RUDY'S "DO NOT JUDGE" FALLACY

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In an interview with David Brodie at CBN, Giuliani was questioned about his family and told the Christian Broadcasting Network, "I think there are some people that are very judgmental."

Here's what Nancy French at Evangelicals for Mitt had to say:

Rudy Giuliani invoked the all-too-common "don't judge me" mantra frequently heard from the lips of Jerry Springer guests who left their spouse and kids to enter the arms of their new lovers. (Rudy's behavior, however, makes the average Springer guest look like Mother Theresa.)

''I think there are some people that are very judgmental. I'm guided very, very often about, 'Don't judge others, lest you be judged. I'm guided a lot by the story of the woman that was going to be stoned, and Jesus put the stones down and said, 'He that hasn't sinned, cast the first stone,' and everybody disappeared. It seems like nowadays in America, we have people that think they could've passed that test. And I don't think anybody could've passed that test but Jesus.''

Now, should anyone in America condemn Rudy for marrying his cousin, having it annulled several years later, marrying another woman, cheating on her publicly, announcing his intention of divorce via press conference, and then marrying another woman who'd already been married twice?

Emphatically, no.

However, Rudy demonstrates his misunderstanding of the Biblical admonition to "judge not." While judging someone's eternal soul should be left to God, there's also something called "reading comprehension." If the Bible says "thou shalt not steal" and you see someone robbing a bank, it's not "judgmental" to say, "Hey! That's wrong!" Likewise, there are sexual standards presented in the Bible that don't include getting married to your tiara-wearing mistress in your second wife's
house.

I agree with Nancy. Judging in the sense that you condemn Rudy to everlasting damnation is not nice. Afterall, we are not The Almighty.

However, to ignore his behavior and not denounce such destructive (to his family and many others who may have looked up to him) behavior is ridiculous.