Don’t get me wrong. I’m not arguing that we abolish judgment in society—just that we abolish judgmentalism. If I separate myself from sinners, I don’t risk my own reputation. I remain a member in good standing of the holier-than-thou club, where we sit around congratulating each other on how much better we look than everyone else while agreeing that the world is going to hell in a handbasket (whatever a handbasket is) and complaining that the government isn’t doing its job very well, and we could do it better if someone would just ask.

