This might be a littleeeee confusing. My thoughts on this are a bit jumbled. (Wow, I sound smart :D)

I think a big issue that most people have with Christians is that they think we're hypocrites. And before you stop reading... don't stop reading, because I haven't finished what I was going to say. Read 'til the very end, then you can judge. I think one huge reason why people don't want to become a Christian is because they think we're hypocrites - although I think it's an excuse, but could defiantly* be a legitimate reason. The reason why I think it's an excuse is because EVERYONE'S  a hypocrite. If you're not going to be a Christian because you don't agree with hypocrites, or you don't want to hang around them or something, then you're basically calling yourself a hypocrite. Ooh, a cycle (right?). No one in this world - except for Jesus - has not been a hypocrite before. Maybe an atheist/ unbeliever can say, "Well I don't call myself perfect or good or holy like Christians do, so it doesn't matter if I'm a hypocrite or not". I'm not really sure how to explain, but that just doesn't make sense to me. (Or maybe I'm just biased and just don't agree w/o logical thinking... hey, I'm being honest here, so I won't sound retarded and mean.)

However, I think it may be a logical reason for not becoming a Christian at the same time because Christians shouldn't be hypocrites. It's not good for a Christian to say it's wrong to have abortion, but do it anyways. If you're a hypocrite as a Christian, how can you expect to be a good earthly leader for unbelievers? If we call ourselves the sons and daughters of our Father, yet do not do as He tells us, how can we expect unbelievers to come to Christ? 

(Here's kinda where the confusing part comes in...) 

BUT,

First, the train analogy. I remember learning this in Bible. So imagine a train. There's the engine, the coal car?, and the caboose. The engine (beliefs, I think) is fueled by the coal car (emotions, I think). (Beliefs comes about by your emotions) The caboose is at the end, and it's your will, or your actions. Usually at the end of the train (your beliefs, in a way), a caboose is expected to be there (good actions that support your belief are expected). The train doesn't always need a caboose to be a train, but it is always expected to be there. 

So you don't have to do good things to be considered a true Christian. A Christian is someone who believes in Christ and accepts Him into his/her heart. A Christian isn't really someone who gives money to the poor and gives away all his/her possessions. You don't have to go to church to be considered a Christian either, and you can probably accept Christ in your heart and kill hundreds of people, but God will still let you into heaven because you're well, still a Christian. 

BUT THEN AGAIN, if you're a Christian, with your love for God and full faith in Him, you'd be WILLING to SERVE GOD and do all these great things. You don't have to do good things to be a Christian, but if you are a Christian, you'd want to anyways. Bad analogy, but if you're best friends with Frank, you don't have to hang out with Frank a lot to be considered best friends, but you'd want to anyways. I'm not saying that every person who becomes a Christian will automatically turn good and loving, I'm just saying that it will take some time. Once they realize that they truly are moved and motivated by Jesus' love, they will be willing to change. 

So those Christians who are really bad hypocrites right now, they're gonna change someday (unless they're really not Christians but claim to be, then they're just... not Christians). And even if they do change, they WILL remain hypocrites (because it's impossible NOT to be a hypocrite) but probably better hypocrites. :D (Or worse hypocrites, in a way, if you know what I mean)

Second, I kind of get annoyed when Christians call other Christians hypocrites without admitting they are hypocrites first. There's this one girl I know, let's call her "Susie", who likes to hang out with our little group, but for some reason, no one really likes her and kind of tries to ditches her. There's another girl, let's call her "Lynette", who sometimes goes up to me and says, "Oh my gosh, they're jerks, I can't believe how they ditch Susie. That's mean. They're hypocrites. I can't believe how they call themselves /Christians/." I never really know what to say, because I'm scared of offending her somehow, but I sometimes feel annoyed when "Lynette" says that. 

What I always want to say to her is, "Honestly, I've never heard of anyone that isn't a hypocrite, Christian or not. You're a hypocrite, and so am I." And so on. I know tons of things that she has done that was very un-Christiany, but I know tons of things that I have done that was very un-Christiany as well. 

I guess it's just a dumb little pet peeve of mine, Christians calling other Christians hypocrites. Because I'm sure she realizes that she's a hypocrite sometime in her life...

And THIRD (pretty important), the people who don't want to become a Christian because we're hypocrites. Again, aren't you a hypocrite, too? And God WILL help everyone go through this. I remember we were taking a "survey" (we were evangelizing at the mall haha) and my youth pastor asked this one girl if she was a Christian. "No," she replied, and he asked her why. "Well, my dad is a Christian, but he's a hypocrite, so I don't really want to be a Christian." She answered. 

And my youth pastor asked her, "Well, think about it, is this Christianity relationship supposed to be with your dad, you, and Christ; or you and Christ alone?" And he's right. If you're not going to be a Christian because you don't agree with us hypocrites, does it matter? Is your relationship with Christ supposed to be a relationship with all these people, you, and Christ; or you and Christ ONLY? (BTW, the last one is the right answer... heh, just in case you didn't know) 

(I'm not saying that you shouldn't fellowship with other people, I'm just saying that it doesn't matter what other people's relationships are with Christ when you're having one with Christ. It's just you and Him.)

IN CONCLUSION, I guess what I wanna say is that WE ARE ALL HYPOCRITES, and CHRISTIANS SHOULD NOT BE HYPOCRITES, AND THEY WILL CHANGE IF THEY ARE HYPOCRITES (which we all are), BUT IT WILL TAKE TIME, AND EVEN AFTER THEY CHANGE, THEY WILL STILL REMAIN HYPOCRITES BUT BETTER (or worse hypocrites, if you know what I mean, again) HYPOCRITES. :) BECAUSE BASICALLY, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO BE A HYPOCRITE. 

*Whenever I spell the word "definently" it always says I'm spelling it wrong. Isn't "defiantly" like deh-fie-ant-lee? Not def-en-nent-ly?