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Why do Christians hate the sin but not the person behind it?

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago
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    Because God hates the sin, but He still loves the sinner regardless. Just like a parent may dislike your poor choices but still love you, its the same thing.

  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Sara
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago

    For most people, that would be hard to do, because they cannot distinguish between the person they see hurting them and the concept that being cruel is wrong.

    If a person demeans me and says things that are needlessly cruel, I end up feeling flashes of hatred for that person, that particular person.

    However, if I instead feel that God Himself appears as every person in my life, that I am only shown those people whose behavior will help me regain my balance as a good human being, then I can separate my distaste for that behavior from the person who exhibits it.

    By knowing the "bad" person, I can learn to treat others with love and encouragement, if chance comes for me to affect their lives.

  • 1 decade ago

    Its part of showing love in the best way we know how to.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Because God asks us to love.

  • 1 decade ago

    The vast majority of Christians can't separate the two. That is why that statement seems so worthless to nonchristians.

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