A quick question...

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I can't speak for anybody else, but after spending most of my adult life figuring out what can be believed for sure, I have arrived at two certainties:

1. God is.

2. I'm not Him.

If I desire to know what how it is in Washington,
I 'll ask someone who has been there.

B4 I go to Disneyworld, I 'll buy a guidebook.

If I choose to find out about the Afterlife,
I 'll ask someone who has been dead.

As of now,
there r millions of them; most of them died in hospitals.
My dead friend Neil, died in the Veterans' Hospital in Las Vegas about 12 times,
according to his floor nurse.
He said that he felt cheated, in that all he remembered was awakening.
Subsequently, I allegedly died during abdominal surgery,
but all I remember is waking up.

A minority of decedents tell of adventures during the time that their
bodies were dead (i.e., flat lines on EKG, EEG, and respirartion monitors ).
Check www.IANDS.org

Some have said that there IS a Judgment Day,
but that u r the Judge,
in the company of a Being of Light,
who counsels u not to be too hard on yourself;
( I don 't know whether that will apply to Saddam ).

The Judgment is according to 2 criteria:

1. Love ( how kindly u treated others )

and

2. Learning.

Thay have said that there is a great desire to join the Great White Light,
and that in that state-of-being, thay observed that thay themselves
were made of that white light.

Some have said that thay knew that all of life was a Unit;
that there was only One Life in the Universe;
that the diversity of life is an illusion.

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One thing Jesus taught us was the Lord's prayer which includes "Forgive us our sins (trespasses, debts, etc. etc. etc.) as we forgive those who sin against us.

This sort of dovetails with His admonition to
"Judge not lest you be judged also."

With no thought of being facetious,
if u made friends with a judge,
wud u encourage him to resign ?

If your son were about to enter the judiciary,
wud u endeavor to dissuade him ?

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And even while we are to discern and choose good and reject evil,
the bottom line is that judgment of one's immortal soul and what will
become of it is God's prerogative alone.
Through Scripture and prayer and revelation I can determine something of what God requires of me personally, but I am not privy to know what he requires of somebody else.

And I don't know of a single soul who became a Christian or a better Christian or anything else by being told that he or she was going to hell.

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I think we are to judge all things as to whether they are beneficial or not beneficial, helpful or harmful, good or evil.
It is our duty and responsibility as good stewards of the earth if for no other reason. And
a properly appointed judge's duty
is to interpret and apply the law of the land and nothing else.

That is CERTAINLY the way that I see it,
but this is a little different
than the question with which I addressed u,
to wit:
Wud u counsel your son to REJECT a proper judicial appointment,
if he asked your opinion, based upon the advice of Jesus ?

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This is not the same thing as presuming to judge the state of another person's soul or standing with God, however.
That is not our prerogative to do.

AGREED. It never occurred to me to do THAT.
David

Foxfyre wrote:

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I think we are to judge all things as to whether they are beneficial or not beneficial, helpful or harmful, good or evil.
It is our duty and responsibility as good stewards of the earth if for no other reason. And
a properly appointed judge's duty
is to interpret and apply the law of the land and nothing else.

That is CERTAINLY the way that I see it,
but this is a little different
than the question with which I addressed u,
to wit:
Wud u counsel your son to REJECT a proper judicial appointment,
if he asked your opinion, based upon the advice of Jesus ?

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This is not the same thing as presuming to judge the state of another person's soul or standing with God, however.
That is not our prerogative to do.

AGREED. It never occurred to me to do THAT.
David

Again, I don't think Jesus opposed judges who interpret the law. He opposed judges who MADE law, especially when they did not practice what they dictated to others. The judges he denounced were those who presumed to judge the heart of others, not those who judged right and wrong according to the law.

He himself certainly judged the BEHAVIOR or ACTIONS of others. I think he would not have any problem with my son (or anybody else) competently performing the duties of an elected or appointed judge who judged according to the law of the land. Nor do I.