tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post1103320662626253717..comments2023-09-23T05:56:35.265+12:00Comments on MandM: Sunday Study: The Virtue of Judging - Jesus was not a RelativistMandMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02694636663826784480noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post-579781422027171202009-06-24T04:41:03.000+12:002009-06-24T04:41:03.000+12:00I was under the impression that "do not judge...I was under the impression that "do not judge least you be judged" was a circular riddle: that if you use your logic to find truth you cannot. The logical mind will construct a cycle that cannot be broken by use of further logic. It may also suggest that you should be aware of your prejudices in a matter, be able to suspend them and to step outside of yourself, into relativity, but not to remain in a state of relativity, but to be able to understand a matter in it's entirity so it can be examined for truths before reacting. Afterall, it is clear that different people and cultures do not hold the same values and morals. They exist whether our values want them to or not. To ignore them helps nothing. To see them begins understanding. To understand you must first see clearly and you do that without judgement. But to act you must judge.Guestnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5710845602477644495.post-21861989250416044612009-06-23T20:34:29.000+12:002009-06-23T20:34:29.000+12:00Note also Jesus' comment here to the Jews abou...Note also Jesus' comment here to the Jews about judging<br /><br />Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel at it. Moses gave you circumcision (not that it is from Moses, but from the fathers), and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath. If on the Sabbath a man receives circumcision, so that the law of Moses may not be broken, are you angry with me because on the Sabbath I made a man’s whole body well? Do not judge by appearances, but <b>judge with right judgment</b>." (John 7)<br /><br />Recent blog post: <a href="http://bethyada.blogspot.com/2009/06/untying-binding.html" rel="nofollow">Untying the binding</a>bethyadanoreply@blogger.com