Brumar, Remember my use of the word unholy was a quote of Jesus to his disciples. Try again, this time with the NIV. Matthew 7:6
Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces. That translation doesn't use the word "unholy." Instead, it uses metaphors to give stern warnings to us. It does NOT mean that we are to judge people as "dogs" or "pigs."
Also in Matthew 7, from the NIV:
Do not judge, or you too will be judged. For in the same way you judge others, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. ... Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother’s eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? How can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye. Clearly we are not to judge other people.
And I'm not saying we should judge Trump and damn his soul to hell. Not our call and not what this is about. God can judge his soul. What I'm saying we should recognize he's not clearly not morally fit to be trusted with a responsible national position. Fair enough. This is why I didn't want to go down this tangent, because it's all too easy to confuse judgment with discernment. Often people who use the Bible to excuse wickedness have a vested interest in confusing the two, and I didn't want to endorse that at all.
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