All posts in category hypocrisy

I wouldn’t be caught dead as a progressive/liberal

And Bill Maher is the perfect example why. He recently stated emphatically to astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson that he is pro-death. Maher, the TV talk show host on HBO, implied that humans aren’t really all that special since dogs can even procreate like we do.

Maher feels that killing people should become the order of the day as long as we kill the “right people” when it comes to the death penalty. Then he went on to imply the right people would not be restricted to violent criminals, but would also include those who want to commit suicide, those who want to be euthanized, and babies that are in the womb, especially babies that could face “severe challenges” if they are born. This, of course, would include economic and/or physical challenges like those who are disabled or who would live in impoverished neighborhoods. Maher simply repeated what Margaret Sanger and other eugenicists have tried to bring about.

I’m glad that a progressive/liberal like Maher has finally stated out loud the beliefs that these type of people hold to in private. They accuse Christians of hypocrisy, but they are the worst hypocrites ever. Here are a few examples of their hypocrisy:

  • Progressives/liberals claim they want equal justice and opportunity for minorities and the poor and claim to hate racism, but they push for killing babies who would be “severely challenged’ in society if they were born, which obviously includes the poor and disabled. A significant amount of the poor are minorities.
  • They cry out for equality, but then make the argument as atheists and Darwinists that all people are not created equal and, therefore, are either not fit to keep on living or need to be dependent on the government for survival because they aren’t skilled enough, educated enough, intelligent enough, or don’t have the same opportunities as others do. So essentially, many white progressives/liberals are closeted racists who look down on minorities who are poor.
  • For all their talk of helping the poor, progressives/liberals are not very generous in giving to charity when compared to conservatives, according to recent findings.
  • Progressives/liberals often attack the Bible, accusing God of carnage and killing people and causing bloodshed, but then they promote socialism and socialists using fascism caused the largest number of deaths in the 20th century by slaughtering innocent people, including pregnant women and their unborn children. And today they like the idea of slaughtering the unborn, the terminally ill, and the severely disabled under the guise that they are being merciful when it’s the opposite of mercy.

So what was Maher’s reasoning for his views? “… the planet is too crowded and we need to promote death.” This tends to be the final conclusion when people reject God and embrace atheistic liberalism. Those who reject God hate true wisdom, and as godly wisdom stated in Proverbs 8:36 when it was personified, “But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.” Progressives/liberals are the perfect example of that truth from Proverbs.

Source: Elizabeth Harrington. Bill Maher: “The Planet Is Too Crowded And We Need To Promote Death.” CNSNews.com. October 15, 2012.

Harry A. Gaylord

7 Comments
by Harry A. Gaylord on October 16, 2012  •  Permalink
Posted in atheism, Christianity, End times, human rights, hypocrisy, philosophy, politics, religion
Tagged , , , ,

Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on October 16, 2012

http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2012/10/16/i-wouldnt-be-caught-dead-as-a-progressiveliberal/

A following, but no fervency: religious fakes & phonies

One of the frustrations within Christendom today is the fact that many will gladly say they are Christian, but when it comes to putting God’s word into practice in their daily lives, a lot of them aren’t willing to do so. It’s a problem that is growing from the pulpits to the pews.

Such people will gladly wake up early to attend church and may even bring their Bibles. They may even attend Sunday School or church programs, but after they leave church they go back to living their lives by the world’s standards instead of God’s.  Of course, this is not a new phenomenon.  God warned us about people like this when he told Ezekiel

30Also, thou son of man, the children of thy people still are talking against thee by the walls and in the doors of the houses, and speak one to another, every one to his brother, saying, Come, I pray you, and hear what is the word that cometh forth from the LORD.   31And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they shew much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.   32And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.  33And when this cometh to pass, (lo, it will come,) then shall they know that a prophet hath been among them. [Ezekiel 33]

The teachers, preachers, evangelists, and others that God has in his congregations experience the same things Ezekiel experienced in this case.  They, like Ezekiel, may be the popular topic of conversation in people’s homes, on the street, on the phone, and over the internet.  One minute the people are talking against them and their message while the next minute they’re inviting friends and family to join them as they attend church to hear them, or watch them on TV, or listen to them on the radio to hear the word of the Lord.  When they rush to sit before a person’s godly teaching, they seem to call it the “word of the Lord” in a mocking way.

They have no qualms about going to hear the man or woman of God speak and will hear what they have to say, but they have no interest in actually doing what is taught.  If they speak to the man or woman of God, it is with flattering words that sound like they are just in love with what they heard and that they love the person who gave the message, yet in their minds they are only concerned with chasing after what or whom they lust for, be it a bigger house to keep up with the Joneses, or stabbing someone in the back to get promoted at work, or sleeping with someone they aren’t married to.

The real reason they run to hear what the man or woman of God has to say is simply that they see it as another form of entertainment.  Hearing the person give a message from God is like going to hear their favorite pop, r & b, or country singer in concert.  Or it’s like going to see their favorite musician in concert, yet they refuse to act on God’s word.  Because they refuse to put God’s word into practice, denying the Lord that bought them, and at the same time they call themselves Christian, they cause the way of truth to be evil spoken of by an unbelieving world. 

Nevertheless, God gives his speakers the assurance that he gave Ezekiel.  One day the people who follow the man or woman of God, but have no fervency of the spirit will see the truth of God’s word actually happen right before their eyes.  Then they will realize how foolish they really were.  They will see that God really does exalt those who humble themselves and brings down those who exalt themselves.  They will see that having a good name really is better than material riches.  They will realize that cursing one’s father or mother really does bring God’s judgment.  And ultimately they will know that Jesus of Nazareth really is the only way, the only truth, and the only life that leads to God, the Father.

–posted by Harry A. Gaylord–

2 Comments
by Harry A. Gaylord on February 27, 2011  •  Permalink
Posted in Christianity, church, hypocrisy, religion
Tagged

Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 27, 2011

http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/a-following-but-no-fervency-religious-fakes-phonies/

It’s not just Christians who are hypocrites

Now that the 2008 Presidential race is in full swing, once again some mainstream news channels want to direct attention towards evangelicals as the enemies of positive progress in the U.S.  Just the other night (either Thurs., Jan. 10 or Fri., Jan. 11) Mike Galanos and Erica Hill were commenting on how there are those in our country who believe Christians are too judgmental and hypocritical.  Galanos then solicited opinions from viewers on the hypocrisy and judgmentalism of Christians. 

While I will freely admit that many of us Christians do, in fact, fit this profile, there are many Christians who are striving to avoid hypocrisy and living their lives to please God by avoiding hypocrisy or being judgmental.  However, those who are unsaved really don’t have an understanding of what Christianity is and their definition of being judgmental is when we believers speak out against sin.  They have an incorrect picture of Jesus Christ in their heads as a limp-wristed man who walked around doing good things for everyone and who never confronted people about their evil ways unless they were people in power.  Wrong!  Jesus confronted people about their sin throughout his ministry.  Sometimes it was in subtle ways while at other times it was by direct confrontational arguments.  That’s why the majority of people rejected him when he was here, regardless of their status in society.

But is it really fair to peg Christians as if we’re the only ones guilty of hypocrisy and judgmentalism?  I don’t believe so.  Unbelievers who accuse us of this type of behavior are often guilty of the same thing.  For instance, in December 2007 a poll by Junior Achievement showed that there are many teenagers in the U.S. who think it’s okay to advance in the workplace or in school by lying and cheating if necessary.  Yet at the same time they felt they were prepared to make ethical decisions when they landed a job. 

Isn’t that hypocrisy?  Did they just learn that mentality on their own?  Where did they come up with the idea it was fine to lie and cheat to get ahead?  From the adults, of course, who are already in the workplace.  In some instances, it’s from their own parents who may have advanced using questionable tactics, or maybe they learned it from the parents of their peers.  Such hypocrisy has also been highlighted in recent years by high profile corporate scandals or from celebrities who constantly appear on television (like those who claim they don’t use drugs or are clean, but have been caught on tape inhaling or guzzling booze).  Then we have the nerve to be appalled when our young people say they will act unethically to get ahead.

Or what about those in our society who claim they are against racism and have no racist bone in their bodies?  Many of them would be singing a different tune if one of their children brought home a date who was a different skin color.  Then we have those who speak out against human rights abuses but have no problem when a woman murders her unborn child.

Some mainstream news reporters who expose scandals and then label the people who they expose as being hypocrites would probably have some second thoughts on passing their judgments if their own sins were brought to light.  What would they say if it were publicized that they abused alcohol regularly, or smoked dope, or were adulterers, or frequented prostitutes?  Hmmm.

If we’re honest with ourselves, hypocrisy is something we’ve all been guilty of at some time.  Yes, it’s wrong and those of us who are Christians should avoid it, but American history (and the history of all mankind) is chock full of it.  The Founding Fathers wanted their rights preserved but ignored the rights of blacks, women, and American Indians.  Married servicemen in both World Wars thought it was wrong to have extramarital sex, but when shipped overseas had sex with women in other countries.  The U.S. government in almost every decade of the 20th century waged war against the use of illegal drugs, but the CIA promoted the sell of illegal drugs in Southeast Asia to help finance the Vietnam War which resulted in our own soldiers becoming addicts and expanding the drug trade here in America when they returned home.

So it’s obvious that it’s not just Christians who can be hypocritical.  Maybe those who are judgmental towards us should ease up a little bit on their criticisms.

1 Comment
by Harry A. Gaylord on January 13, 2008  •  Permalink
Posted in Christianity, government, hypocrisy, judgment, politics, religion

Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on January 13, 2008

http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2008/01/13/its-not-just-christians-who-are-hypocrites/

The pot calls the kettle black, or, people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones

The Associated Press reported a few days ago that Catholic leaders denounced New York City’s campaign of distributing free condoms.  Part of their official statement states, “Our political leaders fail to protect the moral tone of our community when they encourage inappropriate sexual activity by blanketing our neighborhoods with condoms.”  They then called Mayor Bloomberg’s administration hypocritical for acknowledging abstinence as 100% fool-proof against sexually transmitted diseases yet at the same time giving out prophylactics.

I think it’s ironically amusing and at the same time sad that a religious organization that for decades has kept secret the sexual sins of priests who have trysts with each other and as many altar boys as they can get their hands on, would then turn around and call Bloomberg’s administration hypocritical.

“And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

“Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother’s eye.”  (Luke 6:41-42)

Leave a Comment
by Harry A. Gaylord on February 18, 2007  •  Permalink
Posted in Bible, Catholicism, Christianity, church, clergy, hypocrisy

Posted by Harry A. Gaylord on February 18, 2007

http://sunandshield.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/the-pot-calls-the-kettle-black-or-people-who-live-in-glass-houses-shouldnt-throw-stones/

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 179 other followers