The LDS Church as a judge, the Judge?
Posted: Sat May 24, 2025 8:17 am
When I think about a judgement day I see a lot of possibilities. First, human nature is inclined to think about it as "the day when I am vindicated and all my enemies get punished." Reading the 'scriptures' leads to a confirmation of this, a confirmation that we all likely have a "confirmation bias." Read Psalms 137 an example of this.
Second, the incredible variety of human experience tells me humans are woefully inadequate to judge fairly. The Church speaks of god inspiring leaders, but on a scale of 1-100, bishops and other leaders are at best .05% better judges than the average person. At least that is my experience. By comparison, secular judges might be 1-5% better than the average person. This is just my opinion of course.
Third, if there is a God, with infinite wisdom, who judges us after this life, such judgement must look and be completely different than human judgement. Completely Different!
No "standing before the bar of God" stuff."
I've read of a few NDE's that reflect this, but again, I think that is subjective. These are my thoughts so far. 
Second, the incredible variety of human experience tells me humans are woefully inadequate to judge fairly. The Church speaks of god inspiring leaders, but on a scale of 1-100, bishops and other leaders are at best .05% better judges than the average person. At least that is my experience. By comparison, secular judges might be 1-5% better than the average person. This is just my opinion of course.
Third, if there is a God, with infinite wisdom, who judges us after this life, such judgement must look and be completely different than human judgement. Completely Different!
No "standing before the bar of God" stuff."
I've read of a few NDE's that reflect this, but again, I think that is subjective. These are my thoughts so far.