C.S. Lewis warned that when 'known' Christians behave badly, it hurts the cause of Christ.

There's a British novelist, Evelyn Waugh, who was once confronted by a woman about the way his words sometimes wounded people. She asked him how he could behave the way he did, and still call himself a Christian. He replied honestly to her criticism and said something like, "Madam, I may be as bad as you say, but believe me, were it not for my religion, I would scarcely be a human being." Although some may think they are better than some Christians they know, one ought to concentrate more on their own personal improvement than on comparing themselves to others who they think are worse than him.

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