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Sunday, 20 December 2009

THE RELIGIOUS HYPOCRITES



Yesterday I was having a conversation and the topic of hypocrites in the church came up. As we went on further, I found out that there was this pastor that owned a liquor store. Now I am all for us making our way in this world, but having these HOLY folks invest in such a business seems VERY wrong AND hypocritical to me. I suppose their God gives them a free pass because they bless the alcohol, prayed for the building AND place their business on holy ground…No matter because if there is ONE thing evident about me and blog EVERY Sunday, is that I am BEYOND tired of religious know-it-alls who love to point their fingers @ everybody else.

Hearing this made me think about the various track records of other religious folks that are ABSOLUTE, UNCOMPROMISING and UNWAVERING in the battle against sin. They are SO tough on sins of others, their own sins, well, NOT SO MUCH! Yet they preach SO vehemently against sexual immorality, gambling, drinking and everything else under the sun…I now realize that they can do that because they themselves are right in the filth with us. I can’t help but wonder if they are the BIGGER hypocrites or us for NOT having the balls to recognize that these “holy figures” are just as flawed as we are?

We take their hypocrisy in stride and this makes me wonder, what has to happen before the entire institution becomes suspect? Religion has FAILED to address the MANY underlying ills of society and I feel that it should be judged on the basis of those who claim to be its adherents. I feel that’s MORE than fair when, in reality, they practice the opposite of what they preach! I realize that the word HYPOCRITE gets thrown around a lot, and it is used to describe all sorts of behavior. I know that to some degree, @ some time or another, everybody’s been guilty of hypocrisy. But the worst form of hypocrisy, the one that really stinks, is religious hypocrisy…you know that person who tries to disguise his or her own personal defects under the guise of holiness and self-righteousness? YEAH THEM!

I really don’t want to stand in judgment on these people because in the final analysis NO ONE has that rite, but @ the same time, as case after case finds themselves into the light, we need to call it what it is…one of the greatest of all human sins…the sin of hypocrisy. I think this is THE dirtiest obstacles in the religious maze. I wonder if they would think that MY condemning the condemners AND hating the hypocrites is turning my feet away from the pathway of THEIR God when they are doing the same?

8 comments:

  1. I think the one issue especially in the Black Community is that Pastors/Ministers are always put on a pedestal. They are only human just like the rest of us and even though we feel it is their responsiblity to live without sin. The human-ness in them leaves them open for the same temptations and flaws like everyone else. However, I do feel like they do have a responsiblity to be honest and sincerely attempt to live what they preach. But in the end they are just the messenger...not the higher power.

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  2. D-PLACE - WE ALL NEED TO REMEMBER THAT THEY ARE JUST MESSENGERS...

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  3. Hypocrites is just one of the reasons I don't do church.
    They cheat on their marriages, get drunk, do drugs, abuse their children, lie, and steal. Yet, like a mob, they all come together to to deride others about homosexual issues.
    If they are foolish enought to take so much stock in these flawed leaders... fuck 'em. Let them be lead off a clif.

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  4. Gayte-Keeper,

    Can the church say amen? I work with so many of the people that you mention in this post, those that jump and shout on Sunday and Monday morning they are ready to lie, spread rumors, and stab you in the back. There is even one that I work with that says it doesn't matter what she does because she knows she can ask forgiveness. DO THESE PEOPLE REALLY THINK THEY ARE FOOLING GOD? As D-place said, the ministers are just the messengers, BUT if they live by the "good book" they should realize that they have been charged to lead people to God, and per the good book, they have to pay for every soul that they lead astray....so they have more accountability to God than someone who is not a religious leader. These days it seems okay for "Christians" to gamble, dance and listen to secular music, go to parties outside of church and many more things that I was NOT allowed to do when I was in church back in the day which proves that man tailors God's word to fit his needs.....church these days has become the biggest pimping game around. Personally I have a problem with a pastor who preaches humility and being charitable, but insists that his/her congregation provide them with the biggest Benz/Jag/Rolls to drive around in.

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  5. SHOULD I THROW IN THE TOWEL? MY REQUEST...? DO YOU STILL REMEMBER?

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  6. MIKESPIKE - I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU BACK IN THE BLOG-O-SPHERE...

    MISS SHALLOTTE - NO I HAVEN'T FORGOTTEN YOUR REQUEST...

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  7. There is only one spirit that created all brother. Ergo you can not walk away from their God any more than they can walk away from yours.

    Man would be far better served if he would allow that spirit which the creator of all birthed within to lead him to the knowledge of good rather than allowing his not understanding human mortal mind to define evil.


    But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

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  8. THE WALKING MAN - YOU NEED TO START YOUR OWN CHURCH...

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