This is a simple question that I'm not sure anyone can answer, but I'll ask anyways:

Why do we (mostly as Westerners) judge people based on the morals and laws of Christianity?

Think about it. Hindus are non-Christian, but Christians aren't non-Hindus. When you tell someone you're not a Christian, you're liable to be shunned and told to ask for forgiveness else you'll suffer in hell.

It's an odd question, but it's been bugging me recently.

Because we live in America, clpo. And at this point in history, people only feel safe around people of their own kind. Fear=Sense of Nationalism; this is essentially because we are "united" (supposedly) against a cause. To most naive Americans, this is the entire Islamic world. Of course, you already knew that and you were probably looking for a more specific answer, but I can try, eh?

Then I guess a better question is, why judge by religion at all? Religion is an option, not a rule.

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Why do we (mostly as Westerners) judge people based on the morals and laws of Christianity?

Because over here where we live, that is the main religion. The majority of people follow Christianity. So it's only logical that we judge people based on that.

People in Asia judge people based on Hinduism or Buddhism or Islam (depending on what country you go to). It's basically because of geography.

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because Christ was prophecied to come(See the books of Daniel, Isaiah, Job) to atone for human sins. No other religion can attest to that.

Have you any idea how many people have had "prophecies"?

Didn't Jesus doubt God once?

You've just proven what I said. You're under the assumption that Christianity is the "perfect" religion, and that all other religions are fake. But why is that? Who's to say Buddhism isn't the one true religion? Who's to say there's even just one true religion?

Also, it seems you've got a bit of history to learn. The Hebrew religion was not the first religion. The Egyptians, Canaanites, and Babylonians came up with their religions a long, long time before Abraham ever decided to up and migrate from Ur to the Chosen Land. Judaism was the first monotheistic religion, yes, but that by no means justifies it as being "perfect".

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Hinduism for example, base their moral precepts on imperfect man and god.

Aren't all gods by their nature perfect? So how can one have an imperfect god?

The main thing I'm trying to say here is that you can't judge other religions by your own. Apples and oranges, remember?

We base peoples morals on christianity because of leneage and other factors. The Israelites were gods chosen people, before them, there was Noah, before him there was Enoch and Seth. Christianity followed the leneage. Christianity is Gods chosen religion to preach about his kingdom. I say "his chosen religion", because Christ was prophecied to come(See the books of Daniel, Isaiah, Job) to atone for human sins. No other religion can attest to that. Many other relgions formed after the Israelites, as God commonly referred to them as "Pagan", such as the case in Babylon, Egypt and Caanan.

Also, Jesus was a perfect man with perfect thoughts and moral values. So it would only be fitting to use a perfect being for humans to pattern their lives around, not an imperfect one. Hinduism for example, base their moral precepts on imperfect man and god. Christianity: Jesus and God.