If It's Labelled, Judge It
Tania Buss | Friday, January 3, 2014 Tania addresses the balance between loving people and charitably helping them with their flaws. When is it ok to judge? What kind of judgement is helpful? Through a simple personal experience, she offers a starting place for these questions. -Editor.
I came up with an analogy the other day. While scrounging for dinner in a forgotten cupboard, I uncovered a can of corned beef hash. Never having had hash before, on opening it, I discovered that it not only very closely resembled dog food, but smelled just like it too. And yet hash is something edible. That got me thinking; good and evil aren’t always clearly distinguishable, and sometimes evil very closely resembles things that sustain us. While absurd in its origins, this analogy sparked some thoughts that I had been mulling over for some time.
Wondering about the inspiration for this article? Look up the New Church, which is based on the theological writings of Emanuel Swedenborg.
