It must be so hard to lecture the world on morality without sounding sanctimonious. I do not yet know of anyone who has managed to achieve it.
A particularly atrocious and virulent government comes to mind, which was strongly allied to the established church and its beliefs, and correspondingly hateful in its politics. They campaigned on a 'family values' ticket, and in due course they were toppled one by one for doing the very things they said they were against. That was no surprise. People must be people. This is exactly the sort of hypocrisy, born of bronze age make-believe, that I find so deceitful. If I want to consult ancient words of wisdom, then I would look no further than Aesop. His words are wise, moral, and above all kind. He does not seek to judge, either on his own behalf or on behalf of an imaginary and invisible being.
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