500th posting!!
Plenty of people in my life remain dumbfounded as to why I'm not religious. Aside from the fact that nothing positive in my life has ever been linked to religion, is the fact that many of those of the Christian stripe provide poor references for their faith because of their utter hypocrisy.
To quote George Orwell on Socialism: "As with the Christian religion, the worst advertisement for Socialism is its adherents."
George makes a good point. Adding more weight to this general antipathy toward faith of any kind, I give you the story of Tennessee State Senator, Paul Stanley.
Senator Stanley preaches evangelical values and a socially conservative agenda. He's a Republican.
What makes him a poor advertisement for evangelical Christianity is his utter hypocrisy.
Of course, many apologists will give bumper sticker responses to my claim: Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven. Hate the sin, love the sinner, etc.
I call bullshit on those sloganistic rationalization for bad behavior.
There's a real simple solution to all this hypocrisy: Don't be a hypocrite. Do what you say. Preach, not with your mouth, but with the example of your life.
I know many atheists and agnostics. Not a one engages in such immoral behavior.
So this begs the question: Maybe its faith that makes people morally weak? You gotta create a problem in order to sell the solution...right?
I don't know. I do know that such hypocrisy is what keeps many people from organized religion.
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