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From: wjhovi01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu (Bill Hovingh, LPTS Student)
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Subject: Re: hate the sin...
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Date: 16 May 93 05:56:48 GMT
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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. 12.9 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
