We will judge you

A friend once posted on Facebook that he doesn’t believe in religion but only believes in kindness and humanity. My question to him was what are his criteria in determining what are kind and humane? To a large extent, religion, society and tradition shapes what we deem to be right, wrong, moral or evil.

Hence, when we take an action or inaction, our mind which is pre-installed with conscience pricks us if we are wrong or evil and on the other hand, we may feel a sense of fulfillment or happiness when our actions are commendable.

The judicial system in every society is saddled with the responsibility of punishing the wrong actions. The society will approve or reject our actions in a variety of ways.

In our clime, it is presumed that the judicial system does not live up to expectations, Thus, misdeeds are not punished. This indirectly places a heavy burden on our religious institutions to inculcate good morals, values. The religious institutions also have not been very successful in this regards.

One of the ways the religious institutions discourage wrong actions is by frowning at such actions. It is difficult to determine if this method is yielding result due to the absence of laws which empowers punishment by the religious institutions. One thing is certain, this frowning method has come a long way and it unsettles a number of people. People take actions and they justify it by saying you need to be in their shoes.

One only needs to glance at someone who does something wrong and you will hear ‘thou shall not judge’. For those who wish not to be judged, they need to hide their (mis)deeds so no one can see it. Funny enough they already judged themselves to be wrong and fear people will see them in the same light.

Rules and laws in every traditional settings, religious institutions and society are made to check wrongs and to encourage rightful actions. Serving a jail term or community work is not the only way to punish misdeeds. We also need to speak against all misdeeds as well as frown and condemn them.

Come to think of it, you want to go through life doing as you wish and expect no one to condemn the negative side of you? Please, wake up! You should have it at the back of your mind that you will be judged for every actions and in-actions. So, when you hide behind ‘thou shall not judge’, we will assume you already admitted your wrongs and the look on our face towards you will always be that of disapproval.

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