more disgrace

(Why do so many thoughts occur while driving?)

To some degree, you could say that we are avoiding disgrace when (if) we rebel from associating with Christian groups we either are ashamed of or disagree with. Maybe we won't register as a Republican because of the ridicule associated with George Bush, or we won't join an anti-abortion group because the public associates them with clinic bombings and doctor assassinations. Maybe we see hypocrisy in evangelical churches, so we look for something more liturgical.

Maybe we are hypocrits, too -- avoiding the disgrace God freely gives (?) and takes away.