I remember a conversation between a mother and son of a ‘Christian’ family.
Mother ”you are a very bad boy always quarreling with me, hurting sisters and playmates. All will hate you for that.”
Son “why you judge me? That day I heard in church that Christ told never to judge and curse. You are cursing me too that people will hate me”.
It is one of the most misunderstood confusing precepts. People especially ‘Christians’ shield themselves from reforming criticism-process by that. Why Christ gave such a command which harms naïve people?
It is due to mistranslation from Aramaic to various languages.
Christ himself judged people and apostles judged also. Without judging we can’t live a single moment of our life, can’t take a single step. When we walk, we judge if the place for next step is a safe one. We can’t buy or take a single thing without judging. When we deal with people we automatically judge to evaluate them. Otherwise harm is sure. If we don’t judge a person if he is reliable or not before dealing with him we are sure to harm myself and him. If I employ one I must judge his capacity to perform. Otherwise we both harm ourselves.
Problem comes from confusing the connotations of that Aramaic word. One meaning is evaluation another is condemnation. Christ forbade judgment in the later sense, never in the former sense, which he incessantly practiced. Some of his acts may seem to be in condemnation sense as in dealing with Jewish priests and temple merchants. But it was never in the sense of eternal hate-condemnation.
So beware of one, who tells not to judge. He is hindering saving-correction.
Mother ”you are a very bad boy always quarreling with me, hurting sisters and playmates. All will hate you for that.”
Son “why you judge me? That day I heard in church that Christ told never to judge and curse. You are cursing me too that people will hate me”.
It is one of the most misunderstood confusing precepts. People especially ‘Christians’ shield themselves from reforming criticism-process by that. Why Christ gave such a command which harms naïve people?
It is due to mistranslation from Aramaic to various languages.
Christ himself judged people and apostles judged also. Without judging we can’t live a single moment of our life, can’t take a single step. When we walk, we judge if the place for next step is a safe one. We can’t buy or take a single thing without judging. When we deal with people we automatically judge to evaluate them. Otherwise harm is sure. If we don’t judge a person if he is reliable or not before dealing with him we are sure to harm myself and him. If I employ one I must judge his capacity to perform. Otherwise we both harm ourselves.
Problem comes from confusing the connotations of that Aramaic word. One meaning is evaluation another is condemnation. Christ forbade judgment in the later sense, never in the former sense, which he incessantly practiced. Some of his acts may seem to be in condemnation sense as in dealing with Jewish priests and temple merchants. But it was never in the sense of eternal hate-condemnation.
So beware of one, who tells not to judge. He is hindering saving-correction.
