Logan Paul is getting deeper into Christianity, but he’s not giving every Christian a free pass just because they claim to follow Jesus. The WWE Superstar admitted religious hypocrisy has bothered him for years, especially when people use Christianity to convince everyone they’re good while their actual behavior tells a completely different story.
The subject came up during Logan’s conversation with Christian creator Bryce Crawford on IMPAULSIVE as Logan explained why religion never completely connected with him when he was younger. Despite growing up around church, Logan said there was one thing he kept noticing that made him keep Christianity at arm’s length. Logan explained:
“I witnessed and saw like a lot of hypocrisy.”
When Crawford asked him for an example, Logan didn’t want to start naming names, but he made it pretty obvious what kind of person he was talking about. For Logan, the problem is when somebody treats Christianity like a character reference—basically pointing to their faith as proof they’re a good person while still doing things that don’t exactly line up with what Jesus taught. Logan said:
“Well, technically you can always ask for forgiveness, right? And so I don’t want to like—I’d prefer not to give examples—but like I think we can all extrapolate here. Like, you know, there was—there’s people in particular who rely on Christianity to try to convince everyone they’re not a bad person, or—or—or—or like, or like maybe bad person is a little harsh, but like do things that are not—that I don’t think Jesus would be very approving of it.”
That’s the part Logan clearly can’t get behind. He wasn’t arguing that Christians have to be perfect. In fact, the entire conversation revolved around people screwing up, asking for forgiveness and trying to become better. Logan’s issue was with people who seem to use the religion itself as cover instead of actually changing how they live.
Crawford agreed there’s a difference between somebody genuinely trying to improve and somebody treating forgiveness like an unlimited license to keep doing whatever they want. The conversation later gave Logan a pretty clear example of where he personally draws that line.
While discussing Christians who confront LGBTQ people at Pride events, Logan brought up street preachers carrying signs claiming God hates people. Logan said that kind of behavior doesn’t look very Christian to him at all. Logan said:
“Those people to me are not good Christians because they’re preaching hatred. They’re preaching that God hates someone. And I don’t believe that God hates anyone.”
He then explained that his understanding of Christianity is that God is constantly working on people rather than simply writing them off. Logan even called the idea of telling somebody that God hates them sinful in itself.
“I think that God and Jesus and the Holy Spirit are continuously working on all of us. They’re continuously working to make us better people, to align us more with God’s word.”
“So the idea that God hates anyone, I think that that’s a sin and a blasphemous piece of signage to have. I don’t think that that’s fair.”
That pretty much gets to the heart of Logan’s problem with religious hypocrisy. He’s not claiming Christians never mess up—he openly admits he does too. What bothers him is when somebody wears Christianity like proof of good character while acting in ways he believes completely contradict the message they’re preaching.
Logan’s relationship with Christianity may be stronger than it has ever been, but he clearly isn’t checking his skepticism at the church door. If someone wants to tell the world they follow Jesus, Logan seems to think their actions better give people a reason to believe it.
What do you make of Logan Paul calling out people who use Christianity to convince others they’re good? Do you think he has a point about religious hypocrisy, or do you see it differently? Let us know what you think in the comments.
