If you love someone, does that mean you have to absolutely adore every aspect about them? (including smelly feet, annoying habits, etc...)
Than why is it so hard to accept the concept that Christians love everyone, but not nessesarily approve of & adore certain behaviors they exhibit?
2007-07-20 04:59:10 · 16 answers · asked by redglory 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Amen, rangedog!
2007-07-20 05:08:56 · update #1
Appearantly "noble angel" you don't comprehend what you read either.
2007-07-20 05:10:42 · update #2
Phoenix, this question has nothing to do with homosexuality. It is a generalization. I hear many people claim that it is impossible to love someone and yet not like 'some' of their actions/behaviors/attitudes.
2007-07-20 05:12:32 · update #3
Jesus loved all men:
John 3:15-21
Romans 10
He won't accept them if they rebel and want to keep their sin.
He is not PC and didn't change when poeple did.
John 3:23
John 6:23
Eph 2:8-9
The bible is 100% correct.Man and his ideas aren't.
Yes,christain need to love all people (including poor,weak,lonely,low IQ,broken hearted).
Christian are commanded to love each other even if they don't meet our standards.
2007-07-20 09:08:17 · answer #1 · answered by robert p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is in human nature to associate the sin with the sinner, and feel hate and anger. It is a challenge not to do so, but those on a spiritual path strive to have love and compassion for people, no matter what their actions. This is not only a Christian belief, btw. It is common across many religious paths, at least all of the ones I have studied, especially Buddhism.
2007-07-20 12:09:06 · answer #2 · answered by s1sm00n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, when it comes to homosexuality, you are hating an integral part of the person's life, being, and personality. That pretty much equates to hating the person. I'm not sure how you could separate the two in that instance. If a characteristic you are born with is a sin, wouldn't you hate the person if you hated the sin?
2007-07-20 12:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They hate the sinner and secretly love the sin. The things labeled "sin" were purposely chosen. They are the things that everyone does and loves and so they are the things that everyone pretends not to do and not to love. Lots of pretending, no honesty or sincerity.
Just because someone slaps on a Christian label doesn't mean they love everyone. The Christian prototype maybe, not real ones. They're no different than regular people except for their label and weakmindedness.
2007-07-20 12:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by Fish Stick Jesus 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Looking over the sin, is that looking over it, not condoning the sin and I think that is what you mean? maybe you want to not bring up the sin and just let you be, well loving the person is dealing with issues too.
If you have kids, you are going to deal with their sins and teach them right from wrong, is don't matter if your 80 and your 50 year old is doing something wrong-someone who loves the person....your going to help them see a bigger picture. Just out of caring for your soul, not necessarily you 'the person'.
2007-07-20 12:08:38 · answer #5 · answered by Blaze 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nobody gets it!!!!
Love the sinner:
No matter what the person does you have to be their friend! You shouldn't abandon them even if what they did was wrong!
Hate the sin:
You dont like what the person did!
Basically it means love the person even though they did something bad! An aspect isn't a sin! You love them through everything!!!!
2007-07-20 12:08:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well,
There are people I love enough to give my life for, should the spiritual test ever arise, and for true christians, it will arise.
But I don't particularly like some of them. Personality differences and other reasons.
What I'm getting at is you can love someone, yet not like them.
Love the sinner enough to give them life saving information.
If they take it, great.
If they toss it, you done your part.
2007-07-20 12:06:26 · answer #7 · answered by rangedog 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because sometimes, it lapses into hating ther person too. And you can SAY you love them, in a Christian sense, but people don't always show they do that.
So yeah, people should probably understand it, but until every last person puts it into practice, that could be hard to understand. Which is probably understandable in itself.
2007-07-20 12:03:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
so what you are saying is if someone has a habit I don't like I can not love them?
that is not true other wise no one would like any one, much less love other members of ones own family, my brother and sitter and I are all very different, and my brother dives me crazy with his annoying habits, I still love him
2007-07-20 12:08:19 · answer #9 · answered by Noble Angel 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
People make their behavior or sexual orientation part of their identity. Once they do the distinction between 'hating the sin' and 'hating them' disappears.
2007-07-20 12:07:20 · answer #10 · answered by Darrell D 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋