous tough guys calling people whores and what not are definitely not helping. And yes, Jesus preached compassion when dealing with our brother's or sister's sin, but just so no one misinterprets what you're saying, the key part of that sentence is that Jesus taught us to leave our life of sin.

I'm sure you know that, but I do see that quote tossed around a lot by libs who say that Jesus hung only with sinners (implicitly saying Jesus didn't actually care about healing us of are sinful nature; He just loved everybody like a good hippie dude.)

[Chanticleer]

Nope, you agree with me 100%! :-) That's why I used the full quote. I don't defend any "lifestyle" or foolish, sinful or selfish choices people make. I do believe we are called to holiness.

However, I am offended when people with holier-than-thou attitudes assign hateful names to others or when people readily point out the sin of the woman while ignoring the sin of the man. Neither is fair or Christian. A woman whose sexual sins end in pregnancy is an easy target -- but what if all our sins were as obvious? What if we had to wear our sins on a plaque around our necks... what would they read? Glutton ... Liar ... Drunk ... Greedy? I know my own sin well enough to know that I shouldn't be casting stones.