The end goal of Christianity should be to love as God loves everyone, and to will for the salvation of all men, to have no enemies.

  • Lovstuhagen@hilariouschaos.comOPM
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    22 hours ago

    Yet, Matthew 7:1 is judge not lest ye be judged.

    It is hypocritical and goes against Christianity to do this.

    [There is a famous story of a monk in Eastern orthodoxy… He was lazy, slovenly, slow to pray, even eating too much and complaining about conditions. He never advanced as a monk… Yet, when he was in the process of dying the angels gathered and one of the elders who was holy could see them coming to take him - they asked him, how is it so that angels would come directly here to bring you to heaven? He said,

    “I am not sure, but I have worked very hard in my life to do one thing… To never judge anyone.”

    There are other stories that reinforce the idea of non-judgment since it is at the core of Christian virtue of humility.

    Obviously, some people are not doing this. I agree with you. We are bd at this. But I feel it is the case that doing this does absolutely go aginst Christian virtues.