I struggle with this myself. I don't tell people how to act, but I certainly find myself looking down at people for their actions. I'm not a religious person because the church ruined that in me. The hypocracy I witnessed growing up in the church was unreal. One of my goals in life is to not be a hypocrite. I'm certainly not perfect, and have done things I shouldn't have. Mostly as a child. I can honestly say, I have the worlds strongest conscience. I learned at a pretty young age that my conscience would eat me up when I did something I knew was wrong. Eventually, I leaned to do the right thing so my conscience didn't eat at me all the time. That's how I live my life. I have a hard time understanding how other people don't have the same conscience as I do. That's probably why I don't have a lot of sympathy for people, because I know they ignored their conscience.
Dan, While I know you don't want this to turn into a religious debate, these stories speak for themselves .... politics would be another great venue to agree with your original assessment. Thank God HE is perfect....
Such a braggart. I was taught that in order to be a good person, you should always be humble. I would never brag about myself or the things I have done.
You have nothing. But that's not what I meant. I'm talking about the people who tell you how superior their morals and ethics are whenever they get the chance.
Glass houses....it drives me nuts when people worry about other people anyway. Yes it is usual those that critique the most.
In what you described the people bumping their gums telling the world to use them as a model is all talk. The ones that truly should be the models are the ones that do for others even if it means they suffer. So bottom line doers versus talkers. In most cases when the crap hits the fan the talkers will leave you in the dust. Unfortunately life requires us to share space with these people and as such we take what they say with a grain of salt, be polite and courteous and go on with our lives. And maybe even encourage them as they seem to need it.
Great insight Dan. I am not turning my back on the church... ever... however she is flawed, as am I. Oh how I wish I could become the me I want to be. I am not the first one with this problem... The Apostle Paul even said it in the book of Romans. The things I should do, I don't do and the very things I should not do are the very things I find myself doing. At least he admitted it...
Talk is cheap, its when you get down to "spelling", that's the part when we separate the grain from the chaff.
