Sometimes I am a real hypocrite. I confess this, freely. I do what I know is wrong, I do not follow the things that I know to be true, but I still know that they are what they are regardless of what I do. Sometimes I get angry at a stupid drive, and sometimes I wish them harm. Then I do something stupid and feel God tapping me on the shoulder, saying in the language of spiritual emotion, "how does it feel to play kettle to the pot, Mr. Charred Cooking Container?" I get enraged at the police when they bust into someone's house with a mock commando unit euphemistically called a SWAT unit and kill someone over a joint of pot. Then I realize that I am not perfectly just and I feel a little ashamed because once again, I am not perfect.
Still, I try to train myself a little here, a little there. To never take joy in seeing an evil person punished, to see that I have done everything that has in the past gotten me mad at someone, and to experience pity and sorrow for my enemies. Though I sometimes fail, I have realized something important. If hypocrisy denies us a right of action, then who will stand up for what is right? And that's why I say only reflect in a way that makes you better, not that disarms you, because you never know when self-assuredness might be what saves another person from misery or harm. Someday, every person very well may face a day where they will have to act with confidence, knowing full well that they are hypocrites sometimes.
I think the whole hypocrisy argument--w/ particular emphasis on the anti-Christian slurs we hear--is used as a tool to stifle dissent, while focusing on the weaknesses of one group, & ignoring those of others.
Most people have standards. Nobody lives up to his standards at all times. If this is a legitimate basis for criticism, then no one is exempt, except those who have none.
Those who use this argument in my experience have been some of the most blatant hypocrites I have ever met. For example, I have been called judgemental and a hypocrite because I am not 100% sexually pure and believe homosexuality is wrong. Ironically, the person who accused me of that believes that pedophiles and many other types of deviants are total scum. Fitting, isn't it, how hypocritical such people can be?
I'm 100% sexually pure.
Sexual purity - being faithful to your partner and self.
Now if your definition to your made-up-ness is different, I might actually not be as sexually pure as I once believed. And to this I state "Oh well ;)"...
Concerning hypocrisy, do what you believe to be true, as often as possible, which quite often is most of the time. As you mentioned above, we are human, humans error, we're not perfect.
Get this little fella, no one, even Him, expects us to be this perfect being. Intention backedup with action is the best that we can do, usually :)
*sigh*
Sexual purity is not something that any of us have, WW. Do you have a desire to be sexually loyal to your spouse? Then I think you're ok on that part. God does not desire abstinence, just pure marital relations between man and woman. I think it would make God a little bit sad if we didn't choose that route, actually.