Thou shalt not judge-true or false?
James Merritt
Matthew 7:1-6
Introduction
1. Alan wolfed has recently written a new book entitled ''one nation after all.'' Based on interviews with two hundred people in Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Georgia, and California, Mr. Wolfe found a ''new'' middle class that is tolerant, non-judgmental, and reluctant to tell anyone else his or her behavior is right or wrong.
2. He says in that book, ''I see this as a place where the values of the 1960's and the values of corporate America have come together, . . .the '60's culture is extremely relativistic and doesn't make judgments, so is corporate culture.''
3. He then goes on to say that middle class Americans have an almost pathological fear for appearing judgmental, so they have added an 11th commandment: ''thou shalt not judge.''1
4. Jonathan alter, a writer for Newsweek magazine, echoes Wolfe's finding. Speaking in march of 1998, he said:
this whole episode may eventually teach us more about the public's character than Clinton's. We live in the province of papa-don't-preach, where it is fine to be intolerant of trivial sins like smoking in public, but awkward to openly pass judgment on someone else's sex life. When it comes to the bedroom, it's live and let live. Sexual moral codes are enforced as a form of entertainment on afternoon talk shows, where bigamists are booed. But the only true way to be ostracized by society today is to be too closed minded. The intolerant aren't tolerated. The noun ''judgment'' is old, honor-able, and positive; the adjective, by contrast, is new, harsh, and pejorative: ''oh, don't be judgmental!''. . .even with a religious revival underway, and ''family values'' a by- partisan issue, we still feel uncomfortable passing judgment on illegitimacy, adultery, and promiscuity.2
5. Finally, William Bennett, in his brilliant book, the death of outrage, weighs in with his observation:
among the factors keeping the president's publi ...
James Merritt
Matthew 7:1-6
Introduction
1. Alan wolfed has recently written a new book entitled ''one nation after all.'' Based on interviews with two hundred people in Massachusetts, Oklahoma, Georgia, and California, Mr. Wolfe found a ''new'' middle class that is tolerant, non-judgmental, and reluctant to tell anyone else his or her behavior is right or wrong.
2. He says in that book, ''I see this as a place where the values of the 1960's and the values of corporate America have come together, . . .the '60's culture is extremely relativistic and doesn't make judgments, so is corporate culture.''
3. He then goes on to say that middle class Americans have an almost pathological fear for appearing judgmental, so they have added an 11th commandment: ''thou shalt not judge.''1
4. Jonathan alter, a writer for Newsweek magazine, echoes Wolfe's finding. Speaking in march of 1998, he said:
this whole episode may eventually teach us more about the public's character than Clinton's. We live in the province of papa-don't-preach, where it is fine to be intolerant of trivial sins like smoking in public, but awkward to openly pass judgment on someone else's sex life. When it comes to the bedroom, it's live and let live. Sexual moral codes are enforced as a form of entertainment on afternoon talk shows, where bigamists are booed. But the only true way to be ostracized by society today is to be too closed minded. The intolerant aren't tolerated. The noun ''judgment'' is old, honor-able, and positive; the adjective, by contrast, is new, harsh, and pejorative: ''oh, don't be judgmental!''. . .even with a religious revival underway, and ''family values'' a by- partisan issue, we still feel uncomfortable passing judgment on illegitimacy, adultery, and promiscuity.2
5. Finally, William Bennett, in his brilliant book, the death of outrage, weighs in with his observation:
among the factors keeping the president's publi ...
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