With evolution comes the breaking down of long accepted fundamental Christian principles. When Christians themselves are deceived enough to believe the world's lies, and begin acting in ways that might otherwise be acceptable for non-Christians, they are seen as hypocrites. Any slight wrong doing by a Christian, that might otherwise be acceptable, overlooked or brushed under the rug for non-Christians, is duly emphasied and shouted from the rooftops by those who would wish to defame the Christian or Christianity.
Evolution is the epitomy of the refutation of creation. It enhances any imaginable idea that opposes the supremacy of God; as the creator of this world, the life in it, and His laws which ideally sustain it. Evolution is godless, no god required, no laws of God to keep. The acceptance of evolution as scientific fact creates a social atmosphere which thus permits and even encourages a laughing mockery of those who believe in Christian-Judeo beliefs and values. Evolution teaches that creation is nonsense, a myth, a story without any truth.
When children are taught Christian values, and then, as they grow older, begin to see adults engaging in behaviors that are directly opposite to the values that those adults taught them as children, they often become disillusioned. Their emotions are seered with the knowledge and awareness of the hypocrisy of those who raised them, and they often encounter emotional turbulence within themselves as a result. Hatred, distrust, disgust, depending on the degree. Most of us have experienced this at some time in some form or another. They are emotions we all know to some degree, Christian or otherwise.
The bible opens with the passage "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth". Evolution teaches that God did not create the heaven and the earth. You cannot have both, any individual must choose which one he will believe or believe neither. When a Christian promotes the teachings of evolution, he is engaging in the behavior of the hypocrite. He cannnot carry a bible, say he believes it is God's word, and then simply proceed to promote evolution. There is a conflict here. Either he truly believes it is God's word or he just likes to carry the book around for appearances sake. If he does not believe that God created the heaven and the earth, then there is no question that he does not truly believe that the bible is the word of God, and likewise does not believe in the God of the bible. Logically then, a person who claims to be a 'Christian' yet promotes evolution is more than a hypocrite. He is a liar. To be a Christian, it is presumed you are a follower of Christ, Jesus. To be a follower of Christ it is presumed you believe that Jesus died for our sins, rose from the dead, and is seated at the right hand of the father. If a person does not believe in God, they logically cannot be a Christian because it is impossible to truly believe in the son of God without God. This is deception.
When this deception, that a christian can promote the teachings of evolution, is accepted without examination of the fundamental lack of logic that otherwise supports the Christian belief system that this requires, the door is opened for further deception. If a person accepts one deception without question, he will accept another and another, endlessly as his emotions and deception accepting intellect permit. One person may bawk at certain deceptive twists of otherwise sound ideas, while another may choose to allow them all without question. The possibilities become endless, it is up to the individual to decide which ideas to permit and which ideas to disallow. The Christian standard is thus lost. Other standards are likewise jeopordized the same way, even if unrelated to christianity; deception will always proceed in the same manner given a subject to work with. Once deception is accepted in one form, it is allowable in any other. Evolution as an idea, does not actually threaten christianity, because logically they cannot coexist. Either God created the world or he didn't. There isn't much room for argument. However, the person who claims to accept both as coexistant principles, is either, decieved by the deception due to lack of ability to apply basic logic to his own life, values, and beliefs, or he is a deceiver, a knowing and willing practicer of and participant in the deception. He cannot be both, he must be one or the other.
When a person or persons sharing the same perceived beliefs are perceived as hypocrites in a hypocritical society which enables and encourages the belief in two opposing beliefs such as christianity and evolution, you'll also notice he often becomes the scapegoat of accusations which include the phrase 'people like you'. It is a generalization which now equates Christianity with hypocrisy. It is usually applied as a means of defining
moral hypocrisy. People like you, who lie; because the bible says one thing and you do another. The same phrase can be applied various different ways to various types of hypocritical behavior. It can apply to the banker or watcher of your funds found guilty of theft; people like you, who (should guard our money) steal. It can be applied the mother who mistreats her children; people like you who (should care about children) hurt children. It can be applied to the judge or police officer found guilty of taking bribes; people like you who (we should trust) are not trustworthy. The statement itself implies the perception that there is much of 'it' around. However, it also implies perfection and restraint from hypocrisy on the part of the person who made the statement. Bad people
like you are not good people
like me. Deception requires an attitude of innocence from deception in order to succeed.
Any Christian who promotes non-biblical teachings is in a hypocritical position of
people like you. In a society which encourages and demands the coexistance of two opposing ideals or belief systems, a society which demands deception be allowed to flourish, such as within certain 'Christian' circles that promote the teaching of the theory of evolution, we should not be surprised to find deception at many other levels as well, within the society and within the personal lives of individuals. Deception has been accepted as the norm. Ideally, opposites can now peacefully coexist. Marriage can be defined in any manner and still be blessed by the non-existent creator god. Prayers can be said and the non-existent creator god will hear. The church can set up it's alter and go through the paces of it's age old rituals and masses and the non-existent creator god will be present. The church can pass it's offering basket and people will give their money and the non-existent creator god will bless them for giving. Baptisms are performed in the name of the non-existent creator god. People are saved and promised a place in heaven with the non-existent creator god. The problem with all of this is that the deception is so apparent and illogical that most 8 years olds begin asking the serious questions their parents pretend don't exist.
Come along a disturbed youth. Or perhaps a not so disturbed youth, perhaps a youth with eyes to see but not much moral backbone to logically and morally resolve the deceptive situation he rightfully perceives he is in. A youth that has grown up in a hypocritical deceptive society. A society that teaches and accepts immorality. A society that dumbs-down it's children in an attempt to avoid intelligent logical questions. A society where all Christians are labeled as hypocrites because of the deceptive behavior and teachings of some Christians, who knowingly are deceptive when they call themselves Christians. They are not Christians, they are wolves in sheep's clothing set about to attempt to create dissention among Christians, to carry those who will be easily tempted away with illogical teachings, and to cause confusion concerning Christians among the non-Christian rest.
The young gunman is not entirely incorrect in saying "Christians cause all the problems in the world". But he has confused Christians with hypocrites. Many who
call themselves Christian are hypocrites, and hypocrites do cause a great majority of problems in the world, out of greed and selfishness, double standards, saying one thing but doing another, setting one rule for themselves and another for others, taking advantage of other people, deceiving, hurting, maiming, killing to 'get'. He may have been deceived into believing for a time that God himself could coexist with a non-existent creator above him. He may have been taught one thing in church and another in school and expected to somehow balance both himself. He was most obviously angry at Christians for their hypocrisy and deception, even if only perceived. Angry enough to kill. Empty enough to kill. But not smart enough to realize the Christians he pointed the gun at were not the deceivers that fed him the lies that fueled his anger. They are the ones who take the heat for fighting against it. They carry the burden of it, the burden of a deceptive hypocritical society that even often requires them to honor its standards while holding their own, unless of course, they be labeled intolerant hypocrites.
These are your Christian hypocrites:
http://www.butler.edu/clergyproject/religion_science_collaboration.htmThey have been generous enough to list themselves publicly in one place. Please applaude them for their great works. May their non-existent creator god continue to bless them abundantly. With him, they have achieved great spiritual and intellectual perfection.
