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Judgement vs Opinion

I have been exploring the aspect of “judgement” for awhile now.  In my opinion, as humans we are all judging at some level at some time. But, what does this really mean and how can I/we better understand at the individual and collective level. I know that many of us who feel we are “enlightened” feel we have been judged by society? the church? our families? And so on…. But, as we feel this judgement placed on us, we in turn move into judgement as well.   We then judge society, the church, our families, etc in that we think all will treat us as one aspect has.   We also don’t give credit to the fact that change does occur and perhaps that area that we have felt judged has changed and no longer judges us as we have felt happen before. Then, I began to explore what the difference between judgement and opinion might potentially be. This happened through a personal experience.   I was spending time with Jane (name is changed to protect the innocent).   Jane mentioned that she h

Do you know what the "War" is for?

I was on my way with Lynn (my husband) to meet friends to see "Star Trek Beyond" and was looking at my phone.  I saw a post by someone I know referencing this movie. This was the comment:   " I went see the new Star Trek movie yesterday.  Every single one of the previews we saw was violent and involved violence, war and murder. I am disappointed that Hollywood is setting such a violent and nasty example. I can't help but believe that, that is part of what is going wrong with our world today - violence is what our young people are seeing on the silver screen. Regarding the movie - eh ......" As a Star Trek LOVER, I was thinking ... Wow, I hope the whole idea of Star Trek hasn't been lost.  I love Gene  Roddenberry and the visionary that he was. As I watched the movie, I kept thinking of the comment I had read.  I also thought about the previews I saw and if they all depicted war and violence.  I didn't *see* that to the extend expressed above.