“You mean kind of like how some mormons use Billy Graham as “a target to vent their vitriol” against Christians ???”
Absolutely, that is an indication that they aren’t following Jesus’s example.
This is evidence against them.
Just as doing this to Glen Beck is evidence against us.
We are followers of Christ, we look to improve ourselves by mimicking Jesus with the help of the Apostles, the Saints, Our Priests, Bishops.
We need to be humble.
Just as doing this to Glen Beck is evidence against us.
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Who is “us” ???
we Christians in this thread are exercising what the LORD Jesus Christ taught us to judge righteously...
“Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.” John 7:24
Since you like interpretations, the Geneva study Bible says “We must judge according to the truth of things, lest men turn us from the truth and carry us away.”
Matthew Henry says “And amidst the disputes which disturb the world, if any man, of any nation, seeks to do the will of God, he shall know whether the doctrine is of God, or whether men speak of themselves. Only those who hate the truth shall be given up to errors which will be fatal.”
Paul gave the Bereans as an example of checking to see if what a man said was the Word of God and judging whether or not it was truth...
“Now the Bereans were of more noble character than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if what Paul said was true.” Acts 17:11
Since I dont think you have posted any scripture from the Christian Bible, are you a Berean or a Thessalonican ???