[Clintons-B-Gone]

In order to justify their actions and behavior, people love to wrongly quote this phrase from Scripture.

[JudyinCanada]

One of the scriptures that seems to be misunderstood is “do not judge.”

I think there needs to be clarification in some people’s minds regarding the difference between judging, and discerning.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Absolutely correct interpretation. However, good luck; as people will continue to stop at the phrase “Neither do I condemn thee.” All rotten behavior is justified by this deliberate misinterpretation. Just as bad is the false doctrine “Hate the sin but love the sinner.” God hates the sinner and will place him in hell. Can any sane man say being placed in Hell is an act of love?

[TruthInThoughtWordAndDeed]

The whole story is in dispute. The earliest copies of the New Testament scriptures do NOT include any of the story from which the casting of stones quotes are drawn.

[GOPJ]

Jesus threw out the money changers... and God didn’t send down the Ten “anything goes’ Commandments... Seems the only verse in the Bible liberals read was the one about not casting stones.

[tumblindice]

I think Jesus basically gave her a `mulligan'. Recall that he went on to say: John 8:11 ► New International Version "Then neither do I condemn you, "Jesus declared. "Go now and leave your life of sin." (KJV "sin no more") What's the Catholic expression? "Obstinate in sin"? This is what the serial sinners (AKA Democrats, like Pelosi et al.) don't/won't understand. They seem to think they have a permanent `bye.'

[Mechanicos]

It’s simple; we are not the ones doing the judging. The act at issue was already judged to be a sin by God. If we said wearing the color blue on Tuesday was a sin, we would be judging what is a sin. But we are not doing that. Rather we are messengers repeating what the one who can Judge has said. Moreover, when we say to them what God has judged is the consequence of the sin, again we are not the ones doing the judging, just messengers repeating the words of the Judge.

As the story points out, the pharisees were judging who had a committed a sin and who had not sinned - they took it upon themselves to judge what was a sin.

[Arthur McGowan]

What people forget is that Jesus was talking to people who were actually about to cast stones! They treat his saying as though he was speaking metaphorically, and really meant to forbid criticism, moral evaluation, admonition of sinners, etc.

Similarly, "turn the other cheek." Jesus said to turn the other cheek if someone strikes you on one cheek. He didn't say "turn the other cheek" if someone is trying to rape your wife and kill your children.