@Alan V - You're entitled to your interpretation. If you genuinely plainly read
as a prohibition against all forms of judgement (including introspection) and ignore other verses that support setting yourself straight, our exegesis is just different. I don't see "don't judge others, your community, or yourself." or that "we are not capable of doing so" or that we are not allowed to in the verse.
as a prohibition against all forms of judgement (including introspection) and ignore other verses that support setting yourself straight, our exegesis is just different. I don't see "don't judge others, your community, or yourself." or that "we are not capable of doing so" or that we are not allowed to in the verse.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari