Morality

Hypocrisy is the cardinal sin that infects mankind.

   A well informed electorate is essential to a democracy, but when an organized, ill-informed and misled minority manipulates the electoral process to foment unrest and light the fearful fires of xenophobia, traditional values of morality are in serious danger.
   Many who claim to follow principles of a religion often debase the concept of religion through their immoral behavior. But religion, however, has little to do with morality. Religion deals with a person's relationship with a deity. Morality deals with one's relationship with others.
   Many religious faiths teach morality. At the same time, those who follow no religious path are often very moral people. They walk a moral path, even as they avoid formal religious teachings.
   Others, meanwhile, corrupt the religious principles they claim to follow by committing immoral, even evil, acts.

   These fanatics do evil in the name of good. And that is the ultimate hypocrisy.