A real-life argument that left me dumbstruck.
I am a religious girl who observes Pardah and have a secret lover whom I meet occassionally. You call me a hypocrite.
You are not religious, you do not observe Pardah, you believe in freedom , yet I have never seen you getting involved with any boy. Shall i call you a hypocrite?
I believe religion is always right yet I do not cover my head. I call it my own weakness that I do not follow the commandments instead of calling the commandment fundamentally flawed. You call me a hypocrite.
You believe in freedom to dress and dare to disagree yet I have never seen you dress liberally beyond a certain limit. If believing in religion and not following it makes me a hypocrite, doesn't believing in freedom and not using it to the fullest makes you one too?
This conflict had been the center of my thoughts for a long time until it was observed by a surprisingly intelligent and bold young woman. All that I would like to say to her, or to anyone that confronts me with the charge of 'hypocrisy' is that I have merely demanded the 'freedom to choose'. What I do with that freedom depends on my own unique moral fiber and outlook on life. Freedom is not lesser clothes vs. more clothes. Freedom is the 'power' to make this choice in the first place. Then whichever lifestyle my heart is inclined towards is a work of my nature you shouldn't be judgmental of. Such is not the matter with someone who hails an ideology as a universal truth, deems it applicable on all human beings, considers rebuttal of it the ultimate sin, sees non-believers as worthy of eternal damnation and still fails to apply it on himself/herself.
I demand the right for you to do the harmless things you have to keep hidden (like love) in the open, even if i may not get to/want to avail that liberty.
Does that make ME a hypocrite or YOU a cowardly sufferer of emotions that contrast with your belief system ?
I am a religious girl who observes Pardah and have a secret lover whom I meet occassionally. You call me a hypocrite.
You are not religious, you do not observe Pardah, you believe in freedom , yet I have never seen you getting involved with any boy. Shall i call you a hypocrite?
I believe religion is always right yet I do not cover my head. I call it my own weakness that I do not follow the commandments instead of calling the commandment fundamentally flawed. You call me a hypocrite.
You believe in freedom to dress and dare to disagree yet I have never seen you dress liberally beyond a certain limit. If believing in religion and not following it makes me a hypocrite, doesn't believing in freedom and not using it to the fullest makes you one too?
This conflict had been the center of my thoughts for a long time until it was observed by a surprisingly intelligent and bold young woman. All that I would like to say to her, or to anyone that confronts me with the charge of 'hypocrisy' is that I have merely demanded the 'freedom to choose'. What I do with that freedom depends on my own unique moral fiber and outlook on life. Freedom is not lesser clothes vs. more clothes. Freedom is the 'power' to make this choice in the first place. Then whichever lifestyle my heart is inclined towards is a work of my nature you shouldn't be judgmental of. Such is not the matter with someone who hails an ideology as a universal truth, deems it applicable on all human beings, considers rebuttal of it the ultimate sin, sees non-believers as worthy of eternal damnation and still fails to apply it on himself/herself.
I demand the right for you to do the harmless things you have to keep hidden (like love) in the open, even if i may not get to/want to avail that liberty.
Does that make ME a hypocrite or YOU a cowardly sufferer of emotions that contrast with your belief system ?
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