Many times after making inferences about a person, I was admonished not to "judge" by some well-meaning figure of authority who would often follow up on this with "you don't know what they're going through." A variation of this is "don't judge a book by its cover." "You can't judge me" was a typical celebrity line.
Strangely, I can't even recall seeing discussion of this attitude on the internet. I'm not sure why since it was extremely prevalent not too long in the past, but if I had to guess, it's because it was a saying from the "colorblind" times. Obama and his ilk kicked off a new era in racial politics where it became permissible to judge white people for everything they did and said, so even a white lib can't really tell their kids "don't judge" when they are teaching them to constantly judge themselves for white attitudes like speaking clearly.
The notion of not judging comes from Jesus' words in Matthew 7, "Judge not, lest you should be judged." These words are taken at face value and ripped off in simplistic and tendentious ways, but the Bible is meant to be read as a whole, not quote mined, and the full meaning is closer to "don't judge superficially." GotQuestions has a great article on the topic. Indeed, Jesus also said, "Stop judging by mere appearances, but judge correctly."
So the Bible does indeed tell us that snap judgments are wrong. But it also calls on us to investigate, discern, and make more accurate judgments. Without the ability to do this human civilization, and worship of God, would cease to exist.
I'm not sure how many parents are still repeating "don't judge" to their kids, but instead of an easy (and frankly hypocritical) hit of virtue signaling, maybe it's better to explain to them that they should keep their cool and take the time to judge accurately. Sometimes a book is indeed different from its cover, but other times the cover is exactly what you need to know. Ignoring abundant evidence from reality is not practical or Biblical. Case in point.
CatGirl Kulak and hoe_math have been on a real tear about the whole notion of cuck Christianity and how weak Christian morality made the boomer generation.
I find myself agreeing more and more every time I see some white boomer tripping over themselves to apologize to and forgive the low-IQ ferals who just raped and murdered their daughter, stabbed their son, robbed them, drove them off their land, etc.
It really does seem to boil down to "allow all the evil things in the world to happen to you and the people you love, don't judge, don't resist, and you'll get a heavenly reward".
Does the New Testament really tell you to judge and take action against evil? Like, ever? Did the Sermon on the Mount ever instruct the listener on when to judge and do violence?
There's a long rant I've got saved up for one day about the feminization of Christianity and how, historically over the past 2 centuries, if not more, the woman was seen as the 'spiritual' center of the household but ANYWAYS-
Yes, if you take the New Testament in the historical context, Jesus and his scriptures are very much guerilla warfare on a small scale against your aggressors. Jesus teaches that you should force your enemies to respect you, if someone seeks to enslave you, you force them to break the law, people whom harm children should be rule 2'd, and violence is very much a feasible option to solve a problem.
Buuuuuuut, Priests are very much focused on getting money(hence speaking toward the women among their flock) and also focused on not rocking the boat(hence the emphasis on pacifism).
Jesus did not ever instruct anyone to do violence, and neither did any writer in the rest of the New Testament, but it is not intended as a replacement for the Old Testament. It redefines the Chosen People, gives them a new mission, and reorganizes them as a stateless church. So just because a principle is found in the Old Testament (such as basic self-defense) doesn't make it obsolete.
Jesus alluded to self-defense one time when he temporarily split up the disciples on missionary journeys and instructed them to buy swords. You don't cut campfire wood with a sword.
As far as Kulak and hoe_math, since one is a tranny and the other isn't Christian, the potential problem is they are looking toward the Bible as a means to an end instead of the other way around. All that being said - I think they are right about boomer Christians.
Well, I'm starting to, as well.
"If your rule led you to this, of what use was the rule?"
The full quote is "If the rule you followed led you to this, of what use was the rule?"
Did you really follow that rule?