Question

what is the appropriate balance between holding to your personal convictions while avoiding an undue level of judgmentalism

Answer 1

Answer:

The question above is a moral one.

In order to achieve a balance, we must become aware that the Author and Consitution that measures morality puts everyone on the same level.

That is, if one person lies, they are no different morally from one who steals.

This realisation that there is 'right' and 'wrong' and that there is one that administers over everyone to check the latter,  helps with conviction and checks one from being too quick to be others to judgement.

It's key to note that the good book makes it clear that a servant rises or falls before his Master and that with the same measure that one person judges another, shall he or she be judged.

Man at the best will always be imperfect. There are three stages of imperfection:

1. Imperfect but getting worse
2. Imperfect but just in-between
3. Imperfect but getting better consistently

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