Judgement Day

I was taught that it is not our place to pass judgement on others.  That right is reserved solely for one individual, God.  Having been raised Catholic I was taught that when you die you go to a place called Purgatory and that's where your actions, good and bad, from your time on earth are judged and it is decided if you can enter heaven.

I agree with the part about not having the right to pass judgement.  Whole heatedly, yet we do.  I do it but I just said I agree we shouldn't it's not our birthright.  So why do we feel we have this right?  Because it exists plane and simple.  The act of judging exists here on earth.  We judge criminals, that's acceptable.  We judge competitions, that's acceptable too.  It's when we judge individuals based on their personal choices and merit that it's not acceptable.  Who am I to say what another child of God should do?  We were not placed on this earth to pass judgement on individuals personal right to make decisions for themselves.

We are most welcome to judge ourselves.  That keeps us real.  But to judge someone because of a choice they have made that you may disagree with is fundamentally wrong. Who died and made you God?  Last I checked, no one.  The next time I'm sitting here judging someone I'm going to make a concerted effort to stop myself and just accept what is decided and let go of my judgement of that person.  I don't have to like the decision that's my right but I will not judge someone because they made a decision that they themselves are comfortable with.  They will face their judgement eventually.

I think the reason we judge is ego.  We feel we know best, we put ourselves above God when we judge.  Here is an example, an individual decides to stop going to church because they no longer feel connected to their faith.  Some may view this as turning their back on God, others may see that this individual is struggling with something they don't understand.  Others still will pass judgement because they have decided that this individual is no longer worthy of Gods love and therefore not worthy of their compassion or respect. 

Who is to say what is right or wrong in this situation?  Certainly not I.  Yet there are people out there who regard themselves in such high esteem that they take the place of God and pass their own narrow minded judgement on this individual who by now is feeling even less connected because of this unwelcome judgement.  It's not God judging it's man and it's wrong.

My hope for anyone who stumbles upon this blog is that they take from it a realisation that they are not above God that they do not have the right to judge and that their opinion is exactly that, an opinion and theirs alone.  Judge not least ye be judged. Good words to live by.  Oh and any religious organization that condones judgement of others is not serving God but their own agenda and my advise would be to run really fast in the opposite direction.

With much love, light and a judgement free existence.
Tammy