I think it’s not so much a matter of not judging people as trying not to judge people.

@Namaste We all judge people all of the time. Judgement is no more than observing and using those observations to decide how much you like someone, trust someone, or maybe seeing things you don't want to be apart of. We judge whether we are realy conscious of it or not. Judging people is just as important as judging situations.

@Sticks48 I think there's a problem of context here. The author doesn't talk about juging criminals or being unaware of the dangers coming from people lacking of morality. The context is jugement as being religiously right or wrong. Being atheists or agnostics we are free from that need. When a religious person "judge", it comes from a place of self-righteousness that's not healthy. The way you describe judging could be called evaluating. Because who are we to juge others ?? But it's human to compare and evaluate. In the most effective forms of therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for example, learning a non jugemental attitude is key, and it leads to increased well being. Of course we keep the basis of " jugement" that comes with common sense !! But not the one who belittle others.

@Nathalie_Quebec Atheists get self-righteous too. I have only met one person in my life that was non-judgemental and she was very religious. Go figure.

Of course if someone does something hurtful to another then judge him. My point is in regards to people being different from you. I wasn’t even factoring harmful actions into my comment because I thought it common sense that anything harmful is wrong

@abyers1970 Christians will tell you they harm no one, but they support institutions which clearly do much harm. I will judge their hypocritical asses all day long and everyone else I meet. Judgement is survival.