(lygenztia #321) Can someone tell how this whole "Jesus" thing works....

I was leaving the gym the other day and noticed my old neighbour's truck blocking the entire parking lot. It was situated in such a way that you had to drive all the way around to the other exit...all so he could park his truck closer to the doors. (There were other parking spots available).

What's the big deal, you ask? It's just another selfish jerk, the world is full of them, you say. Well, here's the kicker...when we used to be neighbours he went to great length to make sure that everyone knew that he and his wife were devout church-goers. Always mentioning the usual religion, Jesus and pious stuff. God definitely liked them way better than the rest of the neighbourhood. (Well, at least in his opinion).

Good to have faith, but what about them darn commandments? There are a few that spring to the mind of the great unwashed like me; "do unto others" "love thy neighbour" you know, the usual stuff. So, given those commandments (to name a few) and all of his church learning one would think he wouldn't be so inconsiderate? I know the Ten Commandments don't specifically say "thou shalt not be a selfish prick and block the gym parking lot" but to me, it is kind of inferred. (And, I don't even go to church).

I don't know Jesus, never met him. But I know, he would NEVER do this, I just do. Further, I would never do this and I don't even go to church. In my mind, I don't need someone to preach to me that I shouldn't be a prick...

Hypocrisy is defined as:

"the practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.
synonyms: dissimulation, false virtue, cant, posturing, affectation, speciousness, empty talk, insincerity, falseness, deceit, dishonesty, mendacity, pretense, duplicity"