Topic : 11/06 Introducing the House of Judgment

I haven't seen the show yet, just read the synopsis.  I can see this is going to be an emotionally-charged episode.

One thing, though.  The lady at the end, who only likes pretty people - did anyone else think she looked masculine?  Her face is not very feminine.  She reminds me of a man who has had gender reassignment surgery to become a woman.

I largely agreed with all the people seen on the Dr. Phil house of judgment show today. Their opinions were extreme because they generalized them to all members of the group they hate, but (almost) each person had a valid point in their judgments. "Dick" was very accurate in that a lot of women are money-grubbing and gold-digging, but that is also a trait very prevalent to men. In actuality it is a trait common to a very large percentage of the US population. The guy who hates everyone was very right about that point; commercialism and the almighty dollar have broken down the moral fiber of our society. The black girl who hates her own race was right, though generalizing to an extreme. A large percentage of low income black people are gang-banging, welfare-abusing, drug-using wastes of space, but there are also others who do not follow that stereotype. The lady who hated men was the most right-on of the group, although maybe she was a bit excessive in how bad men are. Even my husband is thoughtless and inconsiderate of anyone else but himself, but he has his good points and so do other men. That doesn't make the man-hater any less correct in her observations. I thought it quite fitting that the bible-thumper and the (ugly)ugly-hater be put together as well, because they had the least valid points of all (with the former being a huge hypocrite and the latter obviously projecting her hate of her own looks onto all other ugly people). The first House of Hate seemed to change the inhabitants opinions, but I hope that this House of Judgment only succeeds in muting the opinions of the house members, because to change these accurate observations of the statistically significant sections of our society would be a huge mistake.

You are not JUDGING A BOOK BY ITS COVER are you?

I have not seen the show yet, so I'm not going to make any observations of the guests just yet. But I will say this....

Already, there seems to be a debate/discussion on this board about God, religion & "bible thumping". I'm not a religious person, more spiritual actually, And I guess you could say I'm more liberal, with a pinch of conservatism, but I feel the need to say this.... Someone's religion, ANY kind of religion, is a PERSONAL CHOICE & should NOT be forced upon someone else. What may be/feel right to you (generally speaking), may not be/feel right to someone else. Therefore, I don't think anyone has the right say, "well if someone does this & that or lives a certain way, then that person(s) is going to hell", or that if a certain person "could just find it in their heart to find God, then they will be alright". I for one, find it very frustrating when someone is trying to, in a sense, "save me" because I truly do not believe that I need "saving" (and if I felt I did, I would ASK for help) & I'm really not trying to offend anyone, but I cringe whenever a Jehovah's Witness comes to my door because I feel that is forcing it. Who is anyone to say what is right & wrong for someone else, especially if they have no specific or personal ties to you? And even if they did have ties to you, it would still be THEIR PERSONAL choice(s). One doesn't have to like/agree with another person's religion or way of life, but we should RESPECT that person(s) as HUMAN BEINGS.