It's important to think about this from a psychological perspective as well. It may be that a person is struggling within and cannot fully come to terms with it. As a result, they may act out or assume a double life. For those struggling, we could write them off to being hypocrites or we could consider that they are trying to gather the strength to find out who they are. Some will lead double lives without a second thought. They may not feel the pain of true inner struggle but rather wonder how much they can get away with as long as it suits their needs. Others will struggle under a constrictive environment created by the cult. They will feel constantly at odds and may "try out" the outside world to get a better sense of where they stand. This type of double life will tear them apart and eventually they will make choice. Still others will recognize the witnesses for what they are and pretend so that they can keep a foot in while trying to get others out. Let's face it, you have alot to lose when you considering breaking the rules or leaving. Yes, there are people who are probably devoid of basic human integrity and will never apologize for their hypocrisy but I can't believe all the ones leading double lives are like that. Instead, I believe they are questioning but are too afraid to bring it out into the open or are not prepared YET to do that. The organization tries to squash people's freedom to make choices by attaching major penalties. It's a rare person who can just stand up and defy the organization before they test the waters in some fashion.
Surprisingly, my struggle with this comes in door to door preaching. Those that have doubts or know the score, are they responsible for enslaving others just because the are frightened and cannot stand up against the organization to do what they know is right?
It'd be too easy to condemn people outright for their hypocrisy. Although there are plenty of people who probably deserve it. I find it unacceptable that the higher powers in the organization itself are so wholly hypocritical. However, they are different than most rank and file members in that they encourage organizational-wide hypocrisy for their own empowerment. Hypocrisy breeds hypocrisy. But let's not forget that many of the rank and file are victims trying to supress their natural urges for freedom.
