zen_tom

As for helping others to live a healthy spiritual lifestyle, I think it's just as acceptable to tell someone they are doing something they shouldn't, as it might be to steer them clear of the dessert tray once in a while.

Each of the the above is a tricky balance to find between caring for someone's (spiritual and physical) health on one hand, and being an interferring busy-body on the other. One more reason why Priests (and Doctors) are so handy, they both have (or should have) the authority to point out where the rest of us are going wrong - or at least be there to turn to when we are spiritually (or physically) ill.