RYC: Hey, if reading my favorite Xanga blogs has taught me anything, it's that two Christians can both be completely correct and still disagree with one another. It's all good.

I guess what it comes down to, for me at least, is that we all need more of God -- which is so blatantly obvious I didn't say it, but it's true. Especially when it comes to judgment. I'm not saying we oughtn't to judge at all; merely that, before we do, we would all be wise to send a quick prayer to God asking that His will be done, and that we be open to whatever that may be. If anything, the Church should be more judgmental, with this second, Godly discernment, and less with our own human wisdom.

I definitely agree with you though... I think the world has so cowed the Church into submission that many people are afraid even to judge with God's wisdom, for fear of being seen as weird, holier-than-thou, and cruel. When we say, "Only Jesus can get you into Heaven," what the world hears (unless God opens their ears and softens their hearts) is, "I want everyone else to go to Hell." And that is why Godly discernment is so important; because it's HE who prepares the soil; we merely sow the seeds.