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Originally Posted by sixpakistan
It's not that they're hypocritical necessarily, but that religious ideals are very lofty & difficult for normal people to live up to. And most outwardly religious people are just regular people with higher-than-regular ideals.
Anyone who can live up to even a majority of the ideal is obviously going to be a truly amazing person, better than any of us. That doesn't mean that people who fail in one way or another are necessarily "evil," of course (though some obviously are).
This is why we're counseled to avoid situations where even the possibility of sin arises.
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I agree with you, but I dont hold them up to ideals that are higher than anyone else unless I do it subconsciously. I'm not saying i want them to walk on water, I was talking about regular aspects of being a good person like honesty, reliability, friendliness, honor, and other stuff like that. Usually people who are outwardly very religious do alot of the rituals and practices of our religion in a very impressive and commendable way, and present themselves in a very islamic manner, but among them are thieves and perverts and scumbags and jerks at percentages that are very close to those in the population at large, at least from my experience.
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