Posted on 11/26/2008 6:20:12 PM PST by Mr. Mojo
I wonder what *religion* this would be? The religion of moral relativism?
Religious leaders?? No. Followers of the secular and profane.
And we should also be non-judmental about behavior that leads to drunk driving deaths, I suppose.
“because it betrays a bias about what is moral and immoralA”
Bias based completely on the BIBLE....reverend (small case intended)
I don’t say it is sinful, God does. Who am I to disagree with, God.
“None of that has anything to do with what, as far as I know, all of the world’s religions share -- and that is to meet the needs of the people in any form of economic and physical distress for any reason,” Messinger told CNSNews.com.
Would He take this advice, or would He still say, "Go forth and sin no more?" [Rhetorical question. I believe I know the answer. This article suggests a different answer, from a perspective that claims to be Jewish. One of us is wrong.]
How about they be non judgemental on someone’s carbon footprint?
They would consider driving an SUV or Christmas tree lights immoral.
Oh, yeah. I forgot the part about “If you are neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out.”
Some of society, but hardly all, and definitely not God have "moved beyond".
Advocate for the Harlot.
The goats are bleating.
“The Rev. Michael Schuenemeyer, executive for health and wholeness advocacy in the national offices of the United Church of Christ, said the church should be “nonjudgmental” when it comes to HIV/AIDS – and cited a recent workshop he attended as an example of how the Church should act.”
His church can be as non-judgmental as it wants. Trouble is, all evidence is that God is not as hip and with-it as the good reverend is. In any event, churches, properly constituted, are not judgmental. They are just passing on the word of the One who is.
The Rev. Michael Schuenemeyer, executive for health and wholeness advocacy in the national offices of the United Church of Christ.
Proper punctuation would be-
The “Rev.” Michael Schuenemeyer, executive for “health” and “wholeness” advocacy in the national offices of the United “Church” of Christ.
/s for the sarcasm impaired.
If you want to you can stick a feather in its hat and call it macaronie. Whatever, it ain't the Law & Gospel taught by Jesus Christ. sin is real and it isn't "judgmental" to admonish sinners, it is tough Christian love.
Of course the UCC left the old-fashioned Jesus behind years ago, and this Jewish outfit quoted, who knows what the hell they believe in. It isn't Yahweh, that's for sure.
I remember reading a few years ago a book by (iirc) Marvin Olasky about the history of charitable work in this country. Originally, charitable work and welfare were performed by religious groups and other private groups who made no bones about wanting people to turn their backs on their destructive behavior as a price for accessing their offers for benefits. (Even Christ, in talking to the woman taken in adultery, told her to go her way and sin no more.) But then as government took over, the benefits were decoupled from expectations of self-improvements except in a very minimal way. Today it is politically incorrect to tell people their life choices are evil, destructive, unhealthy or immoral. Now, apparently, people want private charity work to mirror that “non-judgmental” attitude of government welfare. Too bad. I view the immorality as more seriously detrimental to the long-term health of the person’s soul than the HIV infection itself.
Beware of wolves in sheep's clothing! This is not what Jesus taught us about those who are sexually immoral.
If these "religious leaders" would take the cellophane off of their Holy Bibles, they would find out that not only does Matthew 18:15-17 show us that Jesus commanded that a congregation is ultimately not to associate with unrepentant sinners, but 1 Corinthians 5 shows that Paul wrote for that congregation to expel a *sexual* offender.
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