Hypocrisy.

So here it is, the one you all have been waiting for! Boy is this going to be fun!!! But first a question: Why is it so easy for people, particularly Christians, to admit they’re “sinners” but so hard for them to acknowledge their hypocrisy ? And here’s secondary question: Why do those who aren’t Christians prefer to blame other people for hypocrisy but usually deny the even the term “sinner.”

It’s a tough subject; rather controversial. I think asking questions like that is a good way to raise tempers and make people not want to talk to you for a while for sure.

One of my favorite movies is “Tombstone,” and Doc Holliday is classic. He constantly calls himself a hypocrite, at one point admitting that it “knows no bounds.” But at the end of the movie, on his death bed, he also says the line I like best, “My hypocrisy only goes so far.” I think this transparency is refreshing and probably causes lots of people to like the guy. You see, understanding that you don’t always do what you say you want to do is an important first step to actually doing something to change your ways.

Another great line comes from Zig Ziglar who says that when he asks people to go to church with him, they respond, “I don’t want to go to church, there’s nothing but hypocrites there,” to which Zig replies, “That’s alright, we got room for one more!”

The bottom line is that EVERYBODY does things that are contrary to what they say, we just call their hypocrisy by another name:”they have issues,” “they made a mistake,” “they need help.” Whatever you want to label it, they’re all the same: saying one thing, doing another… It’s called hypocrisy.