Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!watmath!att!dptg!rutgers!aramis.rutgers.edu!athos.rutgers.edu!christian From: hall@vice.ico.tek.com (Hal Lillywhite) Newsgroups: soc.religion.christian Subject: Re: He loves me, He loves me not, He loves me, He... Message-ID:Date: 9 Aug 89 06:52:08 GMT Sender: hedrick@athos.rutgers.edu Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 23 Approved: christian@aramis.rutgers.edu >In article fibercom!lab@uunet.uu.net (Lance Beckner) writes: >> God hates sinners + We are all sinners = God hates us all. > On a quick look at a Bible concordance/subject index under the topic of "hate" I find no reference to God hating sinners. Maybe I (or my reference) overlooked something, and I will stand corrected if anybody can give me a reference which explicity says He hates sinners. I do find plenty of scriptures indicating He hates various sins, but that doesn't necessarily mean he hates the sinner. I beleive God loves all of us, even the worst sinners. However he hates our sins just as parents can love their children but hate some of the things they do. [I suggest that you correspond privately with Dave on this subject. He began this discussion with a list of passages which he believes support the idea of God hating sinners. Probably he can send you a copy of that list. Here are some references I turn up, though his list was much longer. (I just told my computer to look for "hate*". His list was based on a more subtle search.) Ps 5:5, Ps 11:5, Ps 31:6, Ps 139:21, Hos 9:15, Mal 1:3. --clh]