If being judgmental is a human condition then, according to Christianity, Jesus is the antidote.

When we are judgmental we are evaluating others against our own values, ideals, words, and actions and finding them wanting by comparison. Whether our analysis is accurate or not it makes us feel better about ourselves at the expense of others. It is a practice that builds up in us, that most God-hated sin: pride.

What Christianity teaches is that we are not the benchmark, Jesus is. When Jesus is the benchmark we all stand on that common ground at the foot of the cross of Jesus that says we are all broken and flawed people. Standing here, no one feels better about themselves by judging others. Standing here, one can only feel humility and compassion for those who also fall short. This doesn’t change whether we see good and bad, right and wrong in others, in ourselves, and the world around us, but it does change us and the way we view and treat those around us.

Judgmentalism is a human condition, Jesus is the antidote.