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To: Cicero
That means that you need to love and sympathize with those who are gay—but not gay activities. Hate the sin, but love the sinner.

I hate seeing that quote over and over. When people see "love the sinner" they think it means something like loving your child or loving your spouse or loving your country or holding hands in Sedona, Arizona. It means nothing of the sort. All it means is desiring for that soul not to be lost. None of the ordinary meanings of love were meant to apply. As a Christian you can both hate the sin and find the sinner to be disgusting and repugnant, as long as you pray for his or her soul to be saved. If you have the gift of evangelization you can try that, too, but good luck with that.

50 posted on 09/20/2012 3:12:13 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: steve86

Yes, I’m aware of that. I thought it was pretty obvious.


80 posted on 09/21/2012 10:53:55 AM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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