re hate the sin wjhovi ulkyvx louisville edu bill hovingh lpts student writes scott prism gatech edu scott holt writes hate the sin but love the sinner i ve heard that quite a bit recently often in the context of discussions about christianity and homosexuality but the context really isn t that important my question is whether that statement is consistent with christianity i would think not i m very grateful for scott s reflections on this oft quoted phrase could someone please remind me of the scriptural source for it rom doesn t count kids the manner in which this little piece of conventional wisdom is applied has in my experience been uniformly hateful and destructive billh underlining mine quean lutibelle yes those who apply it hatefully would be better served if they if they could alter the bible to reflect their views scene a well in samaria woman but i have no husband jesus yo everybody listen up get your rocks ready we ll have some good biblical fun here she is whispering to me that she doesn t have a husband yet i know by my secret powers that she has had five of them you know how these samaritans are and worse she s living with a guy now that she s not even married to now i believe in loving her and if you ll just raise up those rocks like the bible allows and threaten her with a good stoning she ll understand how much we hate the sin but love the sinner we must keep our priorities strait lest folks years from now misunderstand me and believe i canceled all sin scene golgatha nd thief you got a raw deal man they didn t catch you doing anything wrong like they caught me bleeding jesus now son let me be real clear you say you did something wrong but are you repenting i need to be absolutely certain cause if you repent i have a nice room for you in heaven but if you think you might go thieving again i have to cancel your reservation it is nice of you to have pity on me while i m hanging here but you must understand this is all an act i m not really hurting i m god you see and the point of all this is to teach you to be perfect like me if you think a simple kind remark to me in suffering is going to get you any favors you d better think twice but if you will just repent you will become a fundelical in good standing from all such bad news you have delivered us good god thank you thank you thank you quean lutibelle louie louie crew academic foundations department rutgers university nwk lcrew andromeda rutgers edu if by snail i prefer p o box newark nj
