Under the new rules, you can be called a hypocrite for upholding old standards of virtue that you don't exemplify perfectly; but you can't be called a hypocrite for sinking into utter moral squalor, as long as you profess to believe there's nothing wrong with it. So the defender of traditional morality is kept constantly on the defensive, since only he can be accused of hypocrisy.
It's quite a clever system, because it works entirely to the advantage of one side, while the other side has been slow to figure it out. But it boils down to something simple and obvious.
If you set high standards, there is the danger that you'll create an embarrassing gap between what you believe and what you do. The actual may fall short of the ideal; in fact it's almost certain to do so, and you may look hypocritical when you're only human.
But if you profess low standards, there's no danger of such a gap. Your behavior is all too likely to meet your standards. If you openly advocate pedophilia
2006-09-13 02:22:28 · 10 answers · asked by carl 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
See how relativism works very good for the evil.
What do think?
2006-09-13 02:23:50 · update #1
people who openly advocate (Netherlands )pedophilia cannot be blamed to be hypocrites if they are found in bed with a child.
2006-09-13 02:30:32 · update #2
"Under the new rules, you can be called a hypocrite for upholding old standards of virtue that you don't exemplify perfectly; but you can't be called a hypocrite for sinking into utter moral squalor, as long as you profess to believe there's nothing wrong with it ... Your behavior is all too likely to meet your standards. If you openly advocate pedophilia ..."
Apples and oranges. A person who sets low standards for himself is a person with low standards. A pedophile is a pedophile. A murderer is a murderer. A sanctimonious person who condemns others for what he or she is guilty of is a hypocrite.
2006-09-13 02:31:45 · answer #1 · answered by Sweetchild Danielle 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pedophilia??--how did that come up? I know absolutely NO ONE who advocates pedophilia--not even the "lowest standard" people I have run across.
It sounds to me like you are just another nutty Christian conspiracy theorist. But hey, I'll give you the benefit of the doubt...
You defined hypocrisy perfectly. It is thus by definition alone. However, one can still hold to high standards and NOT be a hypocrite. Here's how:
"This is what we OUGHT to be doing, so let's strive to do it",
rather than
"This is how YOU should live your life as dictated by God--and I'm a Christian by the way (subtly indicating that you yourself are holding to God's standard perfectly)".
Oh, and BTW...Christianity is not the only faith out there with high moral standards.
2006-09-13 02:31:00 · answer #2 · answered by Ana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hypocrisy is going against what you say you believe.
It is not hypocritical to strive towards strict standards, while admitting that you're only human. It depends on how you go about it. If you used your "I'm only human" as an excuse to preach your standards while going against them, I would find that hypocritical. I don't think anybody does everything exactly to the standards people set for themselves, no matter how high or low. And it doesn't matter whether you consider morality to be absolute or relative.
In any case, most people find the greatest fault in others for faults they are ashamed of having themselves.
2006-09-13 02:24:41 · answer #3 · answered by nondescript 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
True hypocrisy is when you espouse a course of action, then fail to follow it yourself.
For example, Rush Limbaugh rashes on drug users, but he himself was guilty of it.
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson, stressing the seriousness of perjury charges when they were leveled against Clinton, then saying that perjury charges are only "technicalities", when she was asked about potential charges that could be brought against Republicans
2006-09-13 02:31:36 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Very nicely stated, right up until the last sentence. What does pedophilia have to do with any of the rest of your argument???
I agree with your sentiment though. It is far easier to be accepted by society if you sink to their level. Society will always resent those who aim for something loftier than the lowest common denominator. I wear their scorn as a badge of honor.
2006-09-13 02:27:28 · answer #5 · answered by Open Heart Searchery 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
We tend to move in the direction of our standards.
2006-09-13 02:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well you are very right , and many of us have figured this out a long time ago. it the same when you tell the Gospel message and then called self righteous. which is the total opposite of the Christian faith. can never make myself righteous.
2006-09-13 02:30:15 · answer #7 · answered by rap1361 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Stop whining.
2006-09-13 02:27:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
hypocrisy ..
ex: telling someone not to do something and then you do it.
2006-09-13 02:26:08 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are right on. Terrific observation.
2006-09-13 02:25:02 · answer #10 · answered by ©2007 answers by missy 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋