Posted on 05/08/2007 7:01:27 PM PDT by Reaganesque
Liberals, when it comes to those they support, cite the scripture "Judge not, that ye be not judged." When they do this, their intent is to escape the consequences of their actions or words. This is not what Jesus meant. The whole scripture, taken in context reads:
1 Judge not, that ye be not judged.
2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. (Matthew 7:1-2)
This is an injuction not to judge unrighteously. We are told many times in the scriptures to judge between good and evil. So judging itself is not the issue, it is whether or not we do so righteously. If we judge righteously, we will be judged righteously. If we judge unrighteously, we can expect the same from others.
Don Imus was wrong for what he said and was held responsible, but Mr. Sharpton's judgment of Imus was just as wrong if not more so, given his history of racially charged statements. It is, in my opinion, not an unrighteous judgment to point this fact out and hold him responsible for it. Personally, I don't really care what he has to say about anything and I'm not going to spend my days crying into my milk wondering why Al Sharpton doesn't like my religion, but there is such a thing as justice.
Putz? Sharpton?
I was very impressed with Romney’s response to this.
Very impressed.
And what seminary school did Sharpton graduate from again? That’s right...NONE. So how is he a “Reverend” at all?
I won't hold my breath while I wait.
“Mormons once endorsed recial segregation.”
That is misleading. We did not permit blacks to hold the priesthood for a time, but they were not shunted off to separate congregations or anything else like that.
In the very early days of the church blacks were ordained, but God soon commanded a stop to it without ever revealing the reasons for it. It was also known that a day would come when this ban would end and that happened in the late 70’s.
When the ban was lifted, there was no resentment or resistance by the members, white and black members rejoiced together that the time had come at last. This is hardly how a racist group would act, just look at the battles over forced racial integration in US or South African history.
I have trained myself a long time ago to listen for the holier than thou speak. I first came across it in the 70’s from the born again Christians - who dare insinuate my belief in God and Jesus was wrong or not as strong as theirs, since I did not come to my belief the way they did. When I converted to Catholicism, I even heard it from Catholics. When you see the religious villian in television shows and movies, I believe that in a small way, the writers are striking back at these holier than thou people. There are even some on FR. I have a belief about God and Jesus that may be right or may be wrong. The only one who can tell me for sure are they.
I apologize. I didn’t mean to suggest I was making a claim about the Mormon faith, I was simply mimicking what was said by Chris Hitchens.
No problem, it’s a common misconception and I don’t get offended easily. I just wanted to set the record straight.
Given Al’s subsequent statements, it’s possible my desire to give him the benefit of the doubt was misplaced.
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