Unchristian / Question of the Day ??

I shared earlier that I'm reading the book "Unchristian". I'm also going to First Baptist Church in Vicksburg on Sunday evenings where there's a class going through the book. Last night we discussed the chapter entitled "Hypocrite".

It seems that we Christians are seen as hypocrites by younger generations of people outside the church. Well, duh! As the book says in the beginning "we have an image problem." But what got me was the fact that out of the research came this little tidbit. We're not the only ones. You see, the younger generations seem to think of everyone as hypocrites...even, surprising enough, themselves.

So it isn't that we're this terrible group of folks that are hypocritical and so should be shunned by outsiders. But the truth may be just as bad because this leads folks to believe that we're no different from them. We are seen as the same as everyone else...as hypocritical in our lifestyles as the next person. So if this is the case, many outsiders (especially younger ones) might be thinking that I'm already like them and don't even have to go to church. So why change.

What do you think? What's the solution to our image problem? Can it be solved? Do you think we have an image problem? Do you think that people are justified in believing us hypocritical? Pick any or all to answer.