Theos-Talk Archives (October 2006 Message tt00343)

Friends,


Usually, the others "judge" and "are judgemental"; we, ourselves, "but defend the truth"; and so on.  We should never underestimate our tendency to rationalize our emotional attachments. 


Carlos. 


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Data:Tue, 24 Oct 2006 13:32:13 -0400

Assunto:Theos-World Is judgment okay? (Was RE: A Queer Theosophical Question)

> In what cases is it wrong to judge another human being? In a social 
> context, it's unacceptable to judge a person before you know them 
> (despite this method's popularity); it's considered prejudice. However, 
> since knowing a person in all respects is nearly impossible in all 
> practicality, is it therefore unacceptable to ever judge anyone? This 
> doesn't seem to be the case, since one does judge almost everything. It 
> helps make things more concrete and understandable.
> 
> I know for some of us, we would preach universal brotherhood out the 
> nose, but I bet none of you would shake the hand of Hitler if presented 
> with the challenge. I believe it's truly unacceptable when we condemn or 
> praise another being in the utmost of ignorance, and then act upon it in 
> a way to affect a person's freedoms.
> 
> So Joseph McCarthy and Nathaniel Hawthorne weren't so savory, either.
> 
> -Mark H.
> 
> 
> adelasie wrote:
> >
> > Gosh darn it Chuck, I'm serious!
> >
> > No, really, ultmately we cannot judge. We can see how the behavior is
> > bad or against the laws of nature, but to with hold compassion from
> > the person is not within the bounds of our philosophy. There but for
> > the grace of God go I. Don't judge a man until you walk a mile in his
> > moccasins. We cannot even perceive so-called bad behavior unless we
> > have the potential for that behavior withing ourselves. We are all
> > one. Either we believe this stuff or we don't. But if we do, we
> > cannot judge each other at all.
> >
> > Like you didn't know that....
> >
> > Adelasie
> >
> > On 23 Oct 2006 at 22:23, Drpsionic@aol.com 
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 10/23/2006 9:12:30 PM Central Standard Time,
> > > adelasie@sbcglobal.net writes:
> > >
> > > All the theosophist has to ask himself when wondering if any thing
> > > anyone else does is ok or not is, "Do I have the right to judge my
> > > fellow human beings?" And the answer is NO.
> > >
> > > Adelasie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, within bounds of reason. I think there would be no problem with
> > > someone asserting that Stalin was not a nice person.
> > >
> > > Chuck the Heretic
> > >
> > >
> > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > 
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