The Christian Judgment
In the world of 2026, people can say things on launched and popular TV series with many running seasons such as: “Well, I wouldn’t be friends with a Christian…they’re judgmental.”
I’m sure you all know by now that the show Euphoria has launched it’s latest season setting the scene with a couple spending thousands on bouquets of flowers (after being the schools scandal in prior seasons for cheating on their Girlfriend/friend,) and of course Zendaya visits the Cultist Catholics who were just so happy — but they were a cult.
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Well, as a Christian (Catholic) who experiences this plenty with, well, everything, I tend to see a whole lot in the media of protestants and Atheists all claiming Catholics are a cult, when they know so little of us in the first place!
Catholics are often forthright. Something I have learnt the world tends not to enjoy seeing. We know what we believe, and when we know and are confident in those beliefs, well, we say them as they are! This is not to say that Catholics aren’t gentle people at all, we have the mercy and compassion of Christ, though on some controversial topics like abortion and Euthanasia, we are to the point and obvious on our doctrine and therefore people like to point at us and claim we’re being too harsh or judgmental. This adds to the “Cult Aesthetic” (as I’ve come to call it.)
Finally, a note on this quote from Euphoria: “Well, I wouldn’t be friends with a Christian…they’re judgmental.” The irony of this statement is that the character saying it is being judgmental and making a subjective truth objective. It is not an objective truth that all Christians are judgmental, and I won’t say there aren’t some. But this opinion is based off peoples experiences and usually Christians aren’t being judgmental, we’re just trying to help you to the joy that we’ve found.
Evie Malone, Signing off
