The LGBTQ community offers a profound example of why we should resist judgment. Jesus taught us not to judge others, and one of the core reasons is that we rarely, if ever, know the full story behind someone’s life, choices, or identity. Judgment, especially the kind rooted in ignorance or assumption, blinds us to empathy and distances us from divine truth.
Consider the example of unemployed individuals. It’s easy to assume someone without a job is lazy or unmotivated, but unless we fully understand the state of their industry, their personal setbacks, or health challenges, we are simply making uninformed judgments. This is exactly the kind of condemnation Jesus warned against—casting labels on people without understanding the context of their suffering or circumstances.
This principle applies just as powerfully to members of the lgbtq+ community. While science has not isolated a specific “gay gene,” we know that being gay is not a choice, it’s the result of a complex combination of biological, genetic, and environmental factors. To judge LGBTQ individuals as evil, deviant, or perverse is to pass condemnation without understanding the intricate and often involuntary factors that shaped their identity. It’s the height of arrogance and spiritual blindness.
Judging someone for who they are, when their condition was shaped by variables largely outside of their control, is not only unjust, it is spiritually dangerous.
By that same logic, we should never judge a child’s life as worthless simply because they are being born into less-than-ideal circumstances. This principle calls us to reflect deeply on the issue of abortion as well. A child born into poverty, trauma, or instability still carries divine and humane worth.
If we applied this wisdom consistently, refusing to judge the gay community, refusing to discard the lives of unborn children, we would begin to create a society rooted in harmony, love, and divine order. Such a society would reflect the oneness of humanity that Jesus so clearly taught: that we are not separate, but united as one creation. Ego wants separation. The Spirit calls for unity.
True Christianity is about extending love, not exclusion. It’s about healing, loving and not condemning. When a person who claims to follow Jesus begins hurling hatred or judgment toward marginalized communities, they have instantly ceased to follow Christ and have instead surrendered to the petty ego. To love the LGBTQ community and protect the lives of all children, born and unborn, is to honor the heart of Jesus’ message.
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