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Author Topic:   On Judging Others
New Cat's Eye
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Message 3 of 121 (340350)
08-15-2006 5:20 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by robinrohan
08-15-2006 2:46 PM


don't look like judgements to me
Judge not....
I don't think that means we can't have opinions of each other.
"This man beat his wife. This is a bad man."
IMO, a judgement would be more along the lines of this man deserves to be beaten, or this man will go to hell, not just the opinion that he is not good.
Basically, I'm saying typing that what you have listed in the OP are not judgements, but just observations or at most opinions. Opinion can be synonymous with judgement by some definitions but when we are called to not judge, I don't think it means to not have opinions, I think it means to not assign the punishment.
The injunction not to judge others is a simple-minded notion. This is not the way life works.
It may not be the way that life works, but that doesn't mean it can't be something that we shouldn't do.
why is the judgment of others always thought of in a negative sense?
The Christian answer is that it should be left up to God. A more practical answer might be that we can't know what the 'punishment' should be because we don't have all the circumstances nor the know-how to asign one.

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Message 5 of 121 (340364)
08-15-2006 5:59 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by robinrohan
08-15-2006 5:44 PM


Re: don't look like judgements to me
In ordinary conversation, it means an opinion about somebody.
When we are called to not judge, I don't think it means in the ordinary conversation sense of the word...as an opinion. I think it is refering to something more than that. Its when you add to your opinion and make some kind of an assessment about that person based on that opinion that you start to judge them, IMHO.
I'm saying that it is impossible for life to work any other way.
If judgement means just an opinion then I agree but if it means something more then I disagree. It comes down to our interpretation of the meaning of the word judgement.

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