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In reply to the discussion: If someone publicly claims to be an adherent to a religion, [View all]Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)25. The Bible warns about religious "hypocrites." And?
Last edited Mon May 28, 2018, 05:19 PM - Edit history (1)
That included not only Pharisees.
But also St. Paul warned about "Cephas," or St. Peter; his insincerity and inconsistency, Gal. 2.11, etc..
But? This means it is pretty much logically impossible for Bible-following Christians not to be hypocrites. If Christians try to follow the Bible, they would have to follow the writings of both Paul and Peter. But? Paul says Peter was not good.
So in sum? We should not be surprised to find hypocrisy in Christians. It was logically built into the system, by the Bible itself.
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This is a majority Protestant country, though not over 50% of the pop., I don't think.
Mc Mike
May 2018
#6
If somebody claims to be a member of X, does that claim firmly attach X to the person's behavior?
struggle4progress
May 2018
#24
If someone self-identifies as a scientist, then behaves badly, does that tarnish scientists?
struggle4progress
May 2018
#33