| | In [[religion]], [[government]], [[politics]], [[journalism]], [[education]], [[business]], [[sports]], and [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|health and human services]], persons seen as influential, and trusted, leaders, who are exposed as hypocrites, who have violated standards of integrity and right conduct, are sources of public [[scandal]]. When they apologize, they are seldom believed, according to the proverbial saying, "They're not sorry they did it, they're only sorry they got caught." | | In [[religion]], [[government]], [[politics]], [[journalism]], [[education]], [[business]], [[sports]], and [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|health and human services]], persons seen as influential, and trusted, leaders, who are exposed as hypocrites, who have violated standards of integrity and right conduct, are sources of public [[scandal]]. When they apologize, they are seldom believed, according to the proverbial saying, "They're not sorry they did it, they're only sorry they got caught." |
| − | Christians who proclaim objective standards of [[Truth (logic)|truth]] and [[Virtue|righteousness]] against a [[Liberalism|liberal]], [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] and [[Atheism|atheistic]] culture of [[moral]], [[Ethics|ethical]], [[Philosophy|philosophical]] and [[Theology|theological]] [[relativism]] are consistently charged with being [[Intolerance|intolerant]] and [[Bigotry|bigotted]] hypocrites. | + | Christians who proclaim objective standards of [[Truth (logic)|truth]] and righteousness against a [[Liberalism|liberal]], [[Agnosticism|agnostic]] and [[Atheism|atheistic]] culture of [[moral]], [[Ethics|ethical]], [[Philosophy|philosophical]] and [[Theology|theological]] [[relativism]] are consistently charged with being [[Intolerance|intolerant]] and [[Bigotry|bigotted]] hypocrites. |
| | Historically, many [[Virtue|virtuous]] persons who have actually [[Offense|offended]] no one have been [[Antagonist|villain]]ously [[libel]]ed with the unjust and unfounded charge that they are secretly hypocrites. See [[Book of Wisdom]] chapter [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=wisdom%202:12-21&version=NABRE 2:12-21]. | | Historically, many [[Virtue|virtuous]] persons who have actually [[Offense|offended]] no one have been [[Antagonist|villain]]ously [[libel]]ed with the unjust and unfounded charge that they are secretly hypocrites. See [[Book of Wisdom]] chapter [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=wisdom%202:12-21&version=NABRE 2:12-21]. |