I Hate Hypocrisy

@Sicarium I'm not asking them to brag about charity or volunteering, nor would I regard such actions with much in the way of respect. I don't believe that I said anything about them not bragging or bragging about charity - I think that what I said is that they speak of the poor and unfortunate as if they're some sort of subhuman group, less than they are at a fundamental level. When you post a remark advocating for imprisoning the homeless for vagrancy or when you say that illegal immigrants ought to be shot on sights, but then talk about the importance of following Yeshua the next day, that's hypocrisy.

Furthermore, I agree that being a peacemaker isn't exclusive to those without anger- but when you let the anger control you and you savagely attack anybody with whom you disagree, calling them scum who'll burn in Hell, that's not making peace, that's trying to browbeat and bully those with whom you disagree, and the only peace that makes is an armed one of sullen silence.

I would like to believe that they aren't hypocrites, but they condemn themselves out of their own mouths. They talk about the importance of caring for children, and how all life is sacred, yet they seem to have no problem with supporting warlike actions and they voice support for cutting social benefits, like childcare and free school lunches. That's not feeding the hungry or doing good to those who hate you.

@RemovedUsername8862 Government programs paid by taxpayers isn't charity, and not everyone believes that's the government's role. That doesn't mean they don't care about children or charity, that's your small-mindedness talking and you're just demonizing people that disagree with you.

As for the rest, it really wouldn't be surprise if you're exaggerating just to claim a false moral high ground. I'm not going to condemn people based on your hearsay, especially when you never did answer how those scriptures applied to not going along with removing religion from Christmas. In other words, I don't believe you. You're going off on a tangent to justify your outrage. Which means the original point must've been pointless to begin with.

@Sicarium I'm going to ignore the first paragraph, because I think that we've covered that ground already - it might've been Surfcrab, but I don't recall, so my apologies if I'm misremembering.

I'm not asking you to condemn them, nor have I asked you, or anyone else, to express moral outrage or really anything. I believe that I thoroughly covered the relevancy of the scripture I cited to the point that I made, in that if they truly wanted to keep their religion in Christmas, they would be devoting their efforts to charity and caring for the weak or lost, rather than flaming about Christmas trees or the liberal agenda or whatever.

Finally, to conclude, I didn't ask for your belief; I certainly wouldn't take the words of a stranger on the Internet as gospel, haha. However, I would appreciate an apology for your unfounded accusation. If you disbelieve me, that's your prerogative and your right. Slandering me or my argument based purely on that disbelieve indicates an unwillingness on your part to give my argument credence, purely because you disagree with it. If you assault me as a person, as you have by describing my points as simple self-justifying tangents, you are avoiding the hard work of actually addressing the points I've made in favor of an [i]ad hominem[/i] approach. I'm disappointed in this.