I agree with that. It's not always fair or pleasant, but social stigmas serve an important purpose. They keep the damage that the mentally ill can do to the fabric of society (and to themselves) in check.
The example of Jesus is the wise approach. He was personally compassionate and generous with people who lived in sin, but he did not reject the Law or the social obligations we all have to one another.
He readily forgave people for sexual sin, but also called them out on it and warned them to repent. He publicly condemned the Pharisees for hypocrisy, but told people to obey their teachings. He did not bow to the authority of Rome, but he advocated paying your taxes.
Pure permissiveness is not wise or even compassionate because it leaves people lost and immersed in their sin with no way back; it just opens the door to more perversity.
I agree with that. It's not always fair or pleasant, but social stigmas serve an important purpose. They keep the damage that the mentally ill can do to the fabric of society (and to themselves) in check.
The example of Jesus is the wise approach. He was personally compassionate and generous with people who lived in sin, but he did not reject the Law or the social obligations we all have to one another.
He readily forgave people for sexual sin, but also called them out on it and warned them to repent. He publicly condemned the Pharisees for hypocrisy, but told people to obey their teachings. He did not bow to the authority of Rome, but he advocated paying your taxes.
Pure permissiveness is not wise or even compassionate because it leaves people lost and immersed in their sin with no way back; it just opens the door to more perversity.