Revasser
Terrible Dancer
Mmm, I've always found "hate the sin, love the sinner" to be a bit of a red herring to be honest. I would rather that if someone were going to hate me, they'd hate me honestly instead of hiding behind platitudes and trying to slip through a loop-hole in their scripture so they can "get away" with hating me. That's cowardly, in my opinion.
If someone hates something that I am doing as a direct result of an instrinsic part of who I am (especially if it doesn't affect them in the slightest), than as far I'm concerned, they hate me. That's okay with me, but I'd rather they be up front about it so I can either direct appropiate levels of contempt at them or ignore them outright as the situation warrants.
When someone says "I don't hate you, I just hate that you have relations with other men and aren't sorry for it" or "I don't hate you, I just hate the fact that you won't acknowledge the One True God and instead choose to kneel before idols", I'm never quite sure what to think. Are they genuinely making some kind of effort to stop hating? Are they just cowering behind the old chestnut because, for some reason, they can't bring themselves to say "I hate you"? Are they just trying to placate a spirit that might stern words for them if they admit to hating another person?
If you hate me or love me, you can't do it piecemeal. You hate or love the full package.
If someone hates something that I am doing as a direct result of an instrinsic part of who I am (especially if it doesn't affect them in the slightest), than as far I'm concerned, they hate me. That's okay with me, but I'd rather they be up front about it so I can either direct appropiate levels of contempt at them or ignore them outright as the situation warrants.
When someone says "I don't hate you, I just hate that you have relations with other men and aren't sorry for it" or "I don't hate you, I just hate the fact that you won't acknowledge the One True God and instead choose to kneel before idols", I'm never quite sure what to think. Are they genuinely making some kind of effort to stop hating? Are they just cowering behind the old chestnut because, for some reason, they can't bring themselves to say "I hate you"? Are they just trying to placate a spirit that might stern words for them if they admit to hating another person?
If you hate me or love me, you can't do it piecemeal. You hate or love the full package.