The Hypocritical Christianity Exposed in Bernard Shaw's Major BarbaraBernard Shaw reveals in his plays a type of religious standard that is not dissimilar to Christianity but with what most people see it as a stereotypical view of hypocritical Christianity. Shaw's concept of Crosstianity, as he calls it, shows a religion in which the church preaches what the rich and powerful tell it, scoundrels are treated as equals, and punishment is about prosecution rather than salvation. “Poetic justice” governs judicial punishment rather than redemption. Everyone is intrinsically equal. The scene in Major Barbara where Bill Walker is confronted for his attack on the safe house is revealing of the concepts of Crosstianity. Walker expects that he will be punished in the same way as his crime and even wants this to ease his guilt. If Barbara had allowed him to pay monetarily or physically for his abuse of Jenny and the old woman, that would have been Crosstianity. He would release his guilt and continue on his way without any real change in his moral character. Barbara, however, isn't ...