Some Phonies at HBU

Things seldom bother me to the point that I have to write about them. If I write, it is usually to make a point or to announce something that may or may not be of importance to others. In short, I write because I like writing. Lately, however, there is something that has been bothering me. At first I disregarded it as “people being people” but slowly it has escalated into something more. I came to HBU at the roll of dice, I applied to several schools and HBU was the first to want me. Having shattered my classes at junior college, I expected a challenge and lo and behold, HBU did not disappoint at all. Where as I used to study for an hour for a test, HBU makes me study hours (notice the “s”) for a test. What I am getting at is that I made a great academic choice in coming to HBU. Nowadays, I have to fight for As, and some classes are almost unbearable and very, very time consuming. However, I made a mistake coming to HBU on other premises.
As some of you may know, I continuously switch from Catholic to Apathetic Agnostic to Deist about as quickly as a neuron’s action potential. So the joke is on me, I am a phony in this regard. However, I have and never will claim to be a saint. I can occasionally use foul language, put people down, drink alcohol occasionally, go to strip bars, party and be entirely human. For all my faults, at the core, I am a pretty good person knowing right from wrong, and knowing my place in the world. When I realized that HBU was a Christian school, I was thrilled. I thought it was neat to attend a place where people were strong in faith and generally, to meet good people. I even thought I was going to get closer to God and strengthen my faith and all. Boy, was I in for a surprise. I may not have the observing eye of Sherlock Holmes, but many people I have come across can be categorized as major phonies. Please don’t misconstrue that I am one of those guys that constantly judge and criticize friends, quite the opposite, I am very down-to-earth and tolerant and hardly ever bring out stuff like this. 
At HBU, you start meeting all these individuals that subconsciously claim to be saints. They say stuff like “I love Jesus”, “I always go to church”, “God is beautiful”, “I am saved”, and so on. Now, of course this does not bother me at all! I am for that. What bothers me is that they project this image of being the “perfect Christian” and then turn around and do the exact opposite of a Christian. That is what bothers the hell out of me, because that is being a hypocrite. People claim they are goody-good two shoes and are “saved” and then do binge drinking, smoke, smoke pot, hook up with people of other religions, and have sex with the first member of the opposite sex (or even same sex) they come across. All these things, I could not care less if people do it, but why are people trying to portray this innocence and perception that they are doing everything according to God? That is horse manure. What kills me is that lots of the people I am talking about are Christianity majors. I am not saying that all the people at HBU are this way, there are many that are true examples of good Christians, like my friends David Mathew and Kim Do and professor Louis Markos. I think it is sad for people that are true to be marred by all these phonies running around claiming something they are not. Even certain phony professors get on my nerves, like Mark Proctor, who probably smokes with his buddies from 5th Ward.
I have friends from all the major religions, religion is something I do not have a problem with at all, it is the people that claim to be something they are not that bug me. This note is not to offend anybody, everyone lives life in whatever way they want; it’s just that it becomes annoying to me at a certain point. That is why I will soon be transferring from HBU to either UT Austin or University of Houston. People at those schools probably party more and drink more, but at least they are not claiming to be saints in the first place. I’d much rather be in an environment that is more truthful. Maybe I am at fault and it is I who is the problem. What do you guys think? Am I the bad guy in this picture? I will tell you this, if you want truth, I will give you truth and honesty all the time, not some of the time. And the truth hurts…