It is my opinion that people who profess to hold certain values and take them seriously should live consistently with those values.
I think of this every time I see a certain person who used to be my boss. We had a contentious parting, some of which was my fault. But once it was clear that I was going to have to leave the company, I picked an exit date that turned out not to be convenient for the company. The company tried to change my mind, but I felt I had suffered enough humiliation being forced out that I could salvage some of my dignity by going on my terms.
In an effort to assure my co-worker, whom my boss thought my untimely departure would find problematic, said to my co-worker words to the effect: "We have a lot of friends at [name of company Stuart is going to] and we'll talk with them so -- [here's the punch line] -- if it doesn't work out for us, it may not work out for Stuart."
In other words, they would try to scuttle my new gig because even though I was being forced out, I was leaving sooner than would be convenient for them. This person who was willing to try to undermine my new job for the sake of convenience is a professed Christian. He even is holding religious meetings during business hours at my old company. Forcing someone out and then threatening to scuttle his new job doesn't strike me as being very consistent with Christian values. And in my opinion, consistency is important.
