Well this is subtle and I blame the English language for the confusion. When one judges someone and when one is discerning are slightly different. "Judge not lest ye be judged" is the passage from Christianity that conveys this -- Jesus (actually this was a common neo-Platonic platitude popular at the time that the author put in Jesus' mouth) was not telling us to be foolish in our dealings and not look as to need and repayment chances when asked for a loan, but to not decide one is better than someone else.
Buddhism has a problem that people see those worse off than themselves or who are blind and so on as being in that state because of evil deeds in prior lives. This may be the case, but then that doesn't mean we should not show them compassion now.
Buddhism has a problem that people see those worse off than themselves or who are blind and so on as being in that state because of evil deeds in prior lives. This may be the case, but then that doesn't mean we should not show them compassion now.
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