Can we, just for one question, look past religious barriers and ask this question honestly...Isn't it hard NOT to judge people? I literally cried when I read about the Pakistan's rightful president being assassinated, and I admit, I judged her murderers in my mind harshly. Isn't it really hard NOT to judge people? You read about a woman leaving her baby in a dumpster, don't you think that if you were in that situation that you would have done it differently?
Can I just reach across the aisle for one moment and find a common bond? It's hard not to say that "I" would have done it differently if "I" were in their shoes....Mother Theresa, Hitler, Stalin, Bush, take your pick. We all think that "we" would have done a better job...
2007-12-27 17:40:15 · 18 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Globar - I'm nog asking anything other than what I have asked. I think it's hard not to judge people, that is all.
((Dude)) ((Vicarious Cynic))
For the one who said this isn't me, I'm just exploring my limits, and wondering at questions, I'm not making statements here.
2007-12-27 17:53:59 · update #1
Dude, I agree that I think it was Musharraf, and that is my point. I have no EVIDENCE to support this feeling, and I wonder if I am wrong to judge him (in my mind) in the absence of evidence...
2007-12-27 17:57:27 · update #2
Great question. We all do it; some of us need to be reminded by a question like this! I found myself a few days ago having this silly thought cross my mind. Atheists probably dont bake! Silly, right! So I came on here posted my silly question, explained I was going through a generalization crisis on it and got a ton of great recipes from the atheists. In a split second we can deem someone good or bad in our minds without a second thought. Thank you for posting this question! Gods peace
2007-12-27 17:59:06 · answer #1 · answered by Loosid 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is VERY hard not to judge people. I am quite empathetic and sympathetic and I am still finding myself judging others often. It's something you really have to try hard not to do. But I do think it's even harder not to judge when you subscribe to a very strict view of the world and what people should do. Religion, for example, gives rules that are so set in stone that it can be that much harder to be open enough to prevent yourself from judging.
2007-12-27 17:47:45 · answer #2 · answered by Maggie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think of it quite is because of the fact fairly some Christians have faith that God is their huge pal up interior the sky and all they could desire to do is say, "Oopsie, sorry approximately that, Lord" each and every time they sin. undemanding forgiveness is a organic offshoot of uncomplicated grace: maximum individuals do no longer fee what does not fee them a great deal. and because they're so assured that they are holy and righteous, it quite is undemanding for them to point a finger at somebody else in judgment. i'm a Catholic Christian, and that i be attentive to that i would be held in charge for my movements whilst i circulate for the period of the Sacrament of Reconciliation and Penance (Confession.) i'm no longer able to basically fluff off my duty, enormously whilst i lookup on the crucifix and spot what my sins fee my Savior. God is a God of affection and mercy, yet he's likewise a God of righteousness and justice. How am i able to decide somebody else's sins whilst i actually am a sinner and nonetheless assume God to forgive me?
2016-10-09 07:09:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess it depends on what you mean by "judge". The people who killed Bhutto are murderers, and I have no qualms about judging them as such. (I also strongly suspect it was Musharraf.) So that kind of judging I have no problem with.
The kind of judging I have a problem with is when we decide we can take other people's lives because they aren't worthy of life. That's why I oppose the death penalty.
When we put criminals in prison, I don't think we should be judging them -- we're just protecting ourselves.
2007-12-27 17:48:52 · answer #4 · answered by STFU Dude 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, it is easy to judge someone. Everyone does it, and all the time. But how much should we pander to these thoughts? There's the dividing line. Before, most religions had the same basic precepts, so why are we all fighting so fervently?
Judging is easy, until we look at a mirror.
2007-12-27 17:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by Robert O 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The easiest way for me to have more empathy towards others and not judge others as much is by looking into my life from the outside, relative to a third person. I realize I'm equally imperfect. Why can't others do the same thing as I? Why are they so.!!! just kidding. end of sarcasm.
We are all soo so judgmental. Only by the grace of God can we transcend this major human flaw.
2007-12-27 17:44:52 · answer #6 · answered by WARRIOR 4 CHRIST 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I believe that if we are truly honest with ourselves that we have to admit that we do judge people at times. We try to deny our humanness or are afraid to admit our spiritual immaturity so we invoke biblical grounds for judging. Many see through that and label that lack of integrity hypocrisy. But if we deny ourselves like that we somehow say we are better than the next guy who honestly judges without pretense.
2007-12-27 18:01:33 · answer #7 · answered by seeker 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
We are called to judge these matters.This doctrine that says we are not to judge comes from the pit.We are commanded not to judge as a hypocrite only.
Matthew
18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
18:16 But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
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1Corinthians
5:9 I wrote unto you in an epistle not to company with fornicators:
5:10 Yet not altogether with the fornicators of this world, or with the covetous, or extortioners, or with idolaters; for then must ye needs go out of the world.
5:11 But now I have written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.
5:12 For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?
5:13 But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person.
2007-12-27 18:02:19 · answer #8 · answered by don_steele54 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I have done plenty of things I could have done better.
it is easy to judge when there is no emotional involvement in the decision.
You are correct it is hard not to judge people
2007-12-27 17:47:43 · answer #9 · answered by ! 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Of course, God never asked us to turn a blind eye to evil. We are not judge as in not condemn, that does not prevent us from saying that certain things are wrong.
As far as Mother Theresa, I don't think I could have done better than her...
2007-12-27 17:44:43 · answer #10 · answered by Thrice Blessed 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋