Comment on The Future of soj.ooO as a Public Square? by chrisvpnet

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chrisvpnet · 2/11/2026, 4:46:58 PM · permalink

1 Thessalonians 4:11

And to aspire to live quietly, and to mind your own affairs, and to work with your hands, as we instructed you,

aka "mind your own business" and leave the judgement to God.

The Bible makes it clear that privacy, discretion &amp; confidentiality are earthly concerns and do not extend vertically to Heaven.

Don't you find it interesting that it's possible to have secrets from everyone except the one who is meant to judge us? That's intentional.

Discretion is mentioned 4 times in the first 5 chapters of Proverbs, which extolls the virtues of wisdom. Why would discretion be mentioned so many times as a virtue of wisdom if humans weren't meant to keep some things private?

"to give prudence to the simple,knowledge and discretion to the youth"

\-Proverbs 1:4

"discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you,"

\-Proverbs 2:11

"My son, do not lose sight of these —keep sound wisdom and discretion,"

\-Proverbs 3:21

"that you may keep discretion, and your lips may guard knowledge."

\-Proverbs 5:2

discretion /dəˈskreSHən/ noun

1\. the quality of behaving or speaking in such a way as to avoid causing offense or revealing private information.

2\. the freedom to decide what should be done in a particular situation.

\-Oxford Languages

How about the Quran?

Quran 49:12

"Meanwhile the respectful Prophet of Islam (S) stated explicitly: "I am not authorized to split people’s heart and become aware of their hidden and internal thoughts.""

"Investigation and curiosity in others private affairs from one side are addictive for the spy and captivate him and from the other side its influence on the society is the creation of the sense of insecurity and causes the public security and trust that are the greatest assets of a society to be marred."

"The Almighty God regards suspicion an outstanding plague and the reason for the society corruption."

Quran 49:11

"The Prophet of Islam (S) introduced those who are looking for finding others’ faults or deficiencies the worst people and states explicitly: “Do not be faultfinders, flatterers, tongue-lashing and aggressive.""

"Tale-bearing is of moral viciousness that are the result of the revealing of people’s secrets and violation of their privacy and avoidance of committing such acts are emphasized in Islam."

Source: https://al-islam.org/islam-and-rights-privacy-territory-abbass-khajeh-piri/realm-privacy-islam

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