Thou Judgeth

By Scott Nesler

Thou shalt not judge is a judgement. We all do it whether it is for better or for worse from intelligence or from ignorance.

The Bible - Matthew 7:1-5

Judge not, that you be not judged.For with the judgement you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use it will be measured to you.Why do you see the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.

The Bible - Proverbs 31:9

Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy. 

The Bible - 1 Corinthians 2:15

But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.

The concept of a judgement day is imaginable. Upon completion of each life span, what if there was a final exam?  How to prepare? Could mere mortals develop a Do Good Gauge as a moral compass?  Could a gauge motivate competition for a higher level of good?

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"The Sound of Silence"

It is natural that I should bear entire responsibility for the war in general, and, needless to say, I am prepared to do so. Consequently, now that the war has been lost, it is presumably necessary that I be judged so that the circumstances of the time can be clarified and the future peace of the world be assured. Therefore, with respect to my trial, it is my intention to speak frankly, according to my recollection, even though when the vanquished stands before the victor, who has over him the power of life and death, he may be apt to toady and flatter. I mean to pay considerable attention to this in my actions, and say to the end that what is true is true and what is false is false. To shade one's words in flattery to the point of untruthfulness would falsify the trial and do incalculable harm to the nation, and great care must be taken to avoid this. -- Hideki Tōjō

 

 

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