2007-07-11 16:42:37 · 15 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To be honest, I really don't know but I HATE that saying. It's such crap. If you love someone you love everything about them including the fact that they are gay
2007-07-11 18:38:38 · answer #1 · answered by For Da Be Dan- Liza p 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You're making the same mistake that fundamentalist, "Bible-only" Christians often make -- which is assuming that the Bible, and nothing else, is the sole rule of Christian faith. The Bible is not the sole rule of faith for Christians -- it's a belief that separates Catholics like myself from other Christians. Other Christians do believe that the Bible is the sole rule of faith for Christians -- but the Catholic position is that there is NO verse in the Bible that claims that status for itself. In fact, the Bible even suggests the opposite -- in John 21:25 and elsewhere. So, there is nothing wrong with taking a phrase that does not specifically appear in the Bible -- such as "love the sinner, hate the sin" -- and using it to convey a hard-to-deny message. This is a point I usually make when debating a "Bible-only Christian" who has issues with Catholicism. I think this is the 1st time I've ever argued this point with an atheist! .
2016-05-20 02:16:13 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean 'In the phrase, ..."., nowhere in the bible does it state that. You are referring to people that say they love Gay people but don't love the sin of homosexuality.
What does the Bible really say about homosexuality? Actually, very little. Most significantly, Jesus said nothing at all. Considering the relatively small amount of attention the Bible pays to the subject, we must ask ourselves why this is such a volatile issue. Other subjects about which the scriptures say a great deal (e.g. judgment, pride, hypocrisy) receive much less passionate attention. Before looking at specific passages, it is important to note that everyone understands the scriptures based on, and through, the light of what they have been taught. The Bible was not written in a cultural void, and many of its instructions and laws are simply classified as less relevant today (e.g. prohibition against eating pork).
Nowhere does the Bible actually address the idea of persons being lesbian or gay. The statements are, without exception, directed to certain homosexual acts. Early writers had no understanding of homosexuality as a psychosexual orientation. That truth is a relatively recent discovery
2007-07-11 16:50:10 · answer #3 · answered by TRACER ™ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In the Bible it says all of mankind sins.
So if you don't have the "hate the sin, love the sinner" mindset, you'd hate everyone.
But the word of God is supposed to be about love.
2007-07-11 16:46:11 · answer #4 · answered by pamiekins 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
the phrase is not in the bible. but two other phrases are: a) hate sin, and b) love everyone
2007-07-11 16:46:26 · answer #5 · answered by rebecca v d liep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No it is not quoted from the bible.
But as Christians we are taught not to hate others . And we are taught to love.
So the principal does make sense.
Because you shouldn't condone someones sin but you should still love the person.
2007-07-11 16:47:52 · answer #6 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, it's not Biblical. "Christians" just use that because they don't want to have to think about how the "sin" might not really be a sin.
2007-07-11 16:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by The Pope 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I find that it caters to those who think that they don't sin who are Christian: i.e. Fundies.
I don't like it anymore than WWJD?
Some Christans seem to need mantras that are anything but from the Bible.
2007-07-11 16:54:37 · answer #8 · answered by Christian Sinner 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 Timothy 1:15-16, NIV (Paul speaking)
2007-07-11 16:50:34 · answer #9 · answered by SDC 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Hate the sin, love the sinner." ~Mahatma Gandhi
2007-07-11 16:47:23 · answer #10 · answered by Cognitive Dissident ÜberGadfly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋