...and why do Christians use it so often?
2007-10-09 12:55:27 · 14 answers · asked by Dog 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yeah, totally backasswards. Apologies. But I'm not as think as you dyslexic am I.
2007-10-09 13:07:21 · update #1
I'm afraid the quote is reversed there. The quote is "Love the sinner, hate the sin." Christians affirm both the dignity and fallenness of all humans, and so to fail in morals or ethics is an unhappy part of the human condition requiring compassion on our part. We have all fallen in many ways, but we can be rescued and restored in Christ, who also hated sin and the ruin it causes, but loved sinners. He upbraided 'religious' people (especially the Pharisees) for judging others harshly as 'sinners' (especially when their sin was mainly the breaking of ceremonial laws regarding the washing of hands and dietary restrictions and so on). Look: we know that no one is beyond God's love and mercy. So we hate the sin that causes the ruin of people, but love the people who - like us - sin. The quote, by the way, is actually from Gandhi.
2007-10-09 13:07:21 · answer #1 · answered by Johnny Dangerous 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you're making the comparable mistake that fundamentalist, "Bible-in common terms" Christians usually make -- it extremely is assuming that the Bible, and not something, is the only rule of Christian faith. The Bible isn't the only rule of religion for Christians -- it extremely is a perception that separates Catholics like myself from different Christians. different Christians do have faith that the Bible is the only rule of religion for Christians -- however the Catholic place is that there is not any verse contained in the Bible that asserts that status for itself. extremely, the Bible even exhibits the different -- in John 21:25 and someplace else. So, there is not something incorrect with taking a word that would not especially seem contained in the Bible -- alongside with "love the sinner, hate the sin" -- and utilising it to place across a problematic-to-deny message. this may be a factor I commonly make whilst debating a "Bible-in common terms Christian" who has subject concerns with Catholicism. i think of it extremely is the 1st time i've got ever argued this factor with an atheist! .
2016-10-06 09:48:46 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What a monumental load of crap!
If you ''love the sinner, and hate the sin''? You are judging them, regardless of what you say! And you say it a lot more often, especially on here, and mostly talking about Gays!
I am an atheist, and don't need you, or your forgiveness!
2007-10-09 13:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by evictus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hate the sin, love the sinner.
Mahatma Gandhi
Indian political and spiritual leader (1869 - 1948)
2007-10-09 13:01:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
"Love the sinner, hate the sin"...I don't know where it originated, but it is essentially an effort to separate the judgment of actions from the judgment of individuals. We are to always love others, whether they sin or not. But we are never to embrace sin itself. Sometimes people confuse the two. For instance, if someone says homosexuality is a sin, a common response is "You should love homosexuals." This is true, but you should not love homosexuality. (And the same goes for any sin....adultery, slander, theft, etc)...
2007-10-09 12:59:30 · answer #5 · answered by whitehorse456 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
(You do have it backwards, by the way. It is "Hate the sin, love the sinner.")
I don't know any Christians who use it.
I do know lots of fundamentalists who use it, though.
It was probably coined by one of them. It's basically an excuse to hate a person under the guise of Christian love.
2007-10-09 13:00:53 · answer #6 · answered by Acorn 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
You have it backwards. Love the sinner, hate the sin. We are against sin. We are not against people. We love all people.
2007-10-09 13:01:52 · answer #7 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
love the sinner hate the sin is what it say
2007-10-09 13:01:59 · answer #8 · answered by rnd1938 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clever to turn it around like that aren't you......>...Love the sinner....hate the sin....and it is based on a scripture in the bible.
2007-10-09 13:01:11 · answer #9 · answered by dreamdress2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You got it bwd, but it's still law law.
It's from law law ppl, who know not
law imputed sin also imputes death,
and to the one doing the IMP-uting:
Eg; by THY words THOU art condemned: Mt 12:37.
Eg: when THEY say... destuction on THEM: 1Th5:3
If any such like bring you a law imputed sin gospel,
let him(not you) be accursed by it: Galatians 1:8,9.
Repeating Law is Law Law.
His Grace is NOT Law Law.
The LAW of their Lord Christ Jesus is against you all.
The GRACE of our Lord Jesus Christ with you all. Amen.
2007-10-09 13:06:09 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋