I went with my 11 year old on a school choir trip today to Calgary for a choral festival performance. On the bus I listened to a CD tape of a talk by Mike Wilcox called "Noah Blindness" It has some interesting insights into a number of things, including seers, and judging. He points out that the guilty are always very quick to invoke the complaint that they are being unfairly judged whenever their wickedness is condemned. The whole Abinadi vs. King Noah confrontation is based on this reaction. Verse 13 in Chapter 12 of Mosiah is just a bit of it, as the wicked priests protest against Abinadi's message:
And now, O king, what great evil hast thou done, or what great sins have thy people committed, that we should be condemned of God or judged of this man? Tom -----Original Message----- From: Jim Cobabe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 5:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [ZION] Judging This controversy about judgement is a straw man that is raised regularly. It usually comes up because someone has suggested a context in which we clearly ought to pass some kind of judgement. The always-ironic response from so many is so consistently and so stupidly predictable -- "Oh, but you're being judgemental -- you dare not presume to judge! Judging is _bad_." The incipient irony is alway so deliciously bitter-sweet. :-> //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ///// ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For Topica's complete suite of email marketing solutions visit: http://www.topica.com/?p=TEXFOOTER --^----------------------------------------------------------------
