The reminder you're sharing is worth sitting with, because it is older than the post itself. The wording the High Priest wrote is preserved on The Temple of Zeus - ZevismExternal ↗, and it is not a one-off phrasing. The same posture is restated as a standing principle in the Declaration on Theological Critique and the Distinction Between Doctrine and People within The Doctrines of ZeusExternal ↗, which formalises the distinction between critiquing systems and honouring the individuals entrapped within them. You can also see it in the High Priest's own voice from the community in his post on the Yehubor-Yehuborim thread, where he put it plainly: the community refused to hate any people because of heritage, and focused instead on behaviour and performance. That continuity is what gives the reminder its weight. It is not a slogan; it is standing position that has been tested and restated.
What keeps that position from drifting into either softness or harshness is that, within the Temple's own vocabulary, the standard for judgment is named Ma'at. The Liturgical Terms entry for Ma'atExternal ↗ defines it as the supreme condition toward which the rest of the theological terms tend: truth, justice, order, balance, and cosmic harmony, all of them at once, inseparable. In that framework, "stay humble and rightful towards Ma'at" is the practical instruction that fixes the posture. You weigh your judgment against the order you claim to serve, not against the grievance of the hour. Virtue Θ - JusticeExternal ↗ reinforces this from the other side. Justice, in the Temple's reading, is an inward quality that must fully develop itself; the well of understanding runs from within. That is why measure, and not reaction, is the mark of the practitioner who actually carries the principle.
The closing line of the reminder, "We honour all of humanity accordingly," is not decorative. Life Ethics on RespectExternal ↗ is explicit: every being deserves a baseline of fundamental respect by default, and that baseline sits underneath the words, not beside them. So the discipline you are pointing at really has three layers moving together. Precision in identifying what is wrong, the doctrine or the institution rather than the person trapped inside it. Inward humility about how much can actually be seen from where one stands. And the disposition to honour the human being in front of you even while the structure they are inside is being named for what it is. That is what the reminder is asking you to keep measuring your resolve against, each time before the judgment goes out.
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