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| | A '''double standard''' is a harsher or stricter attitude against someone than one holds about himself or strangers, sometimes without realizing it. Causes of double standards include lack of forgiveness and political bias. | | A '''double standard''' is a harsher or stricter attitude against someone than one holds about himself or strangers, sometimes without realizing it. Causes of double standards include lack of forgiveness and political bias. |
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| − | Many people undergo dramatic life changes when they wake up to how they were applying a double standard, as in: | + | Many people undergo dramatic life changes when they wake up to their own double standard, as in: |
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| | + | *holding [[conservatives]] to a higher standard than [[liberals]] |
| | *getting angry when personally lied to, yet raising no objection to [[liberal deceit]] | | *getting angry when personally lied to, yet raising no objection to [[liberal deceit]] |
| − | *holding [[conservatives]] to a higher standard than [[liberals]] | + | *believing what is taught by liberals in school before believing what is taught in the [[Bible]] |
| | *holding grudges against others who acted no worse than one's friends | | *holding grudges against others who acted no worse than one's friends |
| − | *read anything and everything ''except'' the [[Bible]]
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| − | The son finally decides to return to his father in the [[Prodigal Son]] when he realizes that among the people he left his father for, "no one gave him anything" in contrast to his father's generosity. The son had been applying a double standard against his father, but no longer. | + | The son finally decides to return to his father in the [[Prodigal Son]] when he realizes that among the people he left his father for, "no one gave him anything," in contrast to his father's generosity. The son had been applying a double standard against his father, but no longer. |
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| | A useful approach to avoiding double standards in family situations is to "treat your friends like family, and your family like friends." Had the Prodigal Son done that, he never would have senselessly suffered as he did. | | A useful approach to avoiding double standards in family situations is to "treat your friends like family, and your family like friends." Had the Prodigal Son done that, he never would have senselessly suffered as he did. |