Why don't we Christians quit judging ......?

Question

the athiest and agnostics,and treat them with the love and respect that Jesus would.I am a Christian and I'm very disappointed in some of the remarks that I've read.No wonder they don't want any part of Christianity. C'mon Christians,hows your LOVE WALK?

Answer 1

You are generalising. This makes you guilty of the same thing with Christians...lol We should be nice though, you are right.

Answer 2

And That goes for ALL religions. The basic foundation of all large religions is love and acceptance. We make it about rules and about "i'm better than you." It's a shame. I've found that you cannot judge a man untill you've seen the world through his shades... and that means hard work, research, time and love. Unfortunately most people are too lazy to put in the hours or the love, and we end up with Christians, Muslims, and so many others who simply choose to be sheep following the common consciousness - wether or not that's created as a smokescreen or not. If only people would READ MORE, and ASK more, instead of jumping to conclusions.

My Love walk is great - I still love God, I still love Jesus, and I'm a Muslim as of about a month ago. And guess what? I'm finding I'm still reading, and praying others will read too...

Athiests and agnostics normally are a different catagory - they just don't care, and hey - if it rings their bell that's cool. We'll pray - you your way, and me mine - there's only ONE God anyway.. it's not supposed to be a race, but we make it that. It's about a personal belief.

More power to you if you believe strongly in your faith. I guess we'll only know when it's too late to argue, and then, if what I believed made me a better person and there's nothing on the other side - at least I've lived a lovely, loving life. And if someone else doesn't believe in anything and reaches the other side to find Allah/God sitting on His throne - well... oooooooops!

Answer 3

Christianity has gotten a bit of a bad rap as of late. There is a very vocal minority out there that has accosted the term Christian and has used it enough in judgmental ways that it has become synonymous with judgmental and righteous.
The majority of Christians are loving and unfortunately very forgiving. If they were less forgiving they would not let the radical Christians give them a bad name. Further more lumping all of those that believe in Christ under the mantra Christian is ludicrous as there are many different sects that believe in many different things. Like Catholics, Protestants, Baptist, Episcopalians, Mormons, Baptists, Jehovah's Witnesses and so on.

Answer 4

I think it's not only Christians that love to judge but also other people, religious or non religious. People often judge because they don't know anything about something they want to know or something that distract them, but they have a great expectation of something that doesn't make them understand clearer in the sort of way to fulfill their own picture perfect of what a real utopia should be. That's why they judge.

Answer 5

Because judging is natural. It's how we learn to discern what works and what doesn't. Perhaps if there was more judging, especially judging based on real evidence, there would be more atheists and fewer Christians.

It's only because Christians are discouraged from rational thought and exchange of ideas with other people, like atheists, that they foster that intolerance that binds them together as a group.

As an atheist, it's not the judging that I mind. It's the prejudice and intolerance, i.e. judging based on misinformation and group-think..

Answer 6

I am with Rita (1st answer) on this.

I am increasingly disgusted and appalled by the hatred, venom, and intolerance spouted by so-called Christians on this site.

I have many Christian friends - we discuss faith and belief, and we agree to disagree on the details.

I do not understand what motivates such hatred in some of the people who post here. There are some, I fear, who sound mentally ill as they vent their spleens.

Thank you for the question - although, sadly, I have to agree with the comment about "deaf ears" - the worst of the offenders are beyond hearing, or understanding what you say.



As is evidenced by some of the answers you have had posted ...I think BIRDSFLIES's answer is one of the most smugly patronising I have ever read on this site,


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Answer 7

Depends on what one defines as judgement...some try to change the definition. If someone sees behavior they know is wrong and says something that is not judgement it's love. If someone is lying that is not judgement it's intrusive. If someone ignores obvious negative behavior that is enabling and is a form of judgement - it models approval in many situations.

Answer 8

Friend, I take you must be a young Christian, I myself have been serving God 37 yrs. We are to love their soul, & not their ways, What you are promoting, is run around with unbelievers, & soon you will be saying the samething they are, Let me just give you some verses, I will not look them up, you can, What does light have to do with darkness, & what does righteousness have to do with unrightouesness, What fellowship does beleivers have to do with unbelievers, Apostle Paul said if any man or an angel from heaven come from heaven & preached unto you any other gospel than what we have preached, let him be accursed. & also if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to thm that are lost. now Let me ask you something, you say to treat them with love & RESPECT, Jesus never done that with the scibes & pharisess, He love their souls But he did not respect them one bit, he told them exactly what they did NOT want to hear. Now Friend take a look at yourself, Make sure you are lining up with scriptures, & you are not. The way you are going, in a year you will say hey why do we hate satan, let's love & respect him, Sorry, friend, I have been in this truth way longer that you have probably been born.

Answer 9

Should We Never Judge?


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"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment"; and "You have rightly judged."; and "Yes, and why, even of yourselves, do you not judge what is right?"; and "Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you travel land and sea to win one proselyte, and when he is won, you make him twice as much a son of hell as yourselves". (Jesus' Words in John 7:24; Luke 7:43, 12:57 and Matt. 23:15)


For More on this go to:http://www.jesusfamilies.org/Articles/Judging.htm

Answer 10

Because atheists and agnostics practice the forbidden lore of Science! and science can disprove a literal interpretation of the bible! also, non-theists want to make god elective and not advertise him on currency and pledges!