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I say this all in good humor, but it’s the truth. If you want to know where all the hypocrites are on a Sunday morning, you’ll probably find us in church. It’s nearly 
impossible for a non believer to be a hypocrite. How would an atheist express hypocrisy, by praying secretly in the closet? Having a clandestine relationship with Jesus? You have to have a standard before you can have a double standard. Having Christ as an example guarantees us the opportunity to fall short. Christians often believe and say one thing, and do another. We’re people, it’s in our nature.
Christians are also sinners. Unlike The World that gives you favor if you have the right credentials, following Christ actually requires sin as a pre-requisite. You don’t get all dressed up like you’re going to job interview and brag about your qualifications to Christ. He’s not impressed with who we think we are because he already knows who we really are. You can’t fake your way through that job interview.
Christians often excel at self righteousness and fail miserably at humility. So does the rest of humanity. Humility is not an easy thing to master. The funny part is that once you think you’ve achieved it, you’ve gone and lost it. The beautiful thing about God however, is that he actively seeks the murderers, prostitutes, and tax collectors. Jesus didn’t come here to call the righteous, but the sinners. Those who believe they have all the answers don’t make good followers. Humility is another pre-requisite.
So, to all of those who have been wounded or betrayed by Christians, to all of those who have valid complaints about churches, to all of those have been subjected to moral superiority complexes…don’t take it out on God. God is not represented by one person, nor a collection of people in a church. God was not created in our image, but rather seeks to show us that we were created in His.
Atheists express hypocrisy routinely just like all leftists do.
They demand a set of standards for everyone but themselves.
So George Bush was a murderous fiend for liberating Iraq and Afghanistan from genocidal maniacs, but Josef Stalin and Mao who mass murdered 100,000,000 of their own citizens are heroes.
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Perhaps, but I think an argument could be made that if they actually have a standard, they don’t even know what it is. I’ve decided the left actually has no ideology at all and simply exists in opposition to imaginary boogeymen.
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In my youth during the time I still believed myself to be a Christian I was always disgusted with my grandmother’s church, the one I was raised in. Those good ole southern church ladies came every week just for an excuse to dress up and see what everyone else was wearing. They judged everyone for every little thing, and had the nerve to call themselves children of Christ. I couldn’t stand it. Even now sometimes I hear my grandmother say she needs a new hat or a new coat before going to service, and I know things haven’t changed.
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LOL, I think I’ve met your Grandma! We might even be related.
Women can be really judgmental towards each other and I’ve certainly seen that carried right into church. We need to just knock it off and start being kind to each other, especially if we’re claiming to be children of Christ. I try to remember that those so intent on judging others are also, at least subconsciously, judging themselves. Living with all that self criticism can’t be good for anybody.
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Non-believers have made a choice no less than have believers, since neither has inarguable proof of his position, true? And choosing atheism relieves one of the responsibilities of the other choice by providing substitution of oneself and government for God. Taking the easy way out, in other words; that may be no less hypocritical, seems to me, than any Christian is likely to be. I suppose that there are 3 Sigma Christians and 3 Sigma atheists who are not hypocritical but they are few. It’s as said: In our DNA.
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You’re right. Atheists have made a choice, but in my mind it’s an illogical choice, based more on atheist evangelism than reason. You can’t declare you don’t believe in something you don’t even believe exists. That’s like a double negative or something. Agnostics at least claim to not know one way or another.
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Brilliant!
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