Is Anyone Really Included?

Colossians 4:5-6  Conduct yourselves wisely toward outsiders, making the most of the time. Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer every one.


In a supposedly inclusive society it is probably politically incorrect to say act wisely toward outsiders. Who do we think we are to say that someone is an outsider, outside of what? You see if you take the modern view than it must be assumed that no difference exists between one set of belief and another. All beliefs are just fine, whatever floats your boat or fills your sails will be just great. Therefor this outsider mentality is viewed as judgmental and wrong, but what if it does make a difference what you believe? What if all beliefs are not equal or not ok?


Clearly some children think it is good to put metal objects into electrical plugs, and need to be taught that it is hazardous. I'm glad somewhere along the way I learned that swinging a golf club in a lightning storm is dangerous at best if not lethal. Somethings are outside the realm of wisdom. Should we call them wrong?


Are harmful things only physical? Could ideas by harmful, and if they are should we just ignore that they are harmful as some people choose them? We as a society have behaviors that we judge as illegal. Some of those aren't even agreed upon by everyone. Other behaviors are even less uniformly accepted, but does that mean that all positions in the dialogue not be acceptable if the individuals conduct themselves wisely while  always being gracious? It seems to me that we have too much judgement of others today in most every arena of our lives.