Re: Condolences to the FLDS

On Apr 13, 8:42 pm, "hlill...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
" <hlill...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> yarr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > > Notice by the way that you have prejudged this case.  You claim that
> > > there was no coercion in that compound, even before you have the
> > > evidence.  That seems rather premature and directly contrary to
> > > several scriptures, eg.Matt 7:1-2.
> >  Matt 7:1-2 is not talking about prejudging. It speaks to judging of
> > a certain type that is harsh and should not be practiced as we should
> > judge in a manner that we ourselves would want to be judged....
>
> You miss the whole point.

That is very true. It was an intentional miss. Mia-culpa...

>
> The point is that Absalom seems to be declaring the Texas law
> enforcement officers guilty of abuse of power.  This before we know
> the evidence.  My statements are quite compatible with your post, we
> should wait for the evidence before judging (if indeed we should judge
> at all).  That applies to judging the cops or the FLDS in that
> compound.
>
> Notice that I referencedMatt 7:1-2 as an example, not the only
> scripture bearing on the issue.

You missed the whole point and I don't think it was intentional. Matt
7:1-2 does not deal with the issue of "when" or "if" one should judge,
but what kind of spirit we should judge. It speaks of a spirit of
humility that recognizes, in the subsequent verses, a log in our eye
and only  a speck in that of the one being judged. It is the kind of
judgment that seeks the good for the one being judged and not to lord
it over them that we are better than they. Bearing those facts in
mind, there is no applicability of Matt 7:1-2 to this situation that
you have described as
 one which we must determine "(if indeed we should judge at all)."
Hopefully, those other scriptures you have in mind are a better fit
for this situation. No doubt it was just a small unintended mistake on
one of those late nights after a long exhausting day of hard work. We
all get one of them now and again.