Citations:hypochristian

English citations of hypochristian, hypoChristian, and hypo-Christian

Noun: "(slang, derogatory) a Christian who behaves contrary to Christian tenets or values"

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• 1999, Trevy Ann McDonald, Time Will Tell, Reyomi Publishing (1999), →ISBN, page 99:

  "I don't feel like being bothered with those hypoChristians," Sina said.

• 2001 September 13, Larry Penoza, “Re: let me get this straight”, in rec.music.phish‎^[1] (Usenet):

  Just as the rabid fundamentalist nutcase hypochristians who bomb planned parenthood clinics are not representative of the average Christian, likewise the Islamic Jihad are a minority of all Muslims.

• 2003 October 23, quibbler [username], “Semi OT: Ridiculous Anti-abortion bumpersticker”, in alt.atheism‎^[2] (Usenet):

  Actually, it seem^[sic] that hypochristians like to invoke the holocaust a lot these days, which is rather ironic, considering the fact that many good xians were complicit in allowing the holocaust to claim as many lives as it did.

• 2004 June 12, Rhyanon, “Re: Celtic study group forming”, in alt.pagan‎^[3] (Usenet):

  Perhaps when they are no longer a gaggle of casserole baking, gossipping, self righteous whiners and hypochristians [like you], I shall feel more sociable towards them again....

• 2006, Curtiss De Vedrine, The Second Coming of Age: Liberty and Justice, Writers Club Press (2006), →ISBN, page 185:

  “Hypochristians believe they will soil themselves if they associate with poor Christians or non Christians,” she said. “They huddle together at their Sunday Schools gossiping about each other, especially whoever didn't show up, somehow believing they will go to Heaven because of their self professed goodness. […]

• 2006 October 11, none [username], “Re: Neither Liberal Nor Hypocrisy”, in alt.society.liberalism‎^[4] (Usenet):

  So, you reich-wing HypoChristians might want to remove the beam from your own eye before attempting to remove the speck from your neighbor's eye.

• 2008, Sterling R. Braswell, Crazy Town: Money. Marriage. Meth., Kallisti Publishing (2008), →ISBN, page 221:

  The Ted Haggard scandal is just one of numerous events involving what some refer to as hypochristians, those blustering crusaders for family values who fail miserably at living up to their own standards.

• 2008, Ellen L. Grant, After the Benediction, AuthorHouse (2008), →ISBN, page 36:

  Hypo-Christians will love Jesus and plan to sin. A hypo-Christian is half hypocrite and half-Christian, as will be explained in another chapter. Sinner on Saturday; saint on Sunday, and back to sinner on Monday.

• 2008, J. John Visser, Satan-el: Fallen Mourning Star, Covenant People's Books (2008), →ISBN, page 55:

  Easter is also another holiday, like Christmas, that the hypochristians like to use to prove the elect as “evil.”

• 2012, Blaise Cronin, Bloomington Days: Town and Gown in Middle America, AuthorHouse (2012), →ISBN, pages 113-114:

  Their parallel lives are not exactly secret, but as long as the indiscretions of these 'hypochristians' take place in the shadows, a blind eye will be turned and the Duchenne laughter will continue.