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Sorry for the swat - I also remember Jesus telling the mob that the one without sin could toss the first stone and a bit from Romans that says "Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law. 9The commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not covet,” a and whatever other command there may be, are summed up in this one command: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” b 10Love does no harm to a neighbor. Therefore love is the fulfillment of the law."

Seems we get the 'tell them their sinners" part really well but keep forgetting that we are all sinners and even those who have been saved are still faulty mortals with sinful predilections...even Paul, who we know was saved and who had met the risen Jesus couldn't shake that human bit...

15 I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do I do not do, but what I hate I do. 16 And if I do what I do not want to do, I agree that the law is good. 17 As it is, it is no longer I myself who do it, but it is sin living in me. 18 For I know that good itself does not dwell in me, that is, in my sinful nature.[a] For I have the desire to do what is good, but I cannot carry it out. 19 For I do not do the good I want to do, but the evil I do not want to do—this I keep on doing. 20 Now if I do what I do not want to do, it is no longer I who do it, but it is sin living in me that does it.

We all still have our sinful natures and practice some sort of sinful acts - whether we want to admit it or not....that is why I take some of my swats at those who get all foamy-mouthed over the sins of others. There is so much we are powerless over and the quality of those who preach to us, and who reign over them in a religious hierarchy, is one of them once the "establishment" has reached a certain size and entropy.

It's why I left the Catholic Church many years ago and why I finally eschewed the main religions and went non-denominational - preaching straight from the Bible, w/o all the "specialized religious gobbledygook" which varies greatly among the Christian religions. If those at my church seem to be slipping, and the elders/advisors cannot bring it into line,I can find another church.

I know my worthiness for Heaven is everything to do with God and nothing to do with me except that I accept the wonderful gift of His Son, Jesus Christ...no church/priest/or anyone else, can change that..rely on Him instead of earthly things and it will all work out in the end.

Sorry again for the original, or any perceived swats in this diatribe (none were intended), just wanted to explain why i get "acerbic" from time to time when a religious group goes on the warpath.