Judgmentalism

Apologies to my tiny cohort of readers, but real life has drawn my attention away from blogging matters of late. For now I'd like to share a brief observation on one of the newest and gravest "sins" in today's fevered thinking, namely judgmentalism. It is now supposedly wrong to judge anyone or anything, especially in moral terms. Sometimes the ostensible Christians pick up this rhetoric and proclaim that only God may judge. But here's the thing: such statements are themselves moral judgments. If you state that it is wrong for me to judge, you have defeated your own argument in a blinding display of paradox. Clearly we agree that judging is called for on some occasions; the difference is that I'm admitting what I'm doing, while you are ridiculously denying it. As for the Christian set, only God may judge your soul and condemn it to Hell or allow it into Heaven, yet I can surely judge your character and shun you from my life or allow you into it.

So all you anti-judgmental people, get over yourselves. You must have a moral philosophy if you assert that I'm doing something wrong, but you simultaneously reject the existence of any morals that bind us or that I may use to judge you. Pick one option and stick with it. If the former, explain what your moral philosophy is and where it comes from. If the latter, you can no longer criticize me or anyone else.