I have tried to avoid going down the hypocrisy path, because I am not sure that fits.  There are a number of ways people fall short:

* The are ignorant of what standard they uphold or name.

* The practice fraud to score points with people, in order to gain advantages.  I consider this hypocrisy.

* They strive to achieve high standards and fall short.  This will look like hypocrisy, but genuinely isn't.

In the general my issue with fanboys, it is probably far more of the first, of a system that is built upon not really teaching what Jesus said, ignoring what was said systemically, and props up a system that is nothing more than hell avoidance.  People are sold it, and then run off with it, believing they have the answer.  Then, they end up doing a large degree of harm, and turn people off and don't see it.  They could do this so much, they people who are the shilling Jesus fanboys end up believing their being rejected is a sign of a work of Satan, and then they end up like the Westboro Baptist Church, and get all angry.

Because of this view, I am not about to go and place hypocrisy here.  I think also, a bunch of this is probably me having to come to grips with how much off things are and the prospects that it isn't going to be different.  So, you see sorting through personal issues on my part.

Yet here you are in this thread proving quite the opposite.

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name, and in your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?' Then I will tell them plainly, 'I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!"

Matthew 7:21-23

I consider myself a Christian and I wasn't even offended by this.  I think Bill Maher gets it right.

I love this scripture and all I can say is Amen!

Since I saw it, it resonated with me.  I believe in the Eastern Orthodox Church, one of the errors/heresies they warn about is confusing national values and nationalism with Christian teaching.  It is easy for the values of a nation to creep in, people buy into it, and then think that the national values are Christian values.  I see a bunch of that around the American form of Christianity.  There is belief that America is destined by God for greatness, and good things out of America are seen as proof of Jesus being valid.  A bunch of junk gets picked up, and things Jesus teaches gets ignored.

And that, and the other verses around it (mainly before), end up being a wake up call for me.  It makes one think, when reading it, that one can end up seriously missing it.  And the missing it comes from one own's end of things.

Pretty much I have found that anyone that TELLS you how great a person they are is usually a con artists. Religious types, the more the talk, are usually the worst offenders - because they have the most to hide.

Red Flags are: "If I had ____ I would do this/give/loan it to you."

Plus, there is that whole section about the Bible not bragging/drawing attention to themselves.

A true Christian, meaning someone is selfless and loving, wouldn't need to tell you how great they are - they would show you.

Sorry, buddy, I hope you get your game(s) back.

that gave me a good laugh. that was so corny,it was funny.

Only partly related, but...

Yesterday I saw a BBC documentary about Jesus that in the end suggests Jesus was actually something like a buddhist monk, that he was indeed crucified but did not actually die on the cross, and instead after getting better went to Afghanistan where he died around the age of 80.

It sounds weird at first, but in the end their story provides a rational explanation for certain things told in the bible and sounds quite plausible. Anyone seen it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YbUEZfJJaQ
(The buddhist monk theory begins at about the middle of the video)