Jesus' words must be read in context. I am not judging you. But recall that Jesus said you will know false prophets by their fruits. I am not being a judge but a fruit inspector.
Hmmm..a fruit inspector. What would you say my fruits are?
Personally I like to think of myself as a grape {;)]
All kidding aside. Here is a definition of inspector:
Main Entry: inspector
Pronunciation: in-'spek-t&r
Function: noun
Date: 1602
1
: a person employed to inspect something
2 a
: a police officer who is in charge of usually several precincts and ranks below a superintendent or deputy superintendent b
: a person appointed to oversee a polling place
- inspectorship
/ -"ship / noun
now the definition of inspect is:
Main Entry: inspect
Pronunciation: in-'spekt
Function: verb
Etymology: Latin inspectus, past participle of inspicere, from in- + specere to look -- more at SPY
Date: circa 1623
transitive senses
1
: to view closely in critical appraisal : look over
2
: to examine officially <inspects the barracks every Friday>
intransitive senses
: to make an inspection
synonym see SCRUTINIZE
- inspective
/ -'spek-tiv / adjective
and the definition of judge (used as a verb0)
Main Entry: 1 judge
Pronunciation: 'j&j
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): judged; judging
Etymology: Middle English juggen, from Old French jugier, from Latin judicare, from judic-, judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to decide, say -- more at JUST, DICTION
Date: 13th century
transitive senses
1
: to form an opinion about through careful weighing of evidence and testing of premises
2
: to sit in judgment on : TRY
3
: to determine or pronounce after inquiry and deliberation
4
: GOVERN, RULE -- used of a Hebrew tribal leader
5
: to form an estimate or evaluation of; especially
: to form a negative opinion about <shouldn't judge him because of his accent>
6
: to hold as an opinion : GUESS, THINK <I judge she knew what she was doing>
intransitive senses
1
: to form an opinion
2
: to decide as a judge
synonym see INFER
- judger
noun
It would seem that you as a self procliamed inspector (who has hired you by the way) are in charge of inspecting our fruits. Inspecting can be used as viewing closely in critical appraisal. Now come on...when you look at the word judge....to form an estimation or evaluation of.
My points are as follows....
A. Noone has hired you to closely scrutinize this forum. (according to the bible and YOUR beliefs you are among apostates and bad association and that would make your presence on this board NOT reccomended.)
B. You have formed opinions about us after deciding that we are all negative.
C. you cannot lump any one group together as all having the samepersonalities and opinions.(that is also judging us)
D. You whole entire focus for this thread is that we are all negative. Ummm no I do not think so. To make such broad generalizations would be the same as myself or anyone else here saying that all JW's are child molestors. That statement would be untrue. I know of many JW's that are kind and decent people (now whether they are deluded or brainwashed in MY opinion is a whole other matter)
E. Yes there are some posters that hang on the negativity. Mostly for their own mental survival. BUT.. there are also many here that are kind and positive thinkers.
In the future I would recommend that if want to make broad generalizations about a group you must first read every thread and every post of every poster that has ever posted on this site. And after doing that...If you find one, yes all it takes is ONE positive post then your basis of FRUIT INSPECTOR is completely null and void and then you should be fired from that position since you havent been scrutinizing enough.
I also would still like to give you a hug (((((((comforter))))))) to let you know that even though you have much anger with ones on this board I still think that you are a decent person...no matter how misguided and that we should show you unconditional love through all the anger I feel you posses. And it is OK to be angry...but you must learn positive and productive ways of channeling your anger. You will hurt feelings here and others will hurt yours but you must not let that challenge your brotherly love and learn to respect the many varying opinions and personalities on this board.
Now....there is my .50 worth. I am not angry with you for I understand the confusion you must be going through just to have searched for this website. I hope that you find the peace that you desire and I urge you to share with us and not judge so that we may also comfort you in your pain.
Spice the positive hugger of all people alike