Our current society seems to do a great deal of virtue
signaling. Yes, there seems to be a whole lot of self-righteous finger-pointing
lately. The thing is that all this virtue signaling these days is being done by people who think they are good but are far from perfect towards
people who are also far from perfect. The Judeo-Christian Scriptures has
something to say about this.
1 Fools say in their hearts,
“There is no God.”
They are corrupt; they do abominable
deeds;
there is no one who does good.
2 The Lord looks down from
heaven on humankind
to see if there are any who are wise,
who seek after God.
3 They have all gone astray;
they are all alike perverse;
there is no one who does good,
no, not one.
- Psalm 14: 1-3, NRSVUE
Psalm 53: 2-3 repeats the foregoing message found in Psalm
14 once again. Moreover, in Roman 3:10-12, Saint Paul repeats it in the New
Testament. If one is too self-righteous for Scriptures, I suppose the behavior
will not stop. However, I must say that when one points a finger there are
three other fingers pointing back in one’s own hand. I will keep this brief and
stop here. Blessings!
Reference:
Bible, NRSVUE Version