While I would maintain that there is a problem with snobbery and
judgmentalism in the sustainable food movement, and environmentalism in general, I must also concede that these commenters may have a point.
Yet, as Ehrenreich makes clear, New Thought imposed its own kind of
harsh judgmentalism, replacing Calvinism's obligatory hard work with obligatory positive thinking.
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Confrontation without caring and acceptance is experienced
as judgmentalism and rejection.
SBC president Bryant Wright offered a «word» for both Calvinists («A bit of humility would be most welcome») and traditional Southern Baptists («The time
for judgmentalism is over») as he told attendees to focus on the Great Commission instead of the theology of salvation.
Discernment is
not judgmentalism, it is wisdom; but discernment includes the recognition of our own sinful tendencies, including the instinctive self - righteous response, and reminds us, as Sister Helen Prejean discovered in her ministry to those awaiting capital punishment in prison that «people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives.»
And so he or she doesn't really escape the excessive
judgmentalism people have these days about the alleged vice of obesity.
Because Dorrien presents his narrative without
invasive judgmentalism, the story he tells is all the more fascinating.
Locating problem drinking in the moral universe neither legitimates
simplistic judgmentalism nor authorizes a lack of compassion; rather, it asks that a sober look be taken at a self - destructive behavior so that the desires giving rise to it can be squarely and honestly addressed.
We think that considering alcohol abuse to be a moral problem
invites judgmentalism and moral insensitivity.
Hawaiiguest, Let's
see judgmentalism, marginaliztion, and abdication of responsibility, judge yourself, live separated from the world, and depend on God.
I know that's whimsical and light, but the element of seriousness in it is that if the born - again experience leads to an even more rigid sense of righteousness, and to an even more
rigid judgmentalism, then it's not the born - again experience.
When I go around barking about how conservative evangelicals need to pry the log of
judgmentalism out of their eyes, do I make a fool of myself with my own?
Being strongly self - interested does not make us more «good» than those with diagnosable personality disorders; but it does empower us to act better which often leads to
unjustified judgmentalism.
Modern media prurience, especially when mixed with
censorious judgmentalism, does public life no favours, with many decent people ruling themselves out of politics just because they want to protect their private life.
«The
brutal judgmentalism that has made opening - weekend grosses into a bloodthirsty spectator sport seems to have encouraged an even more brutal approach to film reviewing,» he said, going on to blame the likes of CinemaScore (which gives each major film a rating based on interviews with theatergoers) and Rotten Tomatoes for why interesting movies tank.
And as film criticism written by passionately engaged people with actual knowledge of film history has gradually faded from the scene, it seems like there are more and more voices out there engaged in
pure judgmentalism, people who seem to take pleasure in seeing films and filmmakers rejected, dismissed and in some cases ripped to shreds.
His Kenzie is a quiet, thoughtful young man, whose outsized sense of moral probity, gradually revealed, never quite crosses over into
overt judgmentalism.
Which doesn't necessarily make their task any easier, for they must grapple openly with those — both on the progressive left and in minority communities — who are openly hostile to
cultural judgmentalism and imperialism.
One final thought that Tdennerlein's comment prompted
about judgmentalism, on a personal level, is that it is perfectly possible to be perceived as being judgmental or snobby, even when that is furthest from the truth.
This is far from
harsh judgmentalism as Jesus is clear we are to judge the righteous judgment (John 7:24).
Conversations will almost always fail when they involve what Michael Fullan refers to
as judgmentalism.
As I've been reading through the book's chapter
on judgmentalism, it has become increasingly clear to me that I'm very judgmental myself.
The one exception to that may have been the «sin» of self -
righteous judgmentalism, which puts us on the side of The Accuser.
I know so many people who leave the church, not because of what is believed, but because of the pettiness and
judgmentalism of those who believe it.
The authors judgmentally rail against
the judgmentalism of religion, while graciously allowing that some religious leaders have opposed the evils engendered by religion.
Let's see: Jesus teaches love, mercy, kindness, gentleness... love your neighbor; love your enemy; turn the other cheek; sell all of your possessions and give the money to the poor... he condemns pride, greed and
judgmentalism.
They conveyed to me that I ought not be intimidated by religious people who are judgmental, for
their judgmentalism has very little of God in it.
One ought not be intimidated by
the judgmentalism of religious people for it has very little of God in it.
The Way of Jesus can save me from my gossip,
my judgmentalism, my grudges, my worries, my greed, my hypocrisy, my self - centeredness, my hate, my misplaced loyalties, my prejudices, and my stubborn belief that enough stuff can make me happy.