"Christians are not perfect. Stop expecting us to be"

Please don't expect perfection from us.

Some people are confused about Christians- they seem to believe that Christians should be "perfect", and as soon as they see a Christian do something "imperfect" (i.e. swear, get a little angry, watch a dirty movie or porn magazine, etcetera), they are quick to judge us.

Yet, at the same time, Christians are often condemned for being judgemental and self-righteous for not doing bad things.

Do you want us to act "perfect" or not? Because it seems I can't win as a Christian- if I go along with the crowd and get drunk, have sex, etcetera, I'm being a "bad Christian for not being perfect", yet if I don't, will you also accuse me of being a "boring, self-righteous goodie-two shoes who thinks he's better than the rest of us"?

It's a rather unrealistic standard for anyone- Christian or not.

I'm not perfect- I have my virtues, of course, but also my vices. I am angry, resentful, short-tempered, insecure, paranoid, jealous, socially awkward, lazy, arrogant, anti-social, proud, lustful, occasionally abusive to women, watch horror/gore movies at times, swear (despite condemning it as "immature") and do other things that are bad and unhealthy for a Christian.

No, I am not proud of these vices. Yes, I am trying to better myself, and I'm certainly aware of them. No, I do not delight in these things, because I know they are sinful, and I wish to be free of them. Yes, I am convicted these things are deplorable to GOD, and yes I am repenting and trying to overcome my vices so that I am a better person, more pleasing to my LORD who died for me.

And no, I'm not trying to judge anyone for any of their vices either- just know that they are sinful.

A Christian is someone who accepts Christ as their Saviour because they are not perfect and know it. And we're not motivated by fear- we have a Divine relationship, thus are motivated by love for our Lord.

So please stop expecting us to be perfect- it's not entirely fair. We're all bad, hypocritical, self-righteous, sinful, evil at times- Christian and non-Christian. You only notice it more with Christians, because of the presupposed moral stigma.

(I must say, though, I personally find it interesting when non-Christians judge Christians for being "un-Christian" when we do somethig bad. It shows that they seem to recognize good and evil after all, and expect Christians to be the ones caring about morality enough to be consistent with their beliefs and always act good- it kind of makes atheists look amoral. Not saying they are, but it doesn't do atheism any favours by only criticizing religious people when they do bad things for not being moral, like they should be because they're religious).

Stamps I did not makes, but are awesome and somewhat relevant:



I hope these people don't mind me using their stamps, since I didn't actually ask their permission, but there was no caption saying otherwise