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]