What Is It About Us "Religious" Folk..?

Salaam (Peace) to all...

I was reading over an article today, about a Pastor in Los Angeles who publicly criticized certain members of the Christian Community -- Bishop Weeks, Juanita Bynum, and Paula White -- for the unfortunate circumstances they have found themselves in.

Mind you, I am not deluded into thinking that what I'm about to speak on is a "Christian" problem. I understand that it is a "human" problem which tends to find its greatest manifestation among religious people in general...Jews, Christians, Muslims, etc.

What is it in us, who claim to believe in God, that causes us to be so quick to mock and ridicule a fellow believer who has fallen due to some imperfection, as if we have no imperfections?

I was really disappointed to hear of a Christian pastor openly mocking the misfortune of other Christian leaders, infecting his congregation with the spirit of condemnation of a fellow believer, instead of the spirit of compassion.

Instead of mocking our Brothers and Sisters in faith when they stumble (or fall), why not go to them and offer our SUPPORT...especially when they have demonstrated that they are sincere in the midst of their imperfections.

Many of us claim kinship to a "Jesus" who is lifted up as the epitome of Love, Mercy and Compassion. Should not those same wonderful attributes be found in the hearts of those who follow Him?

Or, do we fall into the category of the "hypocrites", of whom Jesus said, "this people draweth nigh unto me with their lips, but their hearts are far removed from me"?

It just seems to me that, instead of being so quick to "crucify" one another for the faults that must eventually manifest in all of us, we should run to each other's aid, and seek to "heal the sin sick soul".

"Love covereth a multitude of sins..."

RM