There is a definite difference between being judgmental and holding other people accountable, and it irritates me to no end when we fail to distinguish the difference, because there is a huge difference. Judging someone is when you yell at them for not comforming to your beliefs when they don't believe the same thing. Therefore, you cannot hold someone accountable for something that they do not believe to be true.
Holding someone accountable can only happen if the second party is of the same faith as you and does something contrary to the teachings of that particular religion. Even if the person holding the other person accountable struggles with and sometimes fails to ovecome their struggle, that doesn't mean that their holding the other person accountable is invalid if they're really trying to overcome it. There is also the point of 'acceptance is different than tolerance' but that's another story for another day.
And, I'm so tired of people arguing over things about Christianity that honestly don't matter. Who cares what race God is or what gender God is? Can't we just assume that He is everything perfect and divine and just leave it at that? Does it really matter whether God is male or female? He is still omniscient, and omnipotent.
What really matters is the way that we conduct ourselves and treat our fellow humans. People should just be able to tell that Christians are Christians without having to be told. They should sense something different. The word 'holy' means to be 'set apart', literally. As you all probably know by now, there is a song for everything.
Purify my heart,
let me be as gold and precious silver.
Purify my heart,
let me be as gold, pure gold.
(Chorus)
Refiner's fire,
my heart's one desire
is to be�holy;
set apart for You, Lord.
I choose to be holy;
set apart for You, my Master,
ready to do Your will.
Purify my heart,
cleanse me from within
and make me holy.
Purify my heart,
cleanse me from my sin, deep within.
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