They didn't judge, they always forgave, and they were just basically better people than most of us.
What do you mean they didn't judge? They didn't judge about anything? You know that Jesus talked about judging in two different ways.
1) Judge not lest you be judged Matt 7:1-3.... and
2) Judge righteous judgements John 7: 24
Are you aware of that? Do you know there is a difference between the two type of judging? One is good and the other is not?
Then I see so many American 'evangelicals' or conservative Christians who seem to spent their lives judging others, attacking their perceived enemies and embodying a message that seems to revolve around a love of wealth, power and hostility towards those who are weak and needy.
Hostility towards those who are weak and needy. I suppose you need to explain that.
Yet I see people quoting random passages and twisting them to somehow say its ok to support violence or war,
I'd say in the Christian community there's much debate about that. Is it right, wrong, sometimes right. Perhaps not always an easy answer.
Motives of the heart are the thing to look at. At times even the work of God takes funds to sustain it as in a gathering of believers wanting to build a church. If they don't have means and never talk about aspiring to some level of prosperity they'll go knocking on the door of a secular institution called a bank and take a loan with usury.
and judge others for their sins rather than leave it to god. It confuses me.
Are they always condemning others or rather trying to help them recover themselves from the darkness their in? If your perception of a good Christian is NEVER to ever even hint on a subject that a person might need to make an adjustment in their lives and it's not a Christian thing to do well Jesus did. He brought up to the woman at the well of Samaria in a loving way,
"Go and call your husband!" John 4 He knew she was not married to the one she was with and ended up telling her so BUT not in a condemning way.
Jesus said to another man,
"Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again. Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you." John 5:14 The woman caught in an act of adultery he did the same thing as well by saying
neither to I condemn you but go and sin no more. John 8:11 There are times if a Christian is seeking to help someone will have to tell them the truth, no in a condemning way but the truth none the less. Read through the writings of Paul and Timothy. They both pointed out sometimes people need to be exhorted or reproved and yes at times even rebuked.
How did the message of a man who said "But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them" somehow end up being used to support gun ownership, a strong military and the use of violence against others?
Well you might be making a good point there but Americans (of which I'm not) do have a history of believing their second amendment rights are there's to ensue that liberty will be maintained. I'm guessing sometimes this gun ownership is more of a thing coming from their feeling of their rights as a citizen not having given a lot of thought of just allowing someone to take their goods and being joyful about it. But tell me. Can you honestly tell me that European type Christians would just freely allow themselves to be taken advantage of and not rise up and retaliate in any way shape or form even from a legal standpoint?