From: Steve Peterson (speterson@fast.net)
Date: Mon Oct 21 2002 - 17:18:32 BST
> Hi Sam:
>
>> Just a quickie on this: it's normal to differentiate between two senses of
>> 'judge' - one means to condemn, the other means to discriminate. Jesus is
>> saying that the former is un-loving, not that we shouldn't discern the
>> difference between right and wrong.
>
> My dictionary says "condemn" means "to pronounce to be wrong, to
> censure, to convict of guilt." So if we can't condemn, what happens to
> our legal system and, by extension, society? On the other hand, our
> liberal friends say it's "un-loving" to discriminate and condemn those
> who do. I'm confused.
>
> Platt
>
I agree with Sam that there is a meaningful and important distinction to be
made between judge in the sense of condemn and judge in the sense of making
distinctions.
In a legal system I think this distinction plays itself out in the
punishment versus rehabilitation perspectives on criminal justice.
In my view, a Christian understanding of criminal justice is one whose goal
is prevention and rehabilitation rather than punishment.
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