hy·poc·ri·sy the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense. Middle English: from Old French ypocrisie, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek hupokrisis ‘acting of a theatrical part’, from hupokrinesthai ‘play a part, pretend’, from hupo ‘under’ + krinein ‘decide, judge’.
This seems to be a perfect definition. I don't understand why any should admire a name they don't confirm to in character. Whereas we all immediately reject when its on negative but want to identify with the positive. If God said we are living epistles, we either identify with name that conforms to our character or look for another we can fit into. Better still ,adjust yourself to fit the name if you were given the name. A parent can give a good name to a child who grows living contrary to such name character. In the kingdom of God,every name MUST conform to the character else it blasphemes the spirit at work. So,one who doesn't conform can be reduced to a lower name they better fit.
I view hypocrisy as “do not do unto others what you don’t want to do to you” like you tell people what they need to do-yet you don’t do it - much worse than doing nothing at all. just be authentic and show integrity and kindness towards ppl if u believe that what you’re doing wholeheartedly is right but also needs to realize that we can still make mistakes and that’s when we have to self-reflect..being human w humanity
A hypocrits is a person who deals with people with doing what they like even if it goes against their religious beliefs to get again or benifits of you .and a devoted is a person deals with people according to only what please God weather you like it or not and dont fear losing who reject it or cut them off if they dont like or break his boundaries to please you back. People think a hypocrites is who do wrong things alone and appear infront of people like they dont do it and that is false.
A hipocrite is when you accuse someone of doing something but you do it all the time or it’s when you say you believe in something but you actually done
... like the fig tree Jesus cursed in Mark 11:13 that looked beautiful, healthy, and fit to find sustenance yet yielded no fruit.... Never give up; never quit giving your failures and shortcomings to the Lord. I believe His grace is sufficient for me and that His strength is made perfect in my weakness. But I also believe that we are called to be perfect even as He is perfect. If we are called to be so, I believe we are also set free and enabled to do so. Help me, Lord, to walk in Your Spirit instead of my flesh!!!
I have been living the life of a hypocrite. I wish to stop that now and be real. I ask Jesus to forgive me and help me to stop sinning and grieving the Holy Spirit
Don't beat yourself up. The fact that you feel bad is a good thing. But most of all, never never get bitter! We're all a work in progress. Don't get discouraged especially when losers try labeling you as a church goer or a hypocrite. These people are toxic and offer nothing.
Yes hypocrite came before the time of Jesus in theaters when people would put masks on and become a different person pertaining to acting. and now it’s molded into people’s loves
That's very well said and true there to every word . You hit the bullseye. That's so good I could give you a kiss but I won't . I might give you one in five days as its my birthday or is that the other way round . with this Covit 19 virus going round you take extra care . And always remember think happy thoughts.
I thought it meant you tell people not to do then you do the same thing they did when you told them not to do it? Or when you tell someone not to say something then 5 minutes later you say the same thing they just said or something close to it? Basically telling someone they did something wrong then you do what they did wrong even if it wasn’t.
@@celtcry78 me too apparently! I mean what I say an say what I mean, as well as I do! Ppl like projecting their flaws on everybody now a days an it's a fake thing to do
@@danasmith1197 yeah we do but think he's telling the Truth some of us are just Struggling Christians. I myself struggle trying to live up to each Nook And cranny of God's standards. It's hard...😑
Yep which is Why I chose acting because in America three things destroy America. BLM act like blm yet don't protest when it's one of their own including me. Feminist act like they care about equality when. Their all for themselves & the ⛪is full of sinners. Who won't admit their wrong doings
Oh my. What an excuse you put forth. Of course we all sin but the difference between a hypocrite and non hypocrite is REPENTANCE. Now, repent or be a hypocrite.
It is true.. Ever wondered if you're a hypocrite who can't be trusted? Of course you haven't; no one has. Even the most morally bankrupt of us believe that the things we say and the things we do match up perfectly.Because hindsight is always 20/20, you allow yourself to reason away and justify your actions so that they align with who you think you are. This is how you keep yourself from going insane from inconsistency. The truth, though, is that we're all hypocrites in one form or another. It's almost impossible to get through life without coming across a situation where your beliefs and the things you say don't match up with what you actually do. Sometimes you even hold competing beliefs about similar ideas depending on how they're presented. You're highly swayed by context. Here's an example: A man attacks a pregnant woman in the street for her purse. During the attack, he stabs her in the stomach, killing the unborn baby. How should the law treat this situation? Should the attacker be tried for the murder of the baby or just the assault of the woman? Have your answer? Now, how do you feel about abortion? Should it be legal or illegal? If you're one of the many who answered that the baby was murdered and then also answered that abortion should be legal, congratulations: you might be a hypocrite. As always, the dividing line on this issue rests on this question: "When does a ball of cells become a human being?" If you agree that every human being has certain unalienable rights, then regardless what side of the line you fall on, shouldn't your answers for the scenarios above be consistent? If an unborn child is not a human yet, then how can you be tried for killing one? If it is, how can abortion be legal. Yet, this is how the law works in the United States, so it's an inconsistency held by many people. Like most things in life, this is hardly a black and white issue, and the scenario I proposed is oversimplified, but it goes to show that context does play a vital role in how differently you perceive similar situations. This was just a "thought experiment." You're allowed to think whatever you want about abortion. True hypocrisy becomes a problem when what you say and what you do don't match up. Now that you see how easy it is to think-and even act-differently depending on the situation, avoiding hypocrisy in your own life becomes paramount. Every day you're presented with problems and challenges to overcome, and each decision you make about how to handle them plays a significant role in how the people you rely on to trust you see you. To be seen as a hypocrite is to lose respect and trust from the people you depend on. If you want to avoid hypocrisy in your own life, and maintain the trust you've worked so hard to build, then you're in luck because much research tells us that there are at least nine different things you can do keep hypocrisy at bay as you navigate the often turbulent waters of life. 1. Ignore everyone and act only based on your own moral compass. You are highly influenced by your surroundings, and the way that you behave is affected almost immediately by the environment you're in and the people you're surrounded by. Just ask the 24 college students that participated in the Stanford Prison Experiment. Good, law-abiding citizens with high moral standards were quickly changed to entirely different people when they were isolated from the world they knew and placed into a fictitious prison environment where they became either guards or prisoners. The behavior that ensued was shocking and the experiment had to be ended a week early due to safety concerns. If you want to be sure that you're actions always align with your principles, then you must ignore the environment that surrounds you. This, of course is impossible, so perhaps the best alternative is to avoid environments that would make you question your principles. 2. Avoid condemning others. The fastest way to draw criticism is by criticizing. It's tempting to call others out, and it'll probably get you much attention, but is it the attention you want? And is it worth the cost? You'll more likely end up with notoriety than fame. In a world where almost any stone can be overturned, try to remember that your hands probably aren't as clean as you. Hypocrisy, at some level, is a psychological certainty-you can't get through life without encountering it, so try to remember that parable about casting the first stone… The best way to fight hypocrisy in others is to fight it within yourself. Set a good example, and let your integrity be your condemnation. To lead a purposeful life, you must stand up for what is right, but you must also do it in a way that exemplifies yourself. Condemning others is also a dangerous hypocrisy trap when it turns out that you were wrong. 3. Identify context and how it changes the way you think. In 2010 U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor went on a popular radio show to praise and defend the Tea Party-a growing movement of people upset with government spending. He called their dissent patriotic and sympathized with their dissatisfaction. Then, next year when the Occupy Wall Street protests began gaining momentum-a group dissatisfied with the corporatization of government and showing it by demonstrating across the country just like the Tea Partiers-Cantor ridiculed the demonstrators. Congressman Cantor fell into the context trap, seeing two nearly identical incidents as completely different. Like you saw earlier, it’s a deceptively easy trap to fall into if you aren’t paying attention. And the best way to combat it is also very difficult-keep an open mind. It’s so tempting to support something that makes sense to you and condemn something else that’s unfamiliar, but this way of thinking is almost certain to land you in the context trap. Once you fall into it, the “hypocrite” label isn’t far away. 4. Listen to your cognitive dissonance. When you were answering those two questions at the beginning of this article, did you feel a slight discomfort? It could have been a mild stomach tightening, or a feeling of stress in your shoulders, or even a very light headache that’s hardly noticeable? If you had opposing answers, then you probably did. This is cognitive dissonance, and it’s something you experience every time you meet an inconsistency in your life. With years of practice, though, you’ve likely become very good at ignoring it. But you shouldn’t. The human mind is very bad at accepting incomplete or inconsistent stories and when you’re faced with information that contradicts what you think you know, your subconscious goes right to work filling in the blanks or explaining it away to make you feel comfortable. The problem is that your conscious mind knows that what you’re doing is lying to yourself, and it fights for the truth. This battle inside your head is the discomfort of cognitive dissonance that you feel until your subconscious wins and you go back to the normal old you. To avoid hypocrisy, you have to acknowledge cognitive dissonance and teach your conscious mind to overcome your subconscious. You have to train the part of you that thinks rationally to start winning the fight against the part of you that thinks irrationally. This is incredibly difficult-your subconscious is the result of thousands of years of development to allow you to go through your day with minimal discomfort. Learning to listen to your cognitive dissonance takes practice, but the more that you focus on it, the closer to the truth you get. 5. Reserve judgment until you’ve actually experienced something. Is saying something and then doing something different the same as doing something and then saying something different? If you look at it mathematically (if a+b=c, then b+a=c) then of course it is. But the truth is, and it’s been proven by many studies, that we don’t see these things as the same at all. When someone says something and then does something different, we call them a hypocrite. But when someone does something first, and then says something different, we’re far more lenient. The reason is, sometimes, words speak louder than actions. If someone tells us that abortion is immoral, then we take them for their word. If then they go and have one, we see a serious inconsistency that can’t be reconciled and we no longer trust them. But if that person were to have an abortion, and then speak out saying that it’s immoral, we see this differently. Since we don’t have any earlier beliefs to judge them on, we’re more likely to see their inconsistent message as a sign that they tried something and then learned a lesson from it. We’re more likely to lend them the benefit of the doubt that they actually changed and, therefore, are still worthy of trust. If you want to minimize hypocrisy in your life, it’s best to act first, and speak later. 6. Practice integrity. The idea of practicing integrity seems preposterous at first-how can you “practice” being a moral person? You either are or aren’t one, right? But on further inspection, isn’t it true that basically everything we are is a result of practice and the habits that we either do or don’t create for ourselves? If you can become a great basketball player by running drills all day and playing pick up games at the gym, doesn’t the same apply to integrity? Why can’t you also become someone with integrity by thinking more about the principles that are important to you, and then finding ways to practice upholding them? In time, won’t you start to recognize the types of situations that you should avoid and have plenty of experience in avoiding them?
7. Never make promises. Making promises is probably the biggest hypocrisy trap. It’s certainly the favorite downfall of politicians eager to encourage people to trust them. The truth about a promise is that nobody actually has the power to keep one. Unless you secretly control the universe, a promise is nothing but a gamble that you’re placing on yourself and betting to win. Making a promise to anyone is basically telling a lie and then trying to find a way to make it come true. If you have integrity you don’t need to make promises because the trust that comes with the consistency that people see in you is enough. If you do control the universe, though, please send me an email. There are a few things I’d like to change. 8. Avoid positions of power. Would you believe it if I told you that the more authority you have, the more likely you are to be a hypocrite? Actually, you probably would since the most memorable hypocrites you know are or were in positions of power. And it’s true. In a study at Northwestern University, researchers learned that the more power a person was given over others, the more likely they were to abuse it and see no problem with their actions. What they found was that if you see yourself as a legitimate holder of power, you tend to judge others more harshly than you judge yourself because you see yourself as deserving of the power that you have and others don’t. You become “better” than your subordinates. Can you see the problem here? Another interesting result of the study was that illegitimate power doesn’t create the same effect. If you don’t have power or you believe that the power you hold is illegitimate, you tend to judge yourself more harshly than you judge others. Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and if you want to avoid hypocrisy, then you’d be advised to avoid it. If you do attain some power, though, you’ll be better off remaining humble about it. As a rule of history, leaders that lose their humility tend to meet their demise under less than desirable circumstances. 9. Don’t trust your friends. If you can’t trust your friends, then who can you trust? No one I suppose. The problem with hypocrisy spreads beyond the person and applies to groups, too. At least that’s what researchers at Northeastern University found when they tested people to learn how they compared identical actions by different people when one of those people were part of a group they belonged to. Unsurprisingly, you’re far more likely to accept hypocrisy from your friends than you are from a stranger or someone that doesn’t share a common interest with you. This is part of our group mentality-probably a coping mechanism we’ve learned through generations to get along with the people we’re close to. But is it right? I don’t think so. Absolute and unquestionable trust in another is immoral. To give away your ability to reason and think rationally isn’t in your own or anyone’s best interest.
Hypocrisy is a difficult subject. It’s awfully hard to get through life without experiencing it in some way, shape or form. Just by the nature of life, we learn and grow as we have new experiences. And you do a disservice to the world if you allow the way that you think now to rule your life forever, never taking the chance to try something new. The concepts above will help you navigate life while minimizing hypocrisy, but perhaps the only way to avoid it completely is to subscribe to a system of beliefs that removes it from the equation: There are no universal truths, everything changes, and your values should be subject to constant scrutiny.
I guess hipocresy mean to never ever do what you said like, you tell people do this but you constantly fail on doing what you said, is normally imagine you tell someone to wake up early and maybe you do it everyday but then one day you just cannot, wake up I guess that is not being hypocrite that is just normal, but when you tell your brother that he should obey mom but you constantly are being disobedience to her that is hypocrite correct me if im wrong
No....actors are actors. There is zero connection between being a hypocrite and being an actor. Lets be clear on that because obviously the pastor has no idea......
hy·poc·ri·sy
the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
Middle English: from Old French ypocrisie, via ecclesiastical Latin, from Greek hupokrisis ‘acting of a theatrical part’, from hupokrinesthai ‘play a part, pretend’, from hupo ‘under’ + krinein ‘decide, judge’.
This seems to be a perfect definition. I don't understand why any should admire a name they don't confirm to in character. Whereas we all immediately reject when its on negative but want to identify with the positive. If God said we are living epistles, we either identify with name that conforms to our character or look for another we can fit into. Better still ,adjust yourself to fit the name if you were given the name. A parent can give a good name to a child who grows living contrary to such name character. In the kingdom of God,every name MUST conform to the character else it blasphemes the spirit at work. So,one who doesn't conform can be reduced to a lower name they better fit.
Hypocrisy is that claims to be a religious person but do not follow that rules thats hypocrite.
i LOVE playing church this is called discernment !!! 😊😊😊
I view hypocrisy as “do not do unto others what you don’t want to do to you” like you tell people what they need to do-yet you don’t do it - much worse than doing nothing at all. just be authentic and show integrity and kindness towards ppl if u believe that what you’re doing wholeheartedly is right but also needs to realize that we can still make mistakes and that’s when we have to self-reflect..being human w humanity
Who else came here because somebody called them that?
You hypocrite
MY NAME IS MADE FOR SAWING PEOPLE Ok.
definitely a hypocrite
Yesssss
Well, if you are a church goer, then I can see why they called you that.
Church goers brag about their church attendance then Love hypocrisy.
A hypocrits is a person who deals with people with doing what they like even if it goes against their religious beliefs to get again or benifits of you .and a devoted is a person deals with people according to only what please God weather you like it or not and dont fear losing who reject it or cut them off if they dont like or break his boundaries to please you back.
People think a hypocrites is who do wrong things alone and appear infront of people like they dont do it and that is false.
Also hypocrite means lie too.
Amen 🙏💖💖🤗 Thank you for this clarification!
To me it means someone who preaches at you their beliefs that contradic on a mass level and they refuse to believe it or they just don't care
Its alot of them Out Here!!✌🏼
Yes. Especially in politicians in our country.
@@alanbourbeau24 yea
A hipocrite is when you accuse someone of doing something but you do it all the time or it’s when you say you believe in something but you actually done
That’s called being ironic
Basically faking the funk ik
... like the fig tree Jesus cursed in Mark 11:13 that looked beautiful, healthy, and fit to find sustenance yet yielded no fruit....
Never give up; never quit giving your failures and shortcomings to the Lord. I believe His grace is sufficient for me and that His strength is made perfect in my weakness. But I also believe that we are called to be perfect even as He is perfect. If we are called to be so, I believe we are also set free and enabled to do so.
Help me, Lord, to walk in Your Spirit instead of my flesh!!!
I sadly got called a hypocrite....
Haven’t we all
Good that means your being held accountable.
Why though what did you do or say.?
My brother called me a Christian hypocrite....
My brother called me a Christian hypocrite....
I have been living the life of a hypocrite. I wish to stop that now and be real. I ask Jesus to forgive me and help me to stop sinning and grieving the Holy Spirit
You rolled a 3. You have failed a Strength roll.
Well, did you Stop?
Don't beat yourself up. The fact that you feel bad is a good thing. But most of all, never never get bitter! We're all a work in progress. Don't get discouraged especially when losers try labeling you as a church goer or a hypocrite. These people are toxic and offer nothing.
That's exactly why I stopped trying to be like them rappers because I was a hypocrite.
Gotta question if a person believes in God and reads about him everyday and acts mean teases and wants his way and judges people what is he called.?
Human
I told our kids, where I did well, follow me. But throw out what I did poorly and do it better. Reasonable?
Yes hypocrite came before the time of Jesus in theaters when people would put masks on and become a different person pertaining to acting. and now it’s molded into people’s loves
That's very well said and true there to every word .
You hit the bullseye. That's so good I could give you a kiss but I won't .
I might give you one in five days as its my birthday or is that the other way round . with this Covit 19 virus going round you take extra care .
And always remember think happy thoughts.
I thought it meant you tell people not to do then you do the same thing they did when you told them not to do it? Or when you tell someone not to say something then 5 minutes later you say the same thing they just said or something close to it? Basically telling someone they did something wrong then you do what they did wrong even if it wasn’t.
Well, as you know, we ALL do that at some point in our life.
The difference between a hypocrite and non hypocrite is REPENTANCE.
We ALL do that? I must have missed that memo.
@@celtcry78 me too apparently! I mean what I say an say what I mean, as well as I do! Ppl like projecting their flaws on everybody now a days an it's a fake thing to do
@@danasmith1197 yeah we do but think he's telling the Truth some of us are just
Struggling Christians. I myself struggle trying to live up to each Nook
And cranny of God's standards. It's hard...😑
So pretty much a hypocrite is somebody being somebody else and not them?😧😧😧😧😧
Yep which is Why I chose acting because in America three things destroy America. BLM act like blm yet don't protest when it's one of their own including me. Feminist act like they care about equality when. Their all for themselves & the ⛪is full of sinners. Who won't admit their wrong doings
It's impossible to not be a hypocrite, for all the world is a stage and we are but merely actors.
Oh my. What an excuse you put forth.
Of course we all sin but the difference between a hypocrite and non hypocrite is REPENTANCE.
Now, repent or be a hypocrite.
It is true.. Ever wondered if you're a hypocrite who can't be trusted? Of course you haven't; no one has. Even the most morally bankrupt of us believe that the things we say and the things we do match up perfectly.Because hindsight is always 20/20, you allow yourself to reason away and justify your actions so that they align with who you think you are. This is how you keep yourself from going insane from inconsistency. The truth, though, is that we're all hypocrites in one form or another. It's almost impossible to get through life without coming across a situation where your beliefs and the things you say don't match up with what you actually do. Sometimes you even hold competing beliefs about similar ideas depending on how they're presented. You're highly swayed by context. Here's an example: A man attacks a pregnant woman in the street for her purse. During the attack, he stabs her in the stomach, killing the unborn baby. How should the law treat this situation? Should the attacker be tried for the murder of the baby or just the assault of the woman?
Have your answer? Now, how do you feel about abortion? Should it be legal or illegal?
If you're one of the many who answered that the baby was murdered and then also answered that abortion should be legal, congratulations: you might be a hypocrite. As always, the dividing line on this issue rests on this question: "When does a ball of cells become a human being?" If you agree that every human being has certain unalienable rights, then regardless what side of the line you fall on, shouldn't your answers for the scenarios above be consistent? If an unborn child is not a human yet, then how can you be tried for killing one? If it is, how can abortion be legal. Yet, this is how the law works in the United States, so it's an inconsistency held by many people. Like most things in life, this is hardly a black and white issue, and the scenario I proposed is oversimplified, but it goes to show that context does play a vital role in how differently you perceive similar situations. This was just a "thought experiment." You're allowed to think whatever you want about abortion. True hypocrisy becomes a problem when what you say and what you do don't match up. Now that you see how easy it is to think-and even act-differently depending on the situation, avoiding hypocrisy in your own life becomes paramount. Every day you're presented with problems and challenges to overcome, and each decision you make about how to handle them plays a significant role in how the people you rely on to trust you see you. To be seen as a hypocrite is to lose respect and trust from the people you depend on. If you want to avoid hypocrisy in your own life, and maintain the trust you've worked so hard to build, then you're in luck because much research tells us that there are at least nine different things you can do keep hypocrisy at bay as you navigate the often turbulent waters of life.
1. Ignore everyone and act only based on your own moral compass.
You are highly influenced by your surroundings, and the way that you behave is affected almost immediately by the environment you're in and the people you're surrounded by. Just ask the 24 college students that participated in the Stanford Prison Experiment. Good, law-abiding citizens with high moral standards were quickly changed to entirely different people when they were isolated from the world they knew and placed into a fictitious prison environment where they became either guards or prisoners. The behavior that ensued was shocking and the experiment had to be ended a week early due to safety concerns. If you want to be sure that you're actions always align with your principles, then you must ignore the environment that surrounds you. This, of course is impossible, so perhaps the best alternative is to avoid environments that would make you question your principles.
2. Avoid condemning others.
The fastest way to draw criticism is by criticizing. It's tempting to call others out, and it'll probably get you much attention, but is it the attention you want? And is it worth the cost? You'll more likely end up with notoriety than fame. In a world where almost any stone can be overturned, try to remember that your hands probably aren't as clean as you. Hypocrisy, at some level, is a psychological certainty-you can't get through life without encountering it, so try to remember that parable about casting the first stone… The best way to fight hypocrisy in others is to fight it within yourself. Set a good example, and let your integrity be your condemnation. To lead a purposeful life, you must stand up for what is right, but you must also do it in a way that exemplifies yourself. Condemning others is also a dangerous hypocrisy trap when it turns out that you were wrong.
3. Identify context and how it changes the way you think.
In 2010 U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor went on a popular radio show to praise and defend the Tea Party-a growing movement of people upset with government spending. He called their dissent patriotic and sympathized with their dissatisfaction.
Then, next year when the Occupy Wall Street protests began gaining momentum-a group dissatisfied with the corporatization of government and showing it by demonstrating across the country just like the Tea Partiers-Cantor ridiculed the demonstrators.
Congressman Cantor fell into the context trap, seeing two nearly identical incidents as completely different. Like you saw earlier, it’s a deceptively easy trap to fall into if you aren’t paying attention.
And the best way to combat it is also very difficult-keep an open mind.
It’s so tempting to support something that makes sense to you and condemn something else that’s unfamiliar, but this way of thinking is almost certain to land you in the context trap. Once you fall into it, the “hypocrite” label isn’t far away.
4. Listen to your cognitive dissonance.
When you were answering those two questions at the beginning of this article, did you feel a slight discomfort? It could have been a mild stomach tightening, or a feeling of stress in your shoulders, or even a very light headache that’s hardly noticeable?
If you had opposing answers, then you probably did. This is cognitive dissonance, and it’s something you experience every time you meet an inconsistency in your life. With years of practice, though, you’ve likely become very good at ignoring it.
But you shouldn’t.
The human mind is very bad at accepting incomplete or inconsistent stories and when you’re faced with information that contradicts what you think you know, your subconscious goes right to work filling in the blanks or explaining it away to make you feel comfortable.
The problem is that your conscious mind knows that what you’re doing is lying to yourself, and it fights for the truth. This battle inside your head is the discomfort of cognitive dissonance that you feel until your subconscious wins and you go back to the normal old you.
To avoid hypocrisy, you have to acknowledge cognitive dissonance and teach your conscious mind to overcome your subconscious. You have to train the part of you that thinks rationally to start winning the fight against the part of you that thinks irrationally.
This is incredibly difficult-your subconscious is the result of thousands of years of development to allow you to go through your day with minimal discomfort.
Learning to listen to your cognitive dissonance takes practice, but the more that you focus on it, the closer to the truth you get.
5. Reserve judgment until you’ve actually experienced something.
Is saying something and then doing something different the same as doing something and then saying something different? If you look at it mathematically (if a+b=c, then b+a=c) then of course it is. But the truth is, and it’s been proven by many studies, that we don’t see these things as the same at all.
When someone says something and then does something different, we call them a hypocrite. But when someone does something first, and then says something different, we’re far more lenient.
The reason is, sometimes, words speak louder than actions.
If someone tells us that abortion is immoral, then we take them for their word. If then they go and have one, we see a serious inconsistency that can’t be reconciled and we no longer trust them.
But if that person were to have an abortion, and then speak out saying that it’s immoral, we see this differently. Since we don’t have any earlier beliefs to judge them on, we’re more likely to see their inconsistent message as a sign that they tried something and then learned a lesson from it. We’re more likely to lend them the benefit of the doubt that they actually changed and, therefore, are still worthy of trust.
If you want to minimize hypocrisy in your life, it’s best to act first, and speak later.
6. Practice integrity.
The idea of practicing integrity seems preposterous at first-how can you “practice” being a moral person? You either are or aren’t one, right? But on further inspection, isn’t it true that basically everything we are is a result of practice and the habits that we either do or don’t create for ourselves?
If you can become a great basketball player by running drills all day and playing pick up games at the gym, doesn’t the same apply to integrity?
Why can’t you also become someone with integrity by thinking more about the principles that are important to you, and then finding ways to practice upholding them?
In time, won’t you start to recognize the types of situations that you should avoid and have plenty of experience in avoiding them?
7. Never make promises.
Making promises is probably the biggest hypocrisy trap. It’s certainly the favorite downfall of politicians eager to encourage people to trust them.
The truth about a promise is that nobody actually has the power to keep one.
Unless you secretly control the universe, a promise is nothing but a gamble that you’re placing on yourself and betting to win. Making a promise to anyone is basically telling a lie and then trying to find a way to make it come true.
If you have integrity you don’t need to make promises because the trust that comes with the consistency that people see in you is enough.
If you do control the universe, though, please send me an email. There are a few things I’d like to change.
8. Avoid positions of power.
Would you believe it if I told you that the more authority you have, the more likely you are to be a hypocrite? Actually, you probably would since the most memorable hypocrites you know are or were in positions of power. And it’s true.
In a study at Northwestern University, researchers learned that the more power a person was given over others, the more likely they were to abuse it and see no problem with their actions.
What they found was that if you see yourself as a legitimate holder of power, you tend to judge others more harshly than you judge yourself because you see yourself as deserving of the power that you have and others don’t. You become “better” than your subordinates.
Can you see the problem here?
Another interesting result of the study was that illegitimate power doesn’t create the same effect. If you don’t have power or you believe that the power you hold is illegitimate, you tend to judge yourself more harshly than you judge others.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and if you want to avoid hypocrisy, then you’d be advised to avoid it. If you do attain some power, though, you’ll be better off remaining humble about it.
As a rule of history, leaders that lose their humility tend to meet their demise under less than desirable circumstances.
9. Don’t trust your friends.
If you can’t trust your friends, then who can you trust? No one I suppose.
The problem with hypocrisy spreads beyond the person and applies to groups, too. At least that’s what researchers at Northeastern University found when they tested people to learn how they compared identical actions by different people when one of those people were part of a group they belonged to.
Unsurprisingly, you’re far more likely to accept hypocrisy from your friends than you are from a stranger or someone that doesn’t share a common interest with you.
This is part of our group mentality-probably a coping mechanism we’ve learned through generations to get along with the people we’re close to.
But is it right? I don’t think so. Absolute and unquestionable trust in another is immoral. To give away your ability to reason and think rationally isn’t in your own or anyone’s best interest.
Hypocrisy is a difficult subject. It’s awfully hard to get through life without experiencing it in some way, shape or form. Just by the nature of life, we learn and grow as we have new experiences.
And you do a disservice to the world if you allow the way that you think now to rule your life forever, never taking the chance to try something new.
The concepts above will help you navigate life while minimizing hypocrisy, but perhaps the only way to avoid it completely is to subscribe to a system of beliefs that removes it from the equation:
There are no universal truths, everything changes, and your values should be subject to constant scrutiny.
Didn't the band Rush say that in the song Tom Sawyer? LOL
I have a question. If a Christian was watching pornography videos from a pornography website. Would that Christian be considered a hypocrite?
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Yes of course
I guess hipocresy mean to never ever do what you said like, you tell people do this but you constantly fail on doing what you said, is normally imagine you tell someone to wake up early and maybe you do it everyday but then one day you just cannot, wake up I guess that is not being hypocrite that is just normal, but when you tell your brother that he should obey mom but you constantly are being disobedience to her that is hypocrite correct me if im wrong
So actors are hypocrites. Trying to change and acting differently is also hypocrite. Because we are our old self. Nice.
Crit means crip(pt)
Crip=death
Hyper or hip towards death, devoiding the audience or towns people of life
Amen.
A Christian is justifying to be a hypocrite! Marvelous!
You do not need to shout when you wear a microphone.
Is hypocrit narcissist?
Not always
A narcissist on the other hand is always a hypocrite
The difference between a hypocrite and non hypocrite is REPENTANCE.
Human
No....actors are actors. There is zero connection between being a hypocrite and being an actor. Lets be clear on that because obviously the pastor has no idea......
The hypocrite coming at you baby...Passionate Coleman, coming soon, to a town near you.
Amen!
Words change over time the English language is based on Latin nothing is the same as it used to be wake up for god sake
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Proud to be hypocrite 😂
That's a super easy one.
A hypocrite is a church goer.
Don't only listen only to the video, pay attention to what he's saying. Non-church goers are the same. The only difference is that they're in denial.
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