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What does it benefit us when we judge others? jsut curious?
Have you ever heard of Byron Katie or The Work? We all judge others, but using those judgments to learn about ourselves can be a benefit. It's a simple process:
I am confused by "judge" others, still. If there are laws in place and we break them, beyond a shadow of doubt, are we being judged by the person who saw us go against the law or has there been a pre-judgment made when the law was put into effect (written) and we are simply verifying that the law was broken. If you break one of the Ten Commandments and are of a faith that follows them and I saw you broke that commandment, am I judging you by saying you broke that law? I don't think so.
Good post. I was about to ask that. I think that it is neccessary to make judgements in the sense of drawing conclusions about people and, when people are making claims and pronouncements about this subject or that, to disagree or agree and give reasons why. Thus far, I begin wonder what are the circumstances in which we gain by NOT judging others.
Perhaps 'judging' has a different meaning like denouncing their personal opinions or lifestyle, but, if they keep those to themselves, what reasonable person would judge and denounce them, provided they stayed within the law, of course?
I think this is about the size of it. Humans are societal animals. We do have a basic instinct that "if everyone is doing it, it must be the right thing," even against logic. Therefore, if we have some deep belief and we can *get* others to all believe it ("do it too"), we don't need to feel shaky about that belief; we can feel validated.
Judging has the purpose of uniting (yikes, but it's true), validating, and also of making us feel that we've made the right choice (some of us can only believe we've made a right choice in the context of someone else having made a *bad* choice...that's actually pretty common).
What does it benefit us when we judge others? jsut curious?
For some ...the benefit could mean the difference between being safe..and not...(better safe than sorry)...but other than that...I don't see that it "benefits" us in any real way...other than to sometimes prove us wrong
Well....it has helped in allowing us over the centuries/millennia’s to create a law system(s). Where rights and duties in our societies are defined.
Not only that, but it provides an excellent excuse for such things as war.
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