Hypocrisy?

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I'm not really sure if his approach is hypocritical, but he seems like just someone who changed their believes over time.
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I think he didn't know when he ended up acting like the woman he condemned. Lots of times when people try to communicate their points by X-raying other people's sense of judgement, they end up towing the same path of the people they condemned.
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Interesting topic. I never thought of it this way. I wouldn't say that the author aimed to condemn any other religion or belief that is different from his own set of beliefs. I think he just communicated what his visions and insights were and what he believes to be true. While I do agree that sometimes his tone does come across as being preachy, I would not say he meant to challenge any other faith or force people to follow his own.
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I definitely found the author of this book to be hypocritical in regard to his views on Christianity, but also in other realms as well. For instance, he makes the argument that we should not judge or condemn murders because there is no way to know their past or the events leading up to their actions, which is a fair enough point considering the author's assertion that we should all love one another (a very Christian ideology), but he also, at the same time, condemns gossips and claims that they're malicious. Throughout the book, there were contradictions that I found frustrating. If it weren't for these inconsistencies and hypocrisies, I think that I would have liked the book a lot more.
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Kelyn wrote: 07 Mar 2019, 11:34 Sounds to me like he's putting himself in the place of the very God he purports not to believe in. Who is he to pass judgment? I don't so much think he has a double-standard about other religions as much as he dismisses them entirely.
I can only agree. I like the concept of dismissing religions or blending the different beliefs, but if somebody starts telling me that this is the only way to salvation and condemning people he or she doesn't know (the stadium of people), then I only see that person as another false preacher.
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Thanks for opening this discussion, for me the author clearly hang on to his own beliefs rather than the influences of the external world. He has his spiritual strength, he hangs on to that.
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That's definitely hypocritical, but you can't say that it doesn't reflect on real life! That's really how most people act regarding their religious views, or lack thereof. Maybe that was the point. :techie-studyingbrown:
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I just felt like he was too quick to conclude as a young child, he should have studied the Bible more for himself to understand what the scripture says not what he was told.
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Kelyn wrote: 07 Mar 2019, 11:34 Sounds to me like he's putting himself in the place of the very God he purports not to believe in. Who is he to pass judgment? I don't so much think he has a double-standard about other religions as much as he dismisses them entirely.
That's exactly what I was thinking. Which is another reason I'm turned off from this author and his book.

It seems like cult leadership to me.
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I'm another person who think that Christianity isn't about judging others and condemning some to hell but love. There's much in the Bible about judge not so you aren't judge in the end. I think the author pretty much picked what he wanted from different ideas and religions then deemed himself enlightened. I can see where he could be considered a hypocrite for judging others so harshly after he sees him self as "The Unbound Soul". This maybe harsh but that's how cults leaders sound.
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Hell is the absence of God, that's the definition. My. Pastor says it is a sin to judge anyone. It's up to God to judge a mans heart;we are to follow the cammandments and know him etc. my pastor never talks about fire and brimstone, just about how sad and lonely a life without God would be.
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oaktreehill wrote: 15 May 2019, 19:14 I'm another person who think that Christianity isn't about judging others and condemning some to hell but love. There's much in the Bible about judge not so you aren't judge in the end. I think the author pretty much picked what he wanted from different ideas and religions then deemed himself enlightened. I can see where he could be considered a hypocrite for judging others so harshly after he sees him self as "The Unbound Soul". This maybe harsh but that's how cults leaders sound.
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Yes, because God is love and anything that book for Forster’s and encourages the opposite is a sin. Interpreting the Bible yourself is always a dangerous precedent At least I think so.
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How else do you interpret the Bible expect for yourself. The Bible is meant to be a guide for Christians.
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Post by Maria-Goretti Amarachi Okechi - Catherine »

Personally, I don't think there's any form of hypocrisy from the side of the author, I totally agree with his views and ideas.
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