One of the things that has often puzzled me is the ability of so called genuine Christians to discard their beliefs in favour of their own life style preferences.

If I sat and thought about it hard enough I could find hundreds of examples.  One that comes to mind is the ability of Christians I know to misrepresent the truth.  In many life situations they would endorse telling the truth but in other situations that involve money they would willingly misrepresent the facts.  It might be winding back the odometer in a car or deliberately hiding faults from a potential buyer.

Another matter that is extremely common is people's willingness to abandon the "teaching" of their faith on marriage, divorce and adultery in favour of their extra curricular desires for another partner.  Few people are willing to try and patch up their marriage relationship even though their own Biblical beliefs encourage them to do so.  Some Christians would argue that such wilful and purposeful disobedience is unforgivable.

The point is that in many areas of life Christians are prepared to choose their own life style choices above and beyond the requirements of their particular brand of faith.  What does this say about their faith and belief in the truth they espouse?