Judge Lest Ye Also Be Judged (Intelligent Topic)

Well, it obviously is not a universal abolition of judgement. We make them everyday about everything. We judge what would be best or worst to do, who would be better or worse to spend time with, what people to avoid and what people to gather with. We also state that a person's lifestyle is wrong or is right.

But why does Christianity say otherwise?

Is judging wrong?
I just want to discuss this in a civil manner...Ok!

I visited a church once, and wanted to see what it was like. A man saw me and said to me "Get out". I asked him why and he said I was not christian.

How dare you I said to him. How dare you judge me for who I am. I was so angry that I mocked him on the church, and told his his religion has vast amounts of flaws..

I was angry, and out of line. But no body sends me out of somewhere because of what I am.

Unless you are in the womens toilets.

A place I have been on many occasions, some for righteous reasons...some for the opposite.

Judgement is a part of life like breathing is.

In todays society we tie together judgement with common sense, and write it off as socially acceptable. When you overstep the boundary between what is "common sense" (we automatically assume the worst of people and are taught to mistrust them unless they prove themselves otherwise. We are not to leave any person to any task), and you begin to "judge," you are being overly assuming on a personal level.

We are forced to make judgement calls everyday. It is when someone feels victimized by a judgement that a fuss is made, but in truth everyone is judged in every situation based upon how they look, how they conduct themselves, and how they project themselves onto other people around them. That is what largely constructs the entirety of people's lives. People will give you chances based upon "first impressions," which are basically judgements with a fancy name and a face attached.

I think we all judge, we just don't like to admit it... Sometimes we judge without even realising it.

Ismail,

It is unfortunately a fact of all our lives regardless of all cultures. We are judged at school on our grades and examinations are a judgement on every one of us. I don't think it could be changed?

Judgement of our selves and actions are vastly important, the only judgement that Christianity forbids is judgment of others which leads me to this question.

If we live in a Judeo-Christian democratic society then why do we have a judicial system. I'll save my answer for later after a few of you have given your opinion.

judgement shall forever be a part of our society and that of ancient society. it is something that shall exist untill the end of time, just different variations as to why and how to judge someone. when i say ancient socities, i refer mostly to the ancient greeks and those in Homeric times along with those glimpsed in the Homeric poems. a good article to read about this would be Alasdair MacIntyre's After Virtues, Chapter 10. it talks of the virtues of heroic society, but in it there are some references on how people were judged.