Hypocrisy as the Greatest Sin
BILL BENNETT”S GAMBLING is an interesting story. He is a rich man who thinks many things are sinful, but, typical of Catholics, not gambling, and he does gamble large sums several times a year. The best article is Jonah Goldberg’s in National Review, which says,
“But the biggest reason I find these Bennett articles so troublesome is what they reveal about the kind of society we ‘re building. Hypocrisy is bad, but it’s not the worst vice in the world. If I declared “murder is wrong” and then killed somebody, I would hope that the top count against me would be homicide, not hypocrisy. Liberal elites — particularly in Hollywood — believe that hypocrisy is the gravest sin in the world, which is why they advocate their own lifestyles for the entire world: Sleep with whomever you want, listen to your own instincts, be true to yourself, blah, blah, blah. Our fear of hypocrisy is forcing us to live in a world where gluttons are fine, so long as they champion gluttony.”
The rest of the article is well worth reading too.