3 Jul 2023 1:24 pm
For the record...just in case you don't read everything in a post...I have not "judged" anyone. As far as I am concerned, people can do whatever they want in the privacy of their home. And, unless they are wanting taxpayer money to help them get by, they can spend their money on anything they please. However, I do have the right to have an opinion on how others choose to conduct themselves. I also have the right to support (or not support) a business based on how they conduct themselves...including who/what they endorse.Bruce » 03 Jul 2023, 1:03 pm » wrote: ↑ I grew up a Republican in a strict Christian home, and although that’s all over fifty years ago, I still remember all those Sunday sermons against booze and my dead mother’s pleas, never to have that first drink, lest I wind up an alcoholic.
I don’t buy beer, for myself. I don’t have beer in my refrigerator. There’s no way I’d work for any booze peddler.
But if you’d like a beer, I’m liable to buy you any brand you like.
If nobody else is around I might drink one with you.
I haven’t forgotten my raising.
Judge not, that ye be not judged.2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
As far your judging comment. Most Biblical scholars agree that scripture was referring to judging what is in someone's heart (basically, their salvation or relationship with God). Those who cite that, almost always forget two scriptures;
Matthew 7: 15-20;
"15 “Watch out for false prophets. They come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ferocious wolves. 16 By their fruit you will recognize them. Do people pick grapes from thornbushes, or figs from thistles? 17 Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear good fruit. 19 Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire. 20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them."
Ephesians 5: 11
"Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them." We are to be vigilant and expose evil where we see it.