LESSON 9: Judgment Belongs to the Group

“Thus did Jesus teach the dangers and illustrate the unfairness of sitting in personal judgment
upon one's fellows. Discipline must be maintained, justice must be administered, but in all these
matters the wisdom of the brotherhood should prevail. Jesus invested legislative and judicial
authority in the group, not in the individual. Even this investment of authority in the group must
not be exercised as personal authority. There is always danger that the verdict of an individual
may be warped by prejudice or distorted by passion. Group judgment is more likely to remove
the dangers and eliminate the unfairness of personal bias. Jesus sought always to minimize the
elements of unfairness, retaliation, and vengeance.” (1764.1) 159:1.6