Is it human nature to judge?
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yes but we must always remember that we dont have the right to judge anyone..
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Should We Never Judge?\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n"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)\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSummary\n\nThere is an extremely serious error that is being believed by the vast majority of people caught up in christian religion. This error is literally making those folks unwilling and unable to discern truth. And what is this error? It is believing that all "judgment" is wrong. If this is true, then what is to be made of Jesus' Words above? In the verses above, Jesus clearly commands people to judge, commends people for judging, and judges himself.\n\nThe key point to understand is that not all judgment is wrong, just various types of judgment. The types of judgment that are wrong according to Jesus are condemnation, as well as hypocritical and self-righteous judgment. On the other hand, right judgment is commended by Jesus as we see above. Right judgment includes the judging of truth versus falsehood. The sincere, serious and sober judgment of our own sins, as well as the gentle, and compassionate judgment and correction of other's beliefs or sins.\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWhat is the matter with 'judging'?\n\nTragically, Satan is doing a masterful job in christianity's organizations in regard to confusing people over the issue of "judgment". People have been lead to believe that it is "un-loving" to correct someone who is in error, whether by word or deed. Certainly many have contributed to Satan's lie of "don't judge anyone" by being harsh, ungracious or unmerciful in their judgments. It is easy for a person - after being excoriated by a modern day Pharisee who is telling them that they are going to hell if they don't believe something that Jesus doesn't even address - to be pushed to believe that all "judgment" is wrong.\n\nIn like manner, many more have contributed to Satan's lie by taking the position that anything said to correct someone, no matter how gently done, is "ungracious" or unloving. These folks are the counterfeit believers who dogmatically state that all judgment is wrong (except their own of course!), especially the kind that points out the falsehoods they are believing. I can't count how many times have I heard the accusation, "oh, brother, you should not say that those who believe the doctrine's of the christian church are in error - that is judging them and Jesus says we are not to judge others. You are being divisive by your judgment. You need to come to an understanding of Jesus' love…"   Notice how I am judged as "un-loving" comparing Christianities beliefs with Jesus' Words.  I could be the kindest, most gentle, caring, compassionate, giving, selfless person on the planet (which I am not), but if I believe that the teachings of christianity lead people away from Jesus, then I am judged as "un-loving" and usually much worse.  Ironic, isn't it?  That when I try to point out how a teaching of Jesus contradicts a doctrine of christianity, I will be judged as a heretic or worse?  So, while I try to look at a belief that someone holds, and they don't like the truth that I might be bringing, they are only too quick to break their own "don't be judgmental" belief to condemn my person.\n\nGuess who is being judged as un
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in my opinion people are people.  we are all humans, and all connected at heart.  i classify no one based on appearance.
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It is the characteristic of humanity - the "human nature" - for example an act of human kindness.
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It is not our place to judge individuals.  That job is left up to God.  He knows all the surrounding circumstances of every person and their motivations.  \n\nIn addition, often in the scriptures people are referred to as "children" in comparison to God, who is our wise, loving, just and powerful Father.  Just as a human father can see dangers his young child may be unaware of, our heavenly Father knows the way we were designed (since he's responsible for it) and knows what's best for us.\n\nHomosexuality is deemed unacceptable to God, so there are definitely reasons for it, even if not everyone can fully understand the reasons at this time.  The act of homosexuality is spoken of as "wicked," but the Bible does not refer to them as a group and say they are all "evil."  \n\nAll of us have things we have to work hard to root out of ourselves in order to meet God's requirements.  Some have harder work than others.  Today we have an imperfect understanding of the causes of homosexuality.  Some may be genetic, some may be learned behaviors from environmental factors and who knows what else?  We don't, but God does and we can trust that his judgments are just.\n\nI hope you find peace with this subject.  :)\n\nIN RESPONSE TO YOUR ADDITIONAL COMMENTS:\n\nThe point is, the Bible makes no such sweeping, irrational commands.  In my view, it is you who has taken an arbitrary command from the scriptures and turned it into an issue in an effort to discredit the whole Bible.  \n\nThe problem comes when imperfect people take the commands and principles from the Bible and choose to harm people based on an incomplete understanding of the spirit of what it means to follow Christ.  Jesus outwardly rebuked individuals who knew the scriptures through thorough study but who instead chose to make their own traditions first and foremost.  Those who were ignorant of his requirements for blessings he treated kindly.  Neither group did he ever physically or verbally abuse, but he tried to help them come to an understanding of the truth.  As Christians we want to follow Jesus' way of handling the situation.\n\nI have a feeling you or someone you know has been treated poorly by someone claiming to be a Christian for living a homosexual lifestyle.  Please don't take one or many person's bad example(s) as the last say about whether the Bible itself is just and reasonable.\n\nEven Jesus said, "Not everyone saying to me 'Lord, Lord' will enter into the Kingdom of the Heavens.  But the one who does the will of my Father will."
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Oh yes ,there are lots of humanity,it depends on how to look at.From the same position on earth, u can see the ground ,or u can see the sky,it all depends on u r angle of elevation,i mean how u look at it,choice is urs. in a greater perspective u have to look at what better u can derive from a adverse situation,there lies u r capability to correct the wrong  what u think with open ,unbiased mind &what  is socially,democratically is absolute right at that time.
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UNDERSTANDING OTHERS THROUGH SELF\n\nTell me if this suits as the statement or not...
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Some may say it is human nature but I believe that stereotyping is a product of the moral majority to believe they are of better standards and breeding of those who fall into a social setting other than their own...believing they are usually beneath them.  What gives us the right to judge others for their differences I will never know the answer to in my lifetime I am sure, but I know that those same people who stereotype others and then assume they know who you are, they are the same people who will swear up and down against hypocrisy.
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because it's human nature....how would we know the wrong from right if there were no evil?
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Is man good? You are knowledgable. I have seen your questions and replies....you seem to have a head on your shoulders. So. Like law regarding entropy, is man born going from good to better, or is man born and molded, pushed, punished, terrorized, into beinf what we call morally acceptable? I, as an opinion, can not believe in an'inherent goodness' in man. I just look at a child who is becoming self aware, and the first things learned are "NO!", screaming for attention, taking toys from others...doing everything we have to teach them not to do. They do not come out and learn politeness and giving, first. They are changed into that.
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God judging people is different from people judging people. The Bible tells us that we should not judge each other, but God judges our actions.
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I think we are too judgmental.  I run across people passing judgments on others all the time.  It doesn't seem to matter whether the thing upon which a judgment is being passed is large (like the war, or some dictator committing human rights violations in another country) or small (like whether it is okay to put ketchup on a hot dog), everybody has an opinion.  The problem is that, in the time since the start of the political correctness movement, everyone with an opinion feels a  sense of entitlement to try to impose that viewpoint on everybody else.
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We are hard wired to make judgments about everything in our environment, including others. Some of us make an extra effort to rise above our instintual impulses, and some of us don't. Everyone is guilty of it at some point though.
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If you are judging a person for anything other than their character then you are wrong. I teach my children everyday that they should get to know a person before they pass judgment on them. You never know what kind of personal issues or life struggles that person may have. Also when you judge someone you are putting yourself on a pedestal above them, but there are things in your own life that you are not proud of, none of us are better than the other. When I was a child and I made fun of someone my mother would put empathy in my heart by making me do something nice for that person. She would always say "There, but for the grace of God, go I." That means if it was not for God's blessings she could also be in that person's predicament. Now when I find myself passing judgment on a person for whatever reason, I stop myself and then try to be extra nice to them because more than likely they have to deal with negativity often. You never know what a smile or a few kind words can do for a person.
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you're okay...it's human nature
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Yes, if we wish to, and only if we do not destroy ourselves first. human kind is capable of anything it wishes to accomplish with respect to any focused desires, however it is with direct respect to individuality, and delusions of grandeur by control freaks which keeps the human condition with in a constant state of war in one place or another upon this plants surface.\n\nI would say that we are upon a direct course which is totally unknown to us, however is completely orchestrated by us.
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It is beyond the dualistic conceptions of mind...\n\nYou can make a rational judgment about it. But our problem is that we make emotional judgments instead. This is what we need to be clear about.\n\nWhen we make emotional judgments, we set up ripples in our minds. These ripples cause larger ripples and soon a storm is brewing. This storm disturbs the mind. In all this we lose touch with the silence in the mind, the peace within. It is only when we can calm these ripples that the mind can reside in its own silence, its own equanimous state. When the mind can rest in its own stillness it can see things as they are. I call this silent mind, "peace-mind."\n\nIf we don't allow the mind to be silent, we make emotional judgments and the we get into trouble. Here is where the battle starts, within ourselves and outside of ourselves.