Hypocrites......
Robert.....you related to my old head doc in AZ? That is THE very question he used to ask me as I was stomping around his office, ranting on how I wanted to hurt various people in my life. That was the very question that led to him removing me from my job. I was off on a tear about something and I made a direct threat towards a boss.
I'm no psyche, just an observant person going through life. It's a question, mainly, I wind up asking myself for the most part.
We're all prone to foot in mouth disease and some of us wind up doing things that don't make sense for the person we are. The stories I could tell...
inkjunkie said
Anyhow, I am not religious. Long boo hoo story that is nobodies business but mine. I do believe in a higher power, but I have no clue as to who it is.
And since that's your business I won't ask or ask that you put it out in public. Not the kind of person I am. I will only witness for myself. I can't witness for others. I can only pray that by living the way I live it sets an example.
inkjunkie said
I do not have any problems with Religious folks,
Good. That's means you don't have a problem with me, per se. ;-)
inkjunkie said
just find a lot of hypocrisy in it. I find it amusing, guess that is a good word, that people will damn near preach to you and then the next words out of there mouth are words wishing harm on someone. In the simplest of terms that is a hypocrite in my world. It does not mean that persons religion is hypocritical, just THAT person.
Good for you in understanding that it's the people, not the establishment. Without getting long winded here, most people know what they know and are unwilling to learn what they don't know.
I go to church. I'm a preacher. I've led a lot of ministries, helped a lot of people and in the process I've been helped.
Not many people are willing to go in-depth into theology and actually
study. Most's people's study goes as far as what they hear on Sundays or what they hear on the radio or TV. Very few are willing to comment to something in-depth and be challenged.
Most people would rather hide in what they know and not expand themselves beyond that.
inkjunkie said
I understand that people are humans and make mistakes every day, understand that some folks have the filter between the brain and mouth turned off at times......BUT in the simplest of terms if you are going to offer prayers for damn near every cause, come close to preaching to people and then say harmful, hurtful things in the next sentence than THAT person is indeed a hypocrite.
I'm not disagreeing with you.
Some folks seem to forget a few simple things. They'll pray for the things they agree with, follow what they like, yet are unwilling to step out of the comfort zone and go places they never been or pray for the people and things they don't agree with.
Some are unwilling to live by the example set before them.
inkjunkie said
I try not to get involved in these discussion all that often. The person that I am talking about is a neighbor, one of the few that I have and talk with. But I do see this behavior from a certain few folks on this site. I seriously hope that I have not offended any one starting this.
You're not offending me, I assure you. And I certainly hope that I'm not of the ones on this site of whom you're talking.
The only time I get involved, truly, with discussions like this is when someone sets my blood boiling. In this case, I assure you, someone will spout off on "religious hypocrites" that will only prove him or her to be the exact same thing they are accusing others of being.
inkjunkie said
I do find it interesting that some folks say to look in a mirror. For what it is worth I am full of hatred and anger. But I do not "hide" behind anything. I do not go spewing my beliefs and then wish harm on someone. For that matter, the very few folks that are very close to me are the same way. I have been told that I am a member of the "ME" society. To that my response is always damn straight, I put my wife and myself before anyone else. If I was down to my last dollar and it came down to feeding a neighbor or feeding myself my choice is obvious.....wouldn't yours be? Perhaps my real problem is I am just to much of a simple soul.........
When I said "look in the mirror," I'm speaking more of myself. Like I said, I can only witness for myself and as such can only speak for myself. Trust me, the hardest thing I can do is look in the mirror and examine myself. I don't always like what I see, but I know, when it comes down to it, besides God Himself, is the only person who can truly judge my actions is the man looking back at me.
You and I have differing of opinions on the idea of who to feed. Chances are I'll give away that last dime and feed someone else. I can earn the dime back, hunt and grow my own food. The other may not.
