Hate the sin, lover the sinner--complete lie or just modestly disingenuous?

Answer 1

complete lie. Most christians I know hate homosexuals. not just the sin but the person.

Answer 2

Even as Jesus was hanging naked from that old rugged cross, beaten beyond recognition, and surrounded by the same people who yelled out demands that he be crucified, He cried out "Father forgive them, they know not what they do!" He loves us all to the point that He stretched out his arms and gave up His life so that we could all have an equal opportunity to get saved and be delivered from sin, death and eternal damnation.

So in answer to your question, "love the sinner; hate the sin" is exactly what God has called us to do, and Jesus set the perfect example by being a human sacrifice even for his enemies. Yes, some Chrsitians are "wolves in sheep's clothing", but there are also plenty of real Christains who live to do God's will and really do have genuine concern for souls.

Answer 3

Disingenuous, without even a hinty of modesty.

This is used a lot in the LGBT section - and I take the line that if you feel strongly enough to hate what I am (without any choice on my part), then you hate me.

It is a phrase used by people too cowardly to think for themselves, and as a way of feeling superior without actually having to take any personal responsibility for their bigotry and hatred.

It always makes me laugh (albeit sadly) when people witter on about how they have gay friends - and how they love them as people, but just hate the sin - not seeming to realise that it is the "sin" of homosexuality that makes their "friends" the people they are - that is a really vile hypocrisy.
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Answer 4

It's disingenuous if you address the sinner in a hateful tone and then say that.

Answer 5

Neither. It's a way of life.

Take this example. Your son just robbed a bank and shot a man. Stealing and Murder are sins. You hate that your son did this, but you still love him, right. Thus, you hate the sin, but love the sinner.

I have quite a few gay friends. Just because I hate homosexuality doesn't mean I hate them. They know how I feel, but I don't treat them like dirt, say bad things about them behind their back or do any of the things that you seem to think I'd do.

Answer 6

Complete lie. No one truly separates their opinion of a person from what that person does. Hate the serial-killing-cannibalism but love the serial-killer-cannibal? Please. Christians hate people for just disagreeing with them on the orgin of the universe, let alone engaging in conduct they abhor and their Biblical writers call "depraved."

Answer 7

It's thinly veiled hate. A person with true altruism and compassion understands CALMLY, not with hate, that the action arises due to causes and conditions. Hatred stems from something that's an affront to the EGO.

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Answer 8

This is one of my favs.

The translation from Christian to human leaves us with: "Yes, you're completely, totally, utterly wrong, and you're going to hell for it besides - but we won't hold that against you personally! We'll leave that to God!"

It's obviously a way for the "Christian" to maintain his image of himself as a compassionate love-monger while simultaneously indulging in base hatred and bigotry.

I'd prefer to be hated outright!

BTW - we owe "Saint" Augustine for this felicitous phrase. The morbid sexual degenerate who honed the Christian hallucination of "Original Sin."

Answer 9

Just another way to not take responsibility for ones actions.

Answer 10

neither of the above, but rather reasonable and quite a common experience. Any mother whose kid does something really bad loves her kid even if she hates what he did.

this is the underlying reason behind the existence of Christ: that God loved us even when we were sinning. He hated our sin, but loved us, and decided to act to remove our sin.