hairy_hen said:
Uh, do you really not understand that you can hate a sin and not the sinner?
I 'understand' that this is the most pathetic and laughable excuse for bigotry I've ever heard. If you can't hear the hypocrisy behind it, then you fail at life.
Ooh, he fails at life! Now that's a good strong argument. We need more of those. ;)
Take the judgemental bullsh!t somewhere else. People with actual intelligence and compassion have no use for this sort of garbage, which is completely antithetical to anything that remotely resembles what Christ ever really said, or meant.
And I suppose you're the really compassionate type even though you don't hesitate to insult someone for their point of view. A patient and reasoned out post would accomplish far more than a hate-filled rant like this.
In the gospels, Jesus exemplifies the "hate the sin but not the sinner" attitude. For instance, when Judas betrays him, rather than curse Judas or yell at him, he says "Friend, do what you have come to do" (I'm going by memory here, so excuse me if I added or missed a couple words). Do you think the gospels indicate that Jesus condoned adultery? Because he seemed pretty forgiving of that woman he saved from stoning. How about the "love your enemies" line? I'm sure he didn't mean "love what your enemies do to you and the hate they show you." No, he meant just that we should love our enemies.
I have no patience for this kind of rubbish, and am not interested in debating it as if it were a point of view worth granting any consideration to at all. Don't let the door hit your @$$ on the way out.
Bigotry:
1. stubborn and complete intolerance for a belief, creed, or opinion that disagrees with one's own; prejudice.
Now tell me, is it bigoted to love someone, even though you disagree with what they do? If so, is it more or less bigoted to call that idea "rubbish" , "judgemental bulls***", and not worthy of consideration, saying that such an idea is only held by those who lack intelligence and compassion and who are hypocrites? Think about that, hairy_hen, and why it is possible to love someone and disagree with what they do at the same time. It is certainly not hypocritical, and I am sure those you have loved have done things you consider wrong at some point or other.