“WHY do so many people take this out of context?”
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Because it is a major prop and aid to one of the fundamental maladies affecting human society in the current age:
Soft, cowardly non-judgmentalism.
So true.
How in the world do these cowardly non judgmental "Christians" ever hope to follow God's commandments to fight evil, and establish dominance of his word over it, when they refuse to call anything evil for fear of judging it, and "turning the other cheek" if it fights back and lands the first blow?
Sheesh.