Imperfection [View all]

This is in relation to an observation I've had for those intent on countering anything religious. That is, whenever anything positive is reported on a religion (usually with regards to the Pope or the RCC) the detractors must point out that because their agenda/issue is not addressed or supported, then no amount of positive action and progress can outweigh their issue. The Pope/RCC/whomever/whatever thus becomes 100% negative and should be destroyed/removed/denounced.

Basically, it seems that they are wanting a perfect institution or a perfect human, and if any flaw is represented by the same, then there can be zero support.

No institution or person is perfect, not even the Democratic Party. And yet, most of us here are members of that institution. Does that then mean we're also all hypocrites? From the logic used by our detractors here, the answer should be 'yes.' But you won't find too many around here supporting that. It's okay to call out for a perfect religion and/or religious institute, but not okay to call for perfection in our common interest of democratic governship.

I think most of us will recognize and admit that our beliefs aren't perfect. Why should we then tolerate being called hypocrites (or worse) by those fellow members of an imperfect union of like-minded Democratic individuals?

I'm not advocating turning around and calling them out as hypocrites. But I do think we should at least point out the fact of no perfect institutes or humans, and that the seeming expectation of that just because their particular issue isn't first-priority is illogical and thoroughly unreasonable.