Tainted View.........

One of my freinds and I were in conversation about how for him religion has given him a tainted view, thus why he does follow the christian "path or principles". On the stage front he was saying the Ma$e(a rapper) seems to have discreted himself for his recent associations to G-Unit. For someone who left the world of Rap to follow the path of the lord, for him to make such a moves seems to be VERY questionable. If we think about this.......this taints alot of peoples views of religion. Hence my freind. Now on the lower level, I know that christians backslide, because no one is perfect, but should there not be more of a concious effort for those who have made the self proclaim that they are followeres of the word. People of who I work with everyday for the last five years have shown me a trend that does not coincide with what they put out on the religious front. I never paid it much attention, put as my freind pointed this out. He was saying for the person,who is question, to be on the proclaimed christian way, there has been alot of pretentious backbiting, and selfishness for some time now. He feels that the person in question should stop saying one thing and do another. The first thing I thought about was "do unto others as you would have them do unto you." Its funny how as you get older, small things like that phrase you learn from your parents and church, have more importance as the days go by.
(**alot of info was left out in ths post to keep from directly implicating the person in question**)

The moral of the post is, do you feel you have a tainted view of religion like my friend because of people that talk the talk, but dont walk it?......More to come on this subject.