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Tikki

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5. No one I know ever talks about hypocrisy. It is like the elephant in the room so many times.

Reply to hrmjustin (Reply #2)

Sat Mar 23, 2013, 04:38 PM

Mar 2013

I don't think it is a lie so much. Isn't it saying or doing something as a command and then saying or
doing the opposite as an action?

I don't really know anything about religion or religious institutions. This group may teach me a bit or two.

Well anyway, thanks for the responses.

Tikki

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Is hypocrisy a sin, negative vibe, whatever? Has your church/temple/group.. [View all] Tikki Mar 2013 OP

Definition cbayer Mar 2013 #1

In the 16 years I have been at my church I have not every really heard a sermon on sin. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #2

This jives with my own experience. cbayer Mar 2013 #3

Most Episcopal Churches are not really big into the sin business in the pulpit. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #4

No one I know ever talks about hypocrisy. It is like the elephant in the room so many times. Tikki Mar 2013 #5

Well many churches do talk about practice what you preach. hrmjustin Mar 2013 #6

Cool..I was hoping the word connected to the action could be driven home a bit at large... Tikki Mar 2013 #7

You might say Hypocrisy is No Vested Interest Mar 2013 #8

Oh yeah. jeepnstein Mar 2013 #9

Hope it doesn't destroy a congregation but it is an important discussion. Tikki Mar 2013 #10