How do Christians live with their hypocrisy?
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Everyone sins. Including the people who grow our food, sell us food, and sell us our houses and I'm pretty sure a majority of those people are atheist.  It would be ridiculous to deny things because another person denies God.
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Practice the Golden Rule. Live your life the best way you can and hope that you are on God's side. That's the traditional interpretation of doing God's work.\n\nThe contemporary view seems to be self-righteous and narrow-minded and try to force other people to live your way.
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Clericalism, intolerance and hypocrisy.
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They want to believe part of God's Word... but not all of God's Word.  God is the same yesterday, today, and forever more.  They deny that.\n\nTo be stern, its called being a hypocrite.  And God hates hypocrisy too.  If you are not going to be hot... be cold.
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Because some Christians are judgemental and hypocritical and condemning and try to discount people who claim they are Christians in an effort to make themselves look better when all they are really doing is making Christians look like nut jobs.
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Just about everyone is a hypocrite.  However people who call attention to their Christianity represent their religion...so when they act hypocritical (as everyone does), they do so not as themselves but as a Christian.\n\nExample:\n\nChristianity preaches not to judge.  Now, if someone were to run around telling everyone, "I'm a Christian, I'm a Christian...do as I say, do as I say, don't sin, don't sin....oooooo, you're going to hell!"\n\nWell, they just judged!  And they did so in the name of Christianity.  Its normal, we all do it...but some people do it in the name of their relgion...making the entire religion look bad.\n\nKinda like how some Muslims kill in the name of Islam...it makes the whole religion look bad.
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This is the basis of hypocrisy . It enables them to lead the life of a materialist while ignoring the more inconvenient teachings of Jesus Christ
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no\n\nheresy is holding beliefs that are contrary to the official teachings of your religion\n\nhypocrisy is saying one thing and doing another - pretending to believe what one does not believe\n\nHeretics are genuine, but misguided; hypocrites know what is true, but have rejected it.
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self righteous christians
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What I've learned is that many people  expect Christians to BE JESUS,  who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we wouldn't have to. I agree that Christians are perceived as weak.  Even at my church,  people try to push me around, bully me,  snap at me,  gossip about me,  etc.   I'm expected to "turn the other cheek" for another slap.  When I stand up for myself,  they are shocked.  When I defend someone who I see is not being treated with compassion, I am criticized.  That's where the strength comes in - continuing to do what is right under adverse circumstances.  What Christians need to do is show the strength through actions,  no matter what the consequence.  \n\nDo you mean that they perceive Christian faith as a weakness in itself,  that living worldly makes a person stronger?  If so,  walking the Christian path is ridden with battles between us and non-believers.  It's part of the chosen path and can be very frustrating. Our peace comes when we know we've done the right thing under trying circumstances. What others' think is hurtful at times.  Yes,  they try to wear us down to believe as they do.  What's most important and that GOD sees our strength (through our actions) that we receive through HIM.  \n\nAs strong as we are as "sheep among wolves",  we are not superior to the wolves.  God loves them as much as He does the sheep.  We must continue to be as understanding and compassionate of them as possible without allowing ourselves to be abused.  This is also part of the path we chose - to love as God loves (to the best of our human ability) - very challenging,  at times.
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Maybe most Christians are rude hypocritical people.
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when they start demanding you go by their rules or else.  Do this, do that, God says you should be this way.  If it is against the moral of the bible (do unto others) it is a cult.  When they start telling you who you can and can't see, what you can and can't do, all in the name of God and the bible.  Be true to yourself, be good always, God knows your heart.  Religion is a way to make you feel bad and do what the religion of choice says to do.  When you go to church on Sunday you are only proving to other 'people' your faith, when it is God you need to prove it too, no one else.\nEnd Rant : )
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All people sin because we are not perfect and that includes Christians.  We all sin!!  Christians are to confess their sins, be truly repentant, and make a firm resolve to sin no more to be forgiven.  We are forgiven, then we sin again.  Its a cycle but Jesus knows each of our hearts and He alone decides who will receive Salvation and His mercy and forgiveness.  I think it is a little harsh to call them hypocrites because most are trying to live in example of Jesus but because we are human, we fall far short and do occassionally fall into sin.  What I do not believe is the assumption by some that "Once saved, always saved"...that is not true because we cannot claim to be saved and then go on our merry way committing sin and expect forgiveness with no need of repentence and confession, simply on the basis that Jesus died for our sins.....Yes, He did, but He also gave us very clear and concise teachings on how to live our lives as a true disciple.  Look back at Peter...did not Peter sin in denying our Lord three times...but he was repentant and Jesus forgave him.  Bottom line...........We all Sin...its how we deal with it that makes the difference.
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i agree. I ask christians questions and they give me hateful remarks. Its as though they have no incentive to be nice because Jesus saved them from being respectful to other people.  and what about turn the other cheeck? when i was a christian i thought they were held to higher standards, i was dead wrong. I left because of the hypocracy and ignorance.
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There are many who go to church who CLAIM to be a Christian but in reality they have no true relationship with God.  They go because they think they are supposed to, because it looks good, because they are trying to score points, for approval ... etc.\n\nBut as I stated in another post... there will be many who will say "Lord, Lord" and the Lord will say "I know you not".\n\nThat all said, we should be striving to remove sin from our lives.  No one is perfect, true.  But when we are doing something wrong, we need to try and remove that from our life.  Some will successfully, some will fail and try again, and some will never be able to do it.  The point is that God sees the desire of your heart.  So if you are true to your intentions and desires, God will know.\n\nNow if you go to church and you know you shouldn't be sinning, you know that you are sinning by doing {insert action here} and you knowingly disregard any attempt to remove that sin from you life, then you have a problem.\n\nGenerally speaking those who are being hypocritical are either not truly a Christian OR they are blinded by sin in their life and we as brothers and sisters in Christ need to call them on their hypocrisy.
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No, those are fanatics of christianity.  Christianity is supposed to teach tolerance and acceptance.  A true christian is not supposed to such a thing.  Those people are also close minded morons.  Ignoring them is the best way to handle them.
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I can see why you feel this way. I am a Christian but the ones who say they are Christians are they using it as a name tag or are they really saved or not and living the walk instead of just talking the talk? People should not hide the fact that they are Christians or saved either for that matter. But we have to understand as Christians or saved people that sometimes the only Jesus people see is us! Are we doing and living the way Jesus would and treating others the way he would have .... WWJD What would Jesus do is something to ask ourselves before doing anything that may be questionable in God's eyes. Do we treat others the way Jesus would? Sorry I am rambling on here so i will get off my soap box now lol. Sorry! Real Christians should not have affairs either or ever. But we are not perfect either and can slip up and make mistakes and err but we need to get out of it and ask for forgiveness from God and move on and not live any longer that way ! God hates divorce and adultery!