Reply #79: Christianity is a faith of hypocrites, it's true.

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We are asked to be as Christ-like as possible, but that's impossible, frankly. We believe that He is both God and Man, and being God, He is without sin. Now, last I checked, I'm just human, so I'm going to sin. A lot. I'm going to screw up big time every day.

The issue is, do I ask for forgiveness, pick myself up, dust myself off, figure out what not to do the next time, and start over again, or do I keep sinning and screwing up and hurting people. Christians are asked to do the first one, but we often, as screwed up humans, do the latter. That's not the Christian thing to do, but it often gets labelled that way since Christians are doing it.

People have been hurt in the name of pretty much every religion we have and have had throughout history. Christians have done some awful things over the course of two thousand years, and I don't see that changing. Christians have also done some wonderful things over the course of two thousand years. The faith is still a work in progress, as each and every Christian is still a work in progress towards becoming more Christ-like.