I warn my children about "guilt by association" all the time. While I do not have enough facts to form an opinion on her guilt or innocence (though, based on what is reported, it certainly does not seem as if her execution was justified "beyond a shadow of doubt"), it strikes me, while reading this, that "guilt by association" or, rather, the fear of it, is part of what led good people to participate in the shunning of the past four years of the people who did not conform and fall in line. Thank you for another thought-provoking and Scripture-based lesson from history.
I have no doubt you are absolutely right. It was apparent that in the beginning the overall argument was mostly along party lines. Those who might have given it more thought then felt compelled to act, in part, because of how they viewed themselves politically. They didn't want it to seem they "associated" with the other side. This divide grew so ferociously that it did, in fact, become a type of shunning. You've made a keen observation.
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I warn my children about "guilt by association" all the time. While I do not have enough facts to form an opinion on her guilt or innocence (though, based on what is reported, it certainly does not seem as if her execution was justified "beyond a shadow of doubt"), it strikes me, while reading this, that "guilt by association" or, rather, the fear of it, is part of what led good people to participate in the shunning of the past four years of the people who did not conform and fall in line. Thank you for another thought-provoking and Scripture-based lesson from history.
I have no doubt you are absolutely right. It was apparent that in the beginning the overall argument was mostly along party lines. Those who might have given it more thought then felt compelled to act, in part, because of how they viewed themselves politically. They didn't want it to seem they "associated" with the other side. This divide grew so ferociously that it did, in fact, become a type of shunning. You've made a keen observation.
Thank you for your support and for continuing to contribute to the conversations here.
Hi Jason, I needed to read this today, praise God! Thank you.