Abusive Theology 101

[ITChick]

Lol. ah, no.

Telling someone that the bible says they are a sinner and as such are hell bound, is like warning someone that the elevator they just stepped into will fall 40 floors when the doors close. There is absolutely no judgement in that statement. Only the fact that everyone on the 40th floor should wait or simply take the stairs. The fact that I can relay this warning places me on the 40th floor as well, rendering any judgements pointless. (Which is why Christ gave us the parable of the unmerciful servant.)

No, if I were to judge you I would have to have the authority to do so, and power to keep you in hell. You have confused my warning with the conviction and authority/power of the one who originated this message in the first place.

Again if you were on the 40th with the elevator out would it be sensible for you to condemn the person who warned you not to get in the broken elevator? Would you say he was judging you for making a bad decision?

Hehe, what a funny analogy. To answer your question first, no I probably won't think he is judging me to start out with.

But... If some whack job is standing on the 40th floor telling people that the lift is broken, I will ask him if he has informed emergency services.

If he tells me that he has not informed them because he has no proof that the lift is going to fall, I would ask him why he thinks that the lift is going to fall.

If he then tells me it is because it is written in a thousand year old book I would think: crazy!

Because I tend to be more careful I would either observe the lift or ask other people if the lift is indeed broken.

If it is not I'll happily take the lift while you climb the 40 sets of stairs.

Guess that is how we are different

And if the whack job informs me that the lift will break for me because I'm a sinner I would definitely think he was judging me.