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I don't claim to presume to know the inner hearts of people. I judge them by their actions, whereas you judge them by what you estimation of their religious belief system is and whether you approve of it. Big difference.

And yet in post #57 you judged two specific beliefs (transsubstantiation + young earth) + Mormon beliefs in general -- all as "wacky."

So here you make a claim that you only "judge" by actions; yet in post #57 you were judging beliefs. What are we to believe -- what you say is your preaching here? Or your actual practice according to post #57.

Furthermore, you've judged our beliefs -- not just actions -- throughout this thread. You've certainly issued moral assessments on them as "deranged," etc.

(You may want to try to clear up your self-contradictory behavior according to your prescribed personal religious worldviews/practices)

Just because I believe someone's beliefs are wacky does not mean I'm passing judgement on them. Surely you know the difference.

I have beloved family that have closely held religious beliefs that I think are wacky, but that's not passing judgement on them.

Tesla believed he was receiving signals from outer space and Newton believed in alchemy. Good, intelligent people sometimes believe wacky things.

I wouldn't classify derangement as a moral problem, more of a mental illness or a nurtured dislike; maybe something they grew up with. I'm not contradicting any religious worldview since I don't have one. I simply calling out people when they say ridiculous things.