They say people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
How about, nobody should throw stones?
My policy is no stone throwing regardless of housing situation.
Unless you're trapped in a glass house, and you have a stone in your pocket. In that case, throw it, man! In fact, I guess *only* people in glass houses should throw stones.
I don't mind his homophobia, but I do take offence to his attack on sports nuts. It's a terrible, painful condition, and one I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy.
[9] Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites [10] nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
...Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone."
@Roto_Tudor: Honestly? I've never really understood that. Is no one ever allowed to tell you you're doing something wrong unless and until that person is perfect? Is that what that verse means? Help a Jew understand.
@Dan Daoust: I believe JC was calling them out as hypocrites, and I believe that not being hypocritical was the lesson meant to be taken away from the verse
@formerly Chief Wahoo: I guess so -- but note that that is an entirely different interpretation than Roto_Tudor's (not that there can't be two).
That's the more obvious interpretation, and it's just always struck me as a little overbroad. People should definitely not be hypocrites and should practice what they preach. But do you really have to be perfect before you can rebuke someone else? You must be without sin? Why not just say, "From now on, no rebuking," since that's what that boils down to?
@Dan Daoust: Not to get all ecumenical here, but he was adressing the "no hypocrites" statement to a crowd that publicly claimed themselves religious, and JC was pretty consistent in condemning the clergy in particular for hypocrisy (see; moneychangers in the temple, washing mary Magdalene's feet, etc.).
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How about, nobody should throw stones?
My policy is no stone throwing regardless of housing situation.
Unless you're trapped in a glass house, and you have a stone in your pocket. In that case, throw it, man! In fact, I guess *only* people in glass houses should throw stones.
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[9] Do you not know that the unjust will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators nor idolaters nor adulterers nor boy prostitutes nor sodomites [10] nor thieves nor the greedy nor drunkards nor slanderers nor robbers will inherit the kingdom of God.
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...Jesus bent down and started to write on the ground with his finger. When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said to them, "If any one of you is without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone."
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That's the more obvious interpretation, and it's just always struck me as a little overbroad. People should definitely not be hypocrites and should practice what they preach. But do you really have to be perfect before you can rebuke someone else? You must be without sin? Why not just say, "From now on, no rebuking," since that's what that boils down to?
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You've never done an honest day's work in your life, have you Rick?
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