Another thread kicked this off. But, because these comments would have been completely tangential, I had to blog about it separately.

There's a young lady in our community who, like many others, got pregnant before she was married. She's married now, and raising her child, and doing a good job of it, too, but, sadly enough, despite her own inability to keep to her own standards, is quite judgemental of others.

Some friends were in the store where she works, purchasing cigarettes, among other things. She looked at the cigarettes, then at the couple, and exclaimed, "Don't you know cigarette smoking is a sin? It's a nasty, filthy habit!"

As they were relating the story to me, I commented it was a good thing I wasn't there because i would have responded, "Yeah! So's premarital sex!" Sure, it would have hurt, but no less than her condemnation of this couple, who were simply trying to enjoy a smoke (and besides, I can find MUCH stronger Biblical support for the idea that premarital sex is wrong than she can find for the idea that smoking is wrong, any day of the week).

Now, I believe that MYOB is a pretty good general rule of thumb. While I don't always exhibit the best example of that philosophy, I do think it's a good goal to shoot for. But, more importantly, when you're in a store that sells certain items, it is NOT your position to opine on the customer's purchase of said items. Just ring up the sale!