[Finny]

And if there EVER was a couple of neighbors who needed love, it's these people.

I'm all for passing judgement when it means something -- every person on this planet must past judgements in order to survive. You walk into a restaurant that smells like rotten grease and has a foul-looking fry cook behind the grill, you pass a few judgements, you turn around and walk out, and save yourself a bad case of ptomaine poisoning. There's a lot to be said for passing judgement.

But pax et bonum, you are SO RIGHT to be disgusted with the posters here who are so quick to condemn the parents. I'll pass a judgement here -- such posters are chumps (and probably self-righteous mothers who are pains to their kids), every one of them. Better to pray for the comfort of the poor parents and then list our own happy blessings and thank God mightily for them. There but for the grace of God goes me -- and every poster on this forum.

[pax_et_bonum]

I'm all for passing judgement when it means something -- every person on this planet must past judgements in order to survive. You walk into a restaurant that smells like rotten grease and has a foul-looking fry cook behind the grill, you pass a few judgements, you turn around and walk out, and save yourself a bad case of ptomaine poisoning. There's a lot to be said for passing judgement.

I'm for that kind of judgement, too, and I don't think that Christ had in mind that we mindlessly eat foul food.

The judgement I'm speaking of is the judgement of the soul, which is invisible and only God can see.

:-)

[pax_et_bonum]

I only posted half of my reply!

Continued:

I'll pass a judgement here -- such posters are chumps (and probably self-righteous mothers who are pains to their kids), every one of them. Better to pray for the comfort of the poor parents and then list our own happy blessings and thank God mightily for them. There but for the grace of God goes me -- and every poster on this forum.

Excellent!

The "self-righteous mothers who are pains to their kids" is very... insightful.

;-)

[dan1123]

you are SO RIGHT to be disgusted with the posters here who are so quick to condemn the parents. I'll pass a judgment here -- such posters are chumps (and probably self-righteous mothers who are pains to their kids), every one of them.

Great job fighting self-righteousness with self-righteousness. We can all enjoy the self-righteous pissing match to see who gets more self-righteous points.