There is a bit of Christian wisdom I think we could all benefit from, namely "Hate the sin, love the sinner."
It seems that we're blaming individuals for the way the entire Christian institution behaves, trying to turn religious beliefs into law. Now, with sin being a religious concept, we need a different catchy slogan to make this idea our own. My idea is this: Love the dog, hate the dogma.
(This is in no way calling anyone a dog, but I just liked how the word-play turned out...)
What are your suggestions?
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2007-01-26 02:04:02 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I shall love the dog but hate the dogma.
2007-01-26 02:13:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Since I've always thought "Hate the sin, love the sinner" was a completely ridiculous idea as you are essentially taking responsibility for sinning away from the individual, I'm afraid I can't support your endeavor here.
Perhaps something along the lines of "Help the dog, hate the dogma" would work better in my mind.
2007-01-26 02:14:46 · answer #2 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yay I keep saying this - don't know if anyone has noticed but if i am derogatory i usually use the askers own question and turn it around. Its my way of attempting to show thee is another point of view. I like your word play but it wont work for militant pagans - as there is no dogma, or there is now sadly a militant sect of Buddhists.
How about 'Hate the Iron Fist, Love the Irony' - not great but the best I can do
2007-01-26 02:17:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A time is to come when you will be presented with the law of the Living God. You do not believe that now, and that is absolutely your choice, I as a Christian have no intention of sitting here to try to convince you otherwise, and God makes it clear that it is essential that you have that choice. That being said, keep in mind that there is alot more wisdom to be had than some catchy slogan. Unfortunately, in many cases wisdom can jump up and bite someone on the butt and they wouldn't even know it.
2007-01-26 02:17:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
First of all, you are correct in your thought that sin is a religious concept. "Concept" being the operative word here.
Sin does not exist in our reality. What does is cause and effect. First there is the action, then the reaction. "Instant karma" as John Lennon once said. That being the case, how can one love the sinner but not the sin when neither exists in reality?
What you do comes back to you. Once a person understands how attraction works in our physical reality, a simple shift in focus creating different actions will automatically create the corresponding reactions.
Case closed.
2007-01-26 02:12:54 · answer #5 · answered by gjstoryteller 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Love the dog, hate the dogma! That's a great saying! But, of course, dogs have no dogma! They love unconditionally. Cheers!
2007-01-26 05:40:19 · answer #6 · answered by Black Dog 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why is this just a call to non-believers?
I honestly think that even us that do believe should remember this and love everyone, even different denominations of the church; catholics, baptists, methodists, etc. I think we get so caught up in what we all do and don't believe what is right and we forget the most imiportant thing: LOVE.
but i totally agree with you. even non-believers should have a kind of slogan thing to remind each other to love.
thank you for this reminder.
2007-01-26 02:14:34 · answer #7 · answered by sampickinsweet 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You cannot love everyone;it is ridiculous to think you can. If you love erveryone and everything you lose the your powers of selection and wind up being a pretty poor judge of charecter and quality. If anything is used too freely it loses its true meaning. Therefore, the Satanist believes you should love strongly and complely those who deserve your love, but never turn the other cheek to your enemy!
2007-01-26 02:20:08 · answer #8 · answered by Born again atheist 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sin is merely whatever some priests say is wrong. I use my own judgement, for I see that so-called "sins" are used against people to make them feel guilty and give priests totalitarian control over them. Jesus said that to think of committing adultery is as bad as doing it. That is silly. Any normal person thinks much about sex, and to say that such natural behavior is sin is outrageous. I refuse to accept such stuff.
2007-01-26 02:13:36 · answer #9 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am none of the above but I believe in God and Jesus. So I'll say I am a Stoic/Realist. I used to believe in the Christian God until I learned enough to know they are all worshiping the image that the "devil" set up.
2007-01-26 02:26:11 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋