In My Opinion, Grossly Fiction according to Biblical Text. This phrase is one of the most overused phrases I’ve seen/heard each and every time someone is painted in a corner in which they have no intelligent comeback for their action. The most hypocritical part of this statement is that people use to as they are judging the people who are questioning their actions/motives, how does that make sense?
Now I have not read ALL of the bible, but through my readings, research and Religious Leaders that I have gotten info about this, the closet this appears in religious terms is from Tupac Shakur… heard the name before?
Now there are multiple parts of the Bible that this can be correlated to, but when you read the ENTIRE passage as opposed to the one part that you feel helps you out of your situation the picture changes and makes a lot more sense.
Matthew 7: 1 - 5
1 “Judge not, that you be not judged.
2 For with what judgment you judge, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured back to you.
3 And why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye, but do not consider the plank in your own eye?
4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye’; and look, a plank is in your own eye?
5 Hypocrite! First remove the plank from your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.
Now reading the first line, the “Only God Can Judge Me” cliché phrase makes plenty of sense. God is the only Perfect being in religion/spirituality, I am not debating this topic. But when you continue you will see the second line says that When you judge, you will be held to that same standard. This seems to address the existence of Double Standards more than anything. The next 3 lines are what seal the deal for me, the analogy states that if you have an imperfection in your eye (sight/outlook/perception), that you cannot possibly tell someone else how to accurately fix their same issue... even with the best of intentions. But the last line gives the advice to Remove that “imperfection” from your eye so that you can help your fellow brother remove his. This passage doesn’t tell you not to judge, it tells you to first get clarity before trying to help others in your same predicament.
Moral of the Story: Judgment of a persons actions is not against the Bible, it’s actually encouraged in the passage above. We were given the ability to discern by our creator and should use it as often as possible to help decipher Real from the Fake because the actions of both are similar. The intention of a person may be to help, but they can easily end up blinding you. Please Apply to ALL ASPECTS of what may appear to be religious guidance.
P.S. A Religious Quote out of context can give you the completely wrong idea so unless you are going to read the surrounding paragraph at least (if not the entire book it was written in), don’t live your life by it or use it to justify your actions. Quotes are POINTLESS without the intent behind them being investigated and clear to the reader themselves.
