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Why do Christians feel they have a right to judge another persons belief system?

It is absolutely ridiculous how some people feel entitled to judge another's belief system while in the midst of breaking one of the ten commandments themselves.

Outward told me i am not a Christian. It is very narrow minded to think your path is the only way to Heaven while you are in the midst of committing sin.

Why must one judge?
4meAndyou · F
On the last day, God our Father will judge us. Humans can be judgmental, but only God has the power to judge.
Random3838 · 36-40, M
It is not the Christian belief to judge others. It is actually the opposite. Unfortunately, Christians sin too. It is one thing to share the Gospel but it should never cross the line into judgement.
Budwick · 70-79, M
Jesus is the only path to Heaven.
People judge. Let's face it, we all do it...it's not just a Christian thing. Follow Jesus in that he loves everyone. Ultimately, God will judge us all.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
Joe Biden and woke Democrats are in perpetual judgement of the people who don't buy his lies. If we didn't in turn exercise self defence judgement on him and his pack of enablers he'd get away with stuffing the entire US Treasury in his back pocket and leave behind the middle finger.
@Heartlander you know the OP is American? She didn't bring nationhood into it
tmmaier · 51-55, F
@Heartlander not everything is about politics.
Nothing at all political about my post.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
@tmmaier It wasn't so much about politics but about judgment. Much like religion should be about love and attempts to discover why and how we got to be here, so should the non-religious. I think we can be religious without being judgement part, and we can also elevate to a better world if we be less judgemental elsewhere also.
Casheyane · 31-35, F
I think deep down, we all judge. Christians, Catholics, Muslims, etc.

As one already said in the comments, we are humans.

But how do we act on it?
How do we act based on our faith (and here I am not talking based on religion but based on our own personal faith and connection to God)?

If you know what is right and you still do wrong, is a heavier sin than someone who doesn't know right and do wrong.

I am a Christian. I do not go to church, though I want to. I have met Christians who aren't acting like they are for God. I have met atheists who seem kinder.

So no, I don't think it's a matter of religion. But of the person and his faith, and his actions and choices based on it.
tmmaier · 51-55, F
@Casheyane very well stated! Thank you for your insight!
Gloomy · F
"Share the gospel" is part of the christian doctrine. Judge others, warn them of hell, convert them, make money for the church, ... kinda their whole thing
@Gloomy Thanks, we're warning others said it for me!

make money for the church

Try my best but our church doesn't shove direct debit forms in people's faces contrary to what many think. Wish I could give more because our church in a year gave £1m to homeless, refugees, etc.

The pastor makes £35,000.00 (pre tax) so he's not acting like Andrew Tate on his days off 😂
Dez580 · 61-69, M
Yes I am a Christian and a sinner!!!, To be a true Christian one needs to be tolerant of others. respecting other faiths and those with none are fundamental to my faith. Those who judge others clearly have never read scripture. I also find it strange that fundamental Christians tend to focus on the Old Testament and ignore the revisions made in the Gospels and letters of St Paul etc
@Dez580
respecting other faiths

What do you mean by that? I don't go out of my way to insult faiths but the Christian faith is the only true one.

Slow pint sipping Anglican who likes to philosophise and rewrite the Christian faith right? 😆
Dez580 · 61-69, M
@BritishFailedAesthetic I am Jesuit educated Roman Catholic with a degree in Theology and Philopsphy, I am traditional too
@Dez580
I am Jesuit educated Roman Catholic

Say no more! 🤭
SW-User
My suspicion is that at heart it is fear. In as much as some in effect identify correct BELIEF with salvation itself, any belief distinct from their own will pose a threat to their own standing with God.

If they understood the full meaning of GRACE then such fear would dissolve. That grace is given, gift. It is not an offer that we need to "accept". We do not choose, we are chosen.

Alas such people trust not in Grace but in their own "decision" and belief.
tmmaier · 51-55, F
@SW-User Thank you for your very wise answer! I truly appreciate the wisdom in your point of view. It explains my reactive response just as well. Someone insignificant is passing judgment on not only my belief system but my salvation and that gift of grace.
Grace is just as much my gift as it is theirs. I will just live my best life and accept that gift of grace.
Thank you for sharing your insight so i could grow and gain a better understanding!
So today, the Supreme Court made decisions about jobs having to respect someone’s religion. So I guess people have religion have more rights than those people who do not. I would like to say I don’t wanna do business with that guy over there because he’s a real creep! But only if I say my God told me to do it does it didn’t matter and it’s now appropriate
@SatyrService They arent real Christians. They worship this guy:
He will take them to wherever they want
@legalboxers Sadly that is very true. That particular political stance has all the earmarks of a cult. All of them.
TexChik · F
Likely they read your profile and wanted to push your buttons. Are you judging them now? Calling out another "Christian," or anyone for that matter, and determining they are committing sin is God's work. Not yours. I'm sorry they angered you.
tmmaier · 51-55, F
@TexChik we are all sinners. I realize that. I will pray about it. It is much different to say someone is a sinner vs telling someone they are not Christian.
tmmaier · 51-55, F
@TexChik and we are called to rebuke a sinner who is trying to draw you into their sin.
saintsong · 41-45, F
Just forgive them, they know not what they do.
Strict4u · 56-60, M
Well onward is not god and the Bible tells us not to judge that’s god’s job on judgment day and I believe in god first and husband second child next and the husband is the head of the household
Lionehaza · 31-35, M
Jesus did not know when the last hour is?
Jesus is not omniscient.He don't know everything. Jesus don't know the last hour.As it was said in the bible "But concerning that day or that hour,no one knows, not even the angels in heaven,nor the Son,but only the Father." Mark 13:32
HOW COME HE IS GOD?

God is not a boy and it doesn't fit for God to be curcumcised,God does not pea or.......its not appropriate for him...God has no any Gender but Jesus was a boy had circumcised as the bible says in luke 2:21
he On the eighth day, whenit was time to circumcise the child,he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.
Heartlander · 80-89, M
Great question. I think some of that may come from when Jesus gave his disciples the authority to forgive or not forgive, and to forgive first has to be identified, so judgement has to come before forgiveness. Some claim that judgement and atonement has to come before forgiveness.

But I don't think the above fits with a merciful God or the examples that Jesus left for us Christians to ponder. He was more apt to counter those who judged or bypass those who judged with mercy and compassion.
Pfuzylogic · M
The 10 commandments can seem very hard to accomplish. Christian’s believe that Jesus accomplished them in their place. Words that aren’t meant judgmental can be received that way.
Isaiah 55:11
So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; It shall not return to Me void, But it shall accomplish what I please, And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.
Science has received contradictory evidence attacking the very fundamentals of what scientists believe in.
Other beliefs can’t even trace their following lineage before or after the flood of Noah.
nedkelly · 61-69, M
Every person is judgemental and each person can have there own beliefs
TheDisciplinarian · 61-69, M
Why do you care
Tell them

Ok...Whatever...go away..Leave me Alone...Bye bye.....lol
caPnAhab · 26-30, M
Because they've forgotten humility
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SDavis · 56-60, F
Are you a Christian?
You sure it was a Christian telling you that you aren't a Christian? I get people here who aren't Christians telling me all the time what Christianity is and isn't
tmmaier · 51-55, F
Ducky · 31-35, F
That first comment is your answer, because that's how they think. 😂
Barebum61 · 61-69, M
Never judge ,everything is fate
MartinTheFirst · 26-30, M
We judge each other all the time, we just have to be careful with what we judge. We can't judge a person, but we can, and must be judges of things that can affect us. It's part of surviving. It is very christian to judge that other belief systems are wrong, or even down right evil.
LordShadowfire · 46-50, M
When you've had it drilled into your head over and over again that yours is the only right religion, and then anybody who doesn't follow it is going to suffer for eternity, unless you're a complete psychopath, you're going to try and convert people to your religion.

Don't get angry at the people who feel the need to save you. Get angry at the people who lied to them.

 
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