Judging other people's religious beliefs?

I've been judged and/or criticized for my religious beliefs over the years and it's not fun. I remember showing off my first rosary (as an Episcopalian) to some folks. When they thought it was a piece of jewelry for a girl I liked they were impressed, but when I told them what it was they quoted Mathew 6:19-24. This made no sense to me at all since the material value of the rosary was relatively small. The beads were plastic and any metal on the rosary was probably stainless steel or aluminum. Somehow these folks felt I was storing up worldly wealth for myself. I suspect they just didn't like the fact that I was using a rosary as a devotional aid.

Sometimes, though I can't help but wonder what people are thinking. This guy asked a (Catholic) priest on the radio once if a woman who had an abortion needed an exorcism. He said no, but I didn't feel like he went far enough in finding out where this guy was coming from. Then there is Mel Gibson. He's a traditionalist Catholic who only uses the Tridentine Latin Rite and recently built a church for himself and other like-minded folks. But then he's been a naught boy lately in a very public (and scandalous) way.

And then I know someone who is getting married and family members cannot come because they aren't members of this particular faith. Sometimes I just don't know where people are coming from when it comes to religion. What happened to "God is love"? I don't know. I don't understand.