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"Many Christians act as hypocrites and stray into immorality, going against what Jesus (peace be upon him) taught. He said, ‘You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, when he said: "This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me"' (Matthew 15:7-8), and warned against sin, yet some drink alcohol, ignore modesty, or chase wealth—things he never endorsed. The Qur'an says, ‘The Messiah, son of Mary, was no more than a messenger' (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:75), but they've made him a god, twisting his call to righteousness.
In Islam, we live his true example—prayer, fasting, and justice—as Allah commands: ‘Indeed, Allah loves those who act justly' (Surah Al-Ma'idah, 5:42). The Qur'an warns of such hypocrisy: ‘And when it is said to them, "Come to what Allah has revealed," they say, "Rather, we will follow that which we found our fathers doing"' (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:170). Jesus' way was submission to Allah, not their contradictions."
The assertion that the moral failings of individual Christians invalidate the truth of Christianity is a logical fallacy that attempts to conflate the perfection of the Saviour with the imperfection of the saved. This attack is particularly hypocritical as the Qur'an itself is replete with warnings against moral failure and internal deceit.
1. Christ's Perfection vs. Human Imperfection
The opponent is confusing the Standard with the Follower.
2. The Pot-Kettle Fallacy: Hypocrisy in the Quran
The claim that Christian hypocrisy proves the faith's falsehood is a massive case of the pot calling the kettle black, as the Qur'an extensively condemns the hypocrites (al-munāfiqūn) within its own community.
3. The Analogy of the Physician
The entire attack is like standing in a hospital and claiming the cure doesn't work simply because the patients are still sick. Christianity is the hospital for the spiritually sick. If people in the hospital are still ill or occasionally lapse, it doesn't mean the Physician (Christ) lacks skill; it means the patients are human and need the cure.
We dismiss the attempt to judge the truth of the Gospel by the failure of its adherents. Our faith rests on the perfection of Christ, not the imperfection of Christians, a human failing that the Qur'an itself acknowledges is endemic to belief.