Comments on: In which Jesus Commands us Not to Judge https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/ Anita Mathias's Blog on Faith and Art Tue, 13 Oct 2015 09:15:16 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/#comment-22058 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:32:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46814#comment-22058 In reply to LA.

I did not call it out, partly because of the stress that would have involved me in, and because it would have seemed like gossiping.
The correct way in church circles is probably to tell the pastor and let him take it from there?

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/#comment-22057 Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:31:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46814#comment-22057 In reply to Alison Hector.

🙂

]]> By: Alison Hector https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/#comment-22056 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 21:20:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46814#comment-22056 In reply to Anita Mathias.

Same here, Anita. But, I will not judge (or at least I will attempt not to judge). I will, however, be wise… 😉

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/#comment-22055 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 13:29:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46814#comment-22055 In reply to Anita Mathias.

When you were cheated, did you call it out? Or did you just remain a silent victim? I’m curious because in calling it out, we have been accused of being un-Christianly judgmental. And then reading your post, I am rethinking the whole thing. I think about Jesus pointing at evil and calling it out, and of Paul’s recommendation to his communities when evil was afoot there, but then also the repeated call not to judge people…it’s really confusing.

]]> By: Anita Mathias https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/#comment-22054 Mon, 19 Aug 2013 10:45:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46814#comment-22054 Funny, almost every time I have been cheated or conned out of money, it’s been by Christians. So I now try to be “as wise as a serpent” when it’s an issue of money changing hands. I like that observation in the Desiderata, “Exercise caution in your business affairs for the world is full of trickery.”
I used to trust Christians because they were Christians, but I now think that in financial affairs, it’s as wise to be wary of Christians as of anybody else and to exercise good judgement.

]]> By: LA https://anitamathias.com/2013/08/17/in-which-jesus-commands-us-not-to-judge/#comment-22053 Sun, 18 Aug 2013 12:24:00 +0000 http://anitamathias.com/blog/?p=46814#comment-22053 A poignant post for me now as I struggle with 2 people at church who are likely con artists and have taken so much from people I love. On the flip side, many people were suspicious, but didn’t want to judge, so the two have run amok now for 7 years despite the suspicions. In an overly Christian attempt to not be judgmental, folks have suppressed their suspicions for years. My husband and I finally hired someone professional to look into them and it appears they are indeed criminals, play acting to gain sympathy (and more importantly money). When we reported this to our church, there were several people who accused us of over zealous judgment.
What’s funny is that I strive each and every day to be the least judgmental person on the planet. I always assume people who behave in a bad way do so because of a childhood trauma, or a painful relationship, or some kind of backstory that deserves my sympathy, not judgment.
So now, to read this, I’m again rethinking what we’ve done. Is it being too judgmental to call out base evil when it is staring us in the face?

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