Wednesday, January 30, 2008

What Does Hypocrisy Achieve?

A. Unabashed Pacifist:

Giving peace a chance takes real courage.

B. Unabashed Christian:

Holy One,

We say your ways are mysterious, but I wonder…
Some of your ways seem absolutely predictable, so regular that we stake our lives on them: Earth will rotate and alternate between day and night, for instance. There are countless other examples of your un-mysterious ways.
The mysterious seem that way only against the background of your faithfulness.
Amen

C. Un-quoting Jesus:

“God helps those who help themselves.”

[Nope, He never said it. Benjamin Franklin, perhaps?]

D. Blog: Hypocrisy and Religion

Put succinctly: We can live without religious hypocrisy, but we cannot live without religion that expresses our spirituality.

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