Hypocritical Christians

The most common objection to Christianity is all the hypocrites in the church pews. Many of them say one thing and do the complete opposite.

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[imperator332]

I can think of several better places for hypocrites to be. Soup kitchens, hospitals, habitat for humanity sites, homeless shelters.

Donating time and energy.

See, that's what the hypocrisy is: Christians talking, not acting. Praying, not helping. Get off your butts.

The priest walks past, the Levite walks past, but the Samaritan helps. Don't be the priest. Be the Samaritan. Your fellow man will respect you more.

[Lavenderrose73]

Short, sweet, and to the point.

[tallpaulhutch75]

@gulbirk And consenting to death for the sake of other people? (You know - the whole "dying on the cross" thing). Not special either?

[tallpaulhutch75]

Apologies @gulbirk, I assumed that the story was well known - it's in John chapter 8 (google it). Are you saying that the only really moral context for defending people is when you're defending people who HAVE done something wrong? Amnesty International would be surprised to hear that. I'm also surprised that you think that arguing with a lynch mob is so commonplace and easy, I'm sure you'd do the same thing in a situation like that at the drop of a hat ;)

[gulbirk]

@tallpaulhutch75 You are leaving out all the relevant parts. Which is who he is defending. Its not special to defend people if they havent done anything that isnt actually wrong, because they shouldnt be hated in the first place. So when people are hated for irrational reasons, standing up for them doesnt make him more moral then the average person.

[tallpaulhutch75]

@gulbirk Your question was "more moral than a common person" not "more moral than a hypothetically rational person". Standing up for someone in the face of an angry lynch mob isn't common. Forgiving friends who stab you in the back and people who torture you isn't common. Consenting to death for the sake of other people isn't common.

[ChePikachu]

@tallpaulhutch75 oh you were being sarcastic - i totally did not notice that at all ( thats sarcasm as well)

[gulbirk]

@tallpaulhutch75 No not at all. Because the people he defended in those cases, are disliked by the others for compleatly irrational reasons.

[tallpaulhutch75]

@gulbirk Well, there was the time he showed mercy to the woman caught in adultery (unlike the crowd around him who thought she should be stoned). There was the forgiveness he showed to the people who betrayed him. And there was the consciously self-sacrificial nature of his death. Seems pretty above average to me.

[tallpaulhutch75]

@ChePikachu Actually, I was being sarcastic.

(Wait a sec, that's probably a form of hypocrisy. Oh well... it's better than feeding the trolls)

[ChePikachu]

@tallpaulhutch75 thanks - sometimes its hard but i try to troll as good as i can

[tallpaulhutch75]

@ChePikachu - clever work with the trolling there mate...