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As I read other writings on the topic of judging others, it almost sickens me. "Who are you to judge others?" I truly believe those who advocate not judging others need to take a look in the mirror and see if they still have a backbone. Everyone judges. It's human nature. It may be a sin according to the Bible, perhaps the one which most makes us sinners, but no one can avoid it, and anyone who claims to be capable of not judging is either a liar or a fool.

If you determine there is someone you enjoy being around more than someone else, you have made a judgment of other human beings. When you vote for any elected office, you make a judgment about others. When you wish other parents would better discipline their children as they run laps around the restaurant you're eating in, you judge them. Any thought that fleets through your mind, be it about something good or something bad related to any person, makes you guilty of judging others.

Where did this drivel come from? Judging others doesn't make me God. It doesn't mean I put myself on par with God or that I think I have God-like rights or powers. It means I put to use my God-given senses and brain to reasonably assess good and evil. We couldn't possibly know the difference between good and evil if we didn't make such judgments every day. How could God hold us accountable on Judgment Day if he didn't expect us to judge for ourselves what is good and to freely choose good over evil? This is so simple, yet so many think it's wrong to have a single judgmental thought about anyone. They don't even know themselves.

I submit we should all judge others more. So much wrong in our society is that way because we don't judge enough. What happens when a young man misbehaves in public, starts spewing vulgarities, offending everyone within hearing distance and polluting the ears of young children? People slink away, covering their children's ears, and trying to get away from the situation as quickly as possible for fear the situation may become violent. How can anyone get away with that? He gets away with it by judging no one will hurt him for acting like an idiot. When you do this, do you realize you are being judged? You are being judged to be a spineless coward. Is it okay to be a spineless coward just because some idiot believes you to be a spineless coward? If you are being judged to be a spineless coward, even if you don't realize you are being judged, would you still not judge the young man

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