**This book struck a cord with me, unfortunately not a very happy one. While I agree with most of the principles in this book, it failed to convince me that someone following it's dictums would be less judgmental and more grace-filled than those in my past who would have loved it's proclamations. And although I know he was directing the thrust of his argument against the self-obsessed instant gratification normative we find in our surrounding culture, taken to extreme and without love (as I have seen them in the past) , these teachings can be more alienating and divisive than helpful. I would love to see people embrace his teaching personally, I just hope they don't use it as an excuse to start "fixing" others as if they could discern the inner workings of another persons soul. I would love to see an edition with warnings about falling into the trap of judgmental meddling!
2 comments:
I think I know what you are talking about here, Ju. But, don't you think that the tendancy to be judgemental of each other stems from our sin nature, not a particular believe? Whatever a person believes, they tend to judge those who don't "see the light".
uh.. I meant "particular belief"! Oops!
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