This leads me to a debate / argument I had with my wife about judging people. She is somewhat more religious and we were talking about judging people and how it is not our place to judge people. This was related to abortion but it applies here.
If we are suppose to not judge an adult human being fucking 5 year old then there is something very wrong.
Edit: I would not mind a religious persons perspective on this one. How far should not judging others needs to go?
I had a friend whose brother had raped a little girl. He got out of prison and was invited to a family reunion. They made sure children were never near him, but also treated him with love.
Would it be kindness to not judge an alcoholic by giving them a beer, or by going somewhere to not drink? To me it's the same as a friend with a broken leg not being able to skateboard at the moment. A tall friend can't fit in things as easily as a smaller friend.
It's not judging, it's recognizing the problem and finding a way to still be happy and dealing with the problem with love. Did Christ judge when people woke him up from a nap? No, he dealt with the problem, and then went back to bed. Trying to hold on to a grudge, or constantly view things angrily solves no problems and makes it difficult to think straight and see joy.
The left wants forgiveness where the children are put back with the man who just came out of prison. They are demanding that the kid in the wheelchair can still compete on a skateboard. The alcoholic should go to pub tomorrow and drink with mates. They think tall people can see the bottom shelf at a store. They want the problem ignored, or hold a grudge against those who mention the problem. They judge because they think someone else is judging.
This is part of being Christian, we need to seek a solution to a problem with love. It's not always easy, and can mean extra rules at a family reunion, but it is possible.
I've been trying to be more religious of late. I've been an atheist/ agnostic for a long time but started going to church and reading the bible. Not judging and not hating is freaking hard to do. There is something evil about hamming children that that makes my blood boil.
Don't forget that as a Christian you live in God's Kingdom, but you also live in The World, in Babylon. "Judging and hating" is often a ridiculous admonishment (used for purely motivated reasons) to ignore your necessary participation in the world, as a citizen. The entirety of (non-religious) law is of the world, and it's built of nothing but what society finds abhorrent. What society "hates" and "judges." You have a seat at that table.
If you take your religiously-informed judgment out of your part in civic engagement, and like-minded and like-hearted do the same, all you're left with is ungrounded atheists calling the shots.
That's what we're dealing with when it comes to "family-friendly drag shows" and the like. There's a collusion of perverted academics and their enablers in the administrative bureaucracy, supporting in each other when they say "age-appropriate and culturally-appropriate!" even though to anyone with functioning morals, ethics, and aesthetics, it's clearly not okay. These people don't share your values. Don't be fooled when they ape "Judge not!" at you just to get you to decline your responsibilities as a citizen.
This leads me to a debate / argument I had with my wife about judging people. She is somewhat more religious and we were talking about judging people and how it is not our place to judge people. This was related to abortion but it applies here.
If we are suppose to not judge an adult human being fucking 5 year old then there is something very wrong.
Edit: I would not mind a religious persons perspective on this one. How far should not judging others needs to go?
I had a friend whose brother had raped a little girl. He got out of prison and was invited to a family reunion. They made sure children were never near him, but also treated him with love.
Would it be kindness to not judge an alcoholic by giving them a beer, or by going somewhere to not drink? To me it's the same as a friend with a broken leg not being able to skateboard at the moment. A tall friend can't fit in things as easily as a smaller friend.
It's not judging, it's recognizing the problem and finding a way to still be happy and dealing with the problem with love. Did Christ judge when people woke him up from a nap? No, he dealt with the problem, and then went back to bed. Trying to hold on to a grudge, or constantly view things angrily solves no problems and makes it difficult to think straight and see joy.
The left wants forgiveness where the children are put back with the man who just came out of prison. They are demanding that the kid in the wheelchair can still compete on a skateboard. The alcoholic should go to pub tomorrow and drink with mates. They think tall people can see the bottom shelf at a store. They want the problem ignored, or hold a grudge against those who mention the problem. They judge because they think someone else is judging.
This is part of being Christian, we need to seek a solution to a problem with love. It's not always easy, and can mean extra rules at a family reunion, but it is possible.
I've been trying to be more religious of late. I've been an atheist/ agnostic for a long time but started going to church and reading the bible. Not judging and not hating is freaking hard to do. There is something evil about hamming children that that makes my blood boil.
I guess I have a long way to go.
Don't forget that as a Christian you live in God's Kingdom, but you also live in The World, in Babylon. "Judging and hating" is often a ridiculous admonishment (used for purely motivated reasons) to ignore your necessary participation in the world, as a citizen. The entirety of (non-religious) law is of the world, and it's built of nothing but what society finds abhorrent. What society "hates" and "judges." You have a seat at that table.
If you take your religiously-informed judgment out of your part in civic engagement, and like-minded and like-hearted do the same, all you're left with is ungrounded atheists calling the shots.
That's what we're dealing with when it comes to "family-friendly drag shows" and the like. There's a collusion of perverted academics and their enablers in the administrative bureaucracy, supporting in each other when they say "age-appropriate and culturally-appropriate!" even though to anyone with functioning morals, ethics, and aesthetics, it's clearly not okay. These people don't share your values. Don't be fooled when they ape "Judge not!" at you just to get you to decline your responsibilities as a citizen.