rusmeister
A Russified American Orthodox Chestertonian
- Dec 9, 2005
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I see things a little differently. I think there are equal and opposite evils that we can fall into: for example, that of confusing people and their sins and either judging the standing of others before God, on the one hand, or of mistaking the condemnation of evil for the judgement of persons on the other hand. Or of either thinking all questions to be dogmatic ones or effectively denying that genuinely dogmatic affairs are binding dogma for all on the other. So some will go around denouncing sin in thunder and judging everyone, and others will say that what you believe or how you act is unimportant. Being either decisively "liberal" or "conservative" is to fall into one of those opposite extremes.
When speaking in the abstract we ought to be very clear about truth, right and wrong. When speaking about concrete people we ought to be charitable and agnostic.
When speaking in the abstract we ought to be very clear about truth, right and wrong. When speaking about concrete people we ought to be charitable and agnostic.
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