# SingleDad, need your help on debating

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singledad-need-your-help-on-debating/18093>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [April 22, 2000, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singledad-need-your-help-on-debating/18093 "2000-04-22T19:31:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\
**Post date:** [April 23, 2000, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singledad-need-your-help-on-debating/18093/41 "2000-04-23T22:48:00Z")

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> If they truly held the belief, they would not act contrary to it.

Except some Christians have it both ways–they claim that since “everyone sins” Christians can’t be hypocrites if they sin.

Or something like that. I’ve never been really sure about that one. But it’s a CABoomer mainstay.

-andros-

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**Author:** ![Esprix](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprix/32/7899_2.png) [@Esprix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprix)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singledad-need-your-help-on-debating/18093/42 "2000-04-24T16:51:00Z")

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**Boomer** , what if someone who you knew to be a Christian made the same statements **DavidB** or **techchick** made about Dubya’s hypocricy? Would that somehow completely validate their observations? Or would you just give it more consideration than if it were said by an Atheist? Are we talking arguing the issue or the arguers?

Esprix

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**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\
**Post date:** [April 26, 2000, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/singledad-need-your-help-on-debating/18093/43 "2000-04-26T20:47:00Z")

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> In any case, I don’t understand why it is that hypocrisy is treated as a deadly sin.

Johnny - one reason is that there were only two sins that Jesus dumped on in a major way: hypocrisy and hardness of heart. While that technically matters only to Christians, I find that a lot of non-Christians feel the same way.

slythe - I concur completely.

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