Let's be honest, we all have at one point and time. What was your purpose? Did you not want the other person to be experiencing the misery and pain you were going through so you called them out? Or were you jealous they WERE experiencing what you were so you made them feel guilty abou it? What are your thoughts?
2007-11-12 15:43:11 · 5 answers · asked by Y!A P0int5 Wh0r3 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
yeah we all have been. however though people change over time. the ones who never change are the people we dont like cause they are closed minded.
but a real hypocrite though is somebody who says one thing one day, and does something that contradicts it the next day. its the ones that arent consistent over a short period of time.
2007-11-12 15:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
By your definition, yes, I've been hypocritical.
However, I disagree with your implied definition of hypocrisy. If I "call someone out" (meaning I point out a mistake they are making) it is only hypocritical if I falsly claim that I don't make the same mistake. Wikipedia defines hypocricy as:
"the act of condemning another person for an act of which the critic is guilty".
If I openly concede that I made or even continue to make the same mistake and if I limit my comments to sharing my experiences (instead of condemning the person), it isn't hypocritical.
The term hypocrisy has a very specific meaning...it refers to a deliberate attempt to make the person seem more "holy" than he or she really is. Hypocrisy requires that a person condemn another to suffer some fate (e.g., burn in hell) for a thought or deed AND that the hypocrite falsely claim to not think or do what he/she's condemning. The key characteristics is the intent to deceive.
With that narrow definition, I'm not aware of having ever been hypocritical. I've certainly discussed my opinions about what God thinks about various sins...many of which I have or currently commit. However, on the few occasions that I might have condemned someone for a sin I commit (an act for which I repent as soon as I realize I've done it), I don't recall compounding that mistake by deliberately misleading someone about my own experience with the same sin! In fact, my nature is to be too open...I come right out and say that I'm speaking from experience when I point out, for example, the reasons why sexual immorality is a mistake (sin).
If I'm honest, I'll concede that hypocrisy is a natural failing and I probably have been guilty of it at some point or another...but nothing significant enough to be readily accessible on my mental "top 50 worst mistakes" list (and I thought about this for a while before I replied). I'll also concede that is it quite possible others have interpreted something I've said as hypocritical because I didn't choose my words carefully enough. I certainly have other failings, but, according to my parents, I started being the hypocrisy police at about three and that part of my nature never went away...I've always been hypersensitive to the presence of hypocritical arguments.
2007-11-13 00:33:39 · answer #2 · answered by KAL 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hypocrisy is caused by ignorance. You can't say you'll never do something not knowing if its true or not. People are always changing and learning. Everyone is a hypocrite to some extent.
2007-11-12 23:48:22 · answer #3 · answered by Emily 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have been a good hypocrate and a bad one too... I have acted out of spite, and ill probably do it again one day,although i try to take a few deep breaths before i act mean to other i know there are people out there who will totaly push my viscious button.
As for my good Hypocrate-ing.. I guarentee ill do it again im a mom.
2007-11-13 00:09:43 · answer #4 · answered by wyldkisses79 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, never!
Oops, sorry, I lied.
2007-11-12 23:55:36 · answer #5 · answered by Mutations Killed Darwin Fish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋