Hypocrisy in adult society
Uploaded by Awfiya on Aug 31, 2013
Hypocrisy is predominant part of our present day society as well as societies of the past. The word hypocrisy comes from the Greek which means "jealous", "play-acting", "acting out", "coward" or "dissembling". Hypocrisy is the state of falsely claiming to possess positive characteristics that one lack, to act or pretend to be better than one is or to have feelings or beliefs which one does not actually have. Hypocrisy involves the deception of others and is thus a kind of lie. Hypocrisy is not simply failing to practice those virtues that one preaches.
Hypocrisy is often practiced without one realizing it. Adults always teach the youth the right and the wrong. But when it comes to them to take decisions then they often choose the wrong one claiming it is best for all of us. In some ways we, youngsters are also hypocrites as we often tell lies to our parents to avoid getting grounded. For example we often lie to our parents about secret boyfriends, bad marks in assessments.
People especially youngsters who are affected by peer groups pretend to be what they wish to be but are not. They fake their identity, personality and feelings only to please or impress others even if they are not pleased with themselves.
Religious beliefs are where a large number of people find themselves declaring that they possess certain beliefs, but yet fail to live up to what attest to be true and right. Muslim theology teaches in the Quran that all who believe in God in the last day and do right, they will be rewarded by God, no matter their religious affiliation. Yet in today’s society we see a widespread distortion of those beliefs. The Muslim extremists and terrorists groups claim to posses the beliefs contained in the Quran, but fail to live and practices the teachings contained inside it. Another example is Christianity which teaches that a Christian should exemplify in their lives the teachings of Christ and that they should live their lives as Christ lived his. They believe that Christ lead a life of service and humility, yet many who claim to be Christians today cannot be bothered to help someone in need, they care more about what they need than what someone else might need more.
Hypocrisy in the form of white lies is the most common I would say. For example,...