2007-02-04 03:24:48 · 26 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I do not believe that love the sinner hate the sin is just a complex way of saying I hate you.
I do believe that love the sinner hate the sin is just a complex way of saying I love you.
The sin is a sin, you cannot change that.
The sinner, on the other hand, can find redemption and absolution if you offer your love and forgiveness to guide him/her.
2007-02-11 19:13:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://joshuakane.diaryland.com/older.html
http://www.gotquestions.org/love-sinner-hate-sin.html
I dislike this terminology more than any I hear the organized church spout off. They say it so piously and they have no idea what they are talking about. Nowhere do I find the idea of "love the sinner, hate the sin" in scripture. What I do find is this:
If anyone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we have not seen?
--1 John 4:20
You cannot hate and love at the same time. It is that bitter and sweet water that should not flow from the same fountain that James 3:10 talks about. You may say you love someone but your actions are the bitter or sweet water (blessing and cursing) that prove your words.
Sin is disobedience to God. It is a heart attitude; you know that thing (evil thoughts) on the inside no one can see. Jesus said that it is the abundance of the heart that controls what we do. We can cover it up with false words but eventually what we really feel with come out. I might see you do something I think is wrong but that doesn't make me better than you are. You may see me do things you would never do but that doesn't mean you are better than I am.
http://www.whosoever.org/v6i6/cindy.html
http://www.kencollins.com/disc-31.htm
http://www.the-highway.com/lovesinner_Gerstner.html
2007-02-12 11:04:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As a mother, I don't think so. I hate it when my kids are unkind to each other and fight. If I see kids fighting at the grocery store, I don't have such a strong emotional reaction -- if I'm in the wrong mood it's almost funny because I know how stressful it is for the mom, and I realize I'm not the only one to have to deal with this.
This leads me to believe that I hate the sin -- unkindness and selfishness -- all the more because I love my two little sinners so much. Sometimes people can be sanctimonious and SAY they hate the sin, not the sinner, but if they are involved in a loving way in the lives of the people's suffering, then I'd say they do hate the sin and love the sinner.
2007-02-04 11:33:58 · answer #3 · answered by rcpeabody1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Anyone that has ever had a son or daughter living a lifestyle that opposes the accepted norms of society understands that very well.
I know several men and women that have received nothing but grief from their children because of drugs, booze or a promiscuous lifestyle that, while they love their children, hate the decisions they have made in their life.
I really don't understand why this is so hard to understand.
2007-02-04 11:35:22 · answer #4 · answered by drg5609 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No the two are completely different. If you had someone you loved dearly caught up in something that was destroying their life and couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it - wouldn't you hate the thing that was destroying them? But you would still love that person dearly. Why is this so hard for some people to understand?
2007-02-09 05:01:25 · answer #5 · answered by wd 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, not at all. I can love a sinner because I'm one. I'm no better then another...but I don't have to love the sin..or say it's okay to do something against God. It's not okay...not for them or for me.
2007-02-12 11:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by Misty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No.
But that is a recent saying which was made up. God doesn't really say that.
He loves those that seek Him and seek to be righteous. Those who would rather do things which He calls evil, He will have nothing to do with.
Mal 2:17
17 You have wearied the LORD with your words.
"How have we wearied him?" you ask.
By saying, "All who do evil are good in the eyes of the LORD, and he is pleased with them"
(from New International Version)
2007-02-04 12:10:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No! It means you hate what the sinner is doing .
2007-02-04 12:02:38 · answer #8 · answered by June smiles 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People can actually like someone and dislike what they do.
If a child gets dirty, right after you've cleaned them up. You would not hate the child--you would hate the fact that the child got dirty again. I think that standard fits your conclusion
2007-02-12 10:52:30 · answer #9 · answered by j.wisdom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it means you do not if you are a believer try to bash out the head of a murderer. It means obeying Gods will. Difficult but can be done thru Christ
2007-02-12 03:49:34 · answer #10 · answered by EyeKneadPoints 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋