Hypocrisy
Submitted by Billy Budd on April 15 2002 10:31:17
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Hypocrisy. I often think of again attending services, as a child I was a regular at Sunday school. I even wanted to be a missionary. I believed that religious people were good people and full of love. Then it dawned on me that people I trusted were not the loving people they claim to be. One day I was told that God would send all Catholics to Hell because their religion had become vile. I loved my mother and appreciated she was a Catholic although I was a Protestant. I can’t imagine God has a sign that says Protestants welcome; Catholics and other infidels go downstairs. Every time I think of attending church, I come across another example of hypocrisy. About a year ago, at this site and BC, I read post by 300 discussing God’s love. Knowing that he has a degree in divinity, I thought he understood God’s love. But reading his posts at BC, shoes that his faith is merely for show. I attended a service last summer in the church I attended as a child. Ironically the service that day was about ex-gays and they discussed a boy I knew. They said that at the high school we both attended, a coach molested him and made the kid into a homosexual. As my family moved to another state, I knew the boy before the time they claimed he was molested. And I knew the boy was a homosexual. Such hypocrisy. The other day as I waited in a gym lounge, I met a young teenaged boy. We said hellos to each other and then he asked about my relationship with God. I responded that except for a service last summer, I hadn’t attended services in many years. He asked why and I pointed out how the fighting between Protestants and Catholics turned me off. For the next ten minutes this teen with Bible in hand tried to convince me that God loved me and wanted me to attend services. Of course in that same spiel he managed to say a number of things against Catholics. I guess he thought my Protestant leanings gave him license to knock the faith of much of my family. As much as I want to attend church, it takes just a half second to recall the hypocrisy of many of the devout. I don’t know why I write this other than to say, I really want to attend church but I don’t want to associate with those considered virtuous because they aren’t. |
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