SuperAtheist wrote:
For example, let's say you're a Christian listening to a Muslim preach to you about how he lives his life according to Islam and says "I don't drink alcohol, I'm a Muslim" while eating a pork chop. You don't have to believe in the Qu'ran or believe that eating pork is bad to point out that HIS beliefs/holy book says he shouldn't eat pork. Are you "taking the side" of the Qu'ran by pointing out his hypocrisy? No.
No one's arguing that said scenario would not be hypocrisy. But to follow the analogy, it's not a Christian listening to a Muslim, but a vegan listening to a Muslim. And to the vegan, chicken and pork are both meat and eating them is wrong. So he attempts to argue to the Muslim eating some chicken that what he's eating is the same as pork and thus he's violating his own religious beliefs and is a hypocrite.
The issue isn't with the meaning of hypocrisy, but with your interpretation of the subject matter. Just as a vegan might not see a distinction between chicken and pork, you don't see a distinction between being charitable and giving away *all* your possessions (or allowing the government to tax them all away).