Speak for yourself!

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.  ~William Shakespeare, Henry VI

The message

Orthodoxy

Walking across a bridge one day, a man saw another man standing

on the edge, about to jump off, ran over and said "Stop!

don't do it!"

 

"Why shouldn't I?"

 

"Well, there's so much to live for!"

 

"Like what? I'm not married, I have no job..."

 

"Well... are you religious or atheist?"

 

"Religious."

 

"Me too! Are you Christian, Buddhist...?"

 

"Christian."

 

"Me too! Are you catholic or protestant?"

 

"Protestant."

 

"Me too! Are you episcopalian or baptist?"

 

"Baptist"

 

"Wow! Me too! Are you Baptist church of god, or

Baptist church of the lord?"

 

"Baptist church of god!"

 

"Me too! Are you original Baptist church of god,

or are you reformed Baptist church of god?"

 

"Reformed Baptist church of god"

 

"Me too! Are you reformed Baptist church of god,

reformation of 1879, or reformed baptist church of god,

reformation of 1915?"

 

"Reformed Baptist church of god, reformation of 1915"

 

"Die, heretic scum!", the man said, and pushed him off.

On the nosey

A great deal of what passes for current Christianity consists in denouncing other people's vices and faults.  ~Henry H. Williams

I can't get no sat-is-fac-tion

Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger.

    Author: C.S. Lewis
    Source: The Problem of Pain

Oh, Henry!

Men will still experiment "by works of righteousness which they have done" to earn the Ideal life. The doctrine of Human Inability, as the Church calls it, has always been objectionable to men who do not know themselves.

    Author: Henry Drummond
    Source: Natural Law, p. 309.

The seven oaths of the virtuous child

Beware of self-righteousness in every possible shape and form. Some people get as much harm from their "virtues" as others do from their sins.

    -- J.C. Ryle