Judging Others: My problem with it

Hello! Welcome to my blog! Now that I'm a homemaker, I'm going a little crazy. All I do is clean and do laundry. Sometimes I get so bored I talk to myself, which is why I started this blog. When I talk to myself, I get some pretty interesting thought processes going on that I figure I should share with the world, so here it goes!

Today's Thought is on Judging others

I've come across people who say "oh the LDS people are so mean and they are all jerks who judge you and treat you like dirt if you don't agree with their beliefs" and continue to trash someones religion JUST because they had a bad experience with SOME of the people. They don't bother to look for people who AREN'T like that, instead they make videos, post blogs and address anyone who is LDS that they come in contact with about what a terrible person they are for being LDS.

Aren't they doing the EXACT SAME THING that someone else did to them? Judge you and treat you like dirt because you believe a certain way?

You know what else? There are people in EVERY religion like that. Even people who don't believe in religion are like that! And there is always someone to post a video, write in a blog or say to your face "you are wrong", " you are an idiot to believe that", "you are a jerk because you believe such and such and everyone who believes that are jerks"

Why is that?

I try my darndest not to be judgmental and to not look down on people for not believing what I do and by golly I think I do a pretty dang good job at it. I accept people, I like making friends with people of every race, religion, etc. I won't always agree with what you are doing or what you believe in, but that doesn't mean I don't care about you. I'm not the kind of person that says "oh what you are doing is wrong and you are going to hell because of it" If you REALLY want to inspire someone to believe and act like you, then you need to be kind, not judge, be a friend. No one is going to give a rats butt if you tell them they are wrong and going to hell! Instead that will make them think "oh this person is a jerk... I don't think I want anything to do with them or their beliefs"

I want to be kind to others because I am a Christian. Christ taught us to be kind to others. He told the Pharisees who brought the adulterer to him that whoever was without sin could "cast the first stone" Boy I tell ya, I'm not without sin. Even if you are an atheist and don't believe in God or Christ, we are all human beings and we all deserve respect, so lets try and treat people with it. Even if they don't give us the same courtesy.