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Author: 69BookWorM69

Sep 2nd 2013 at 6:28:22 PM

@ kjnoren and arromdee I did notice in the piece that the study hasn't been published yet, so I took it as a sort of sticky note to look out for the full study when it does get officially released. Tough to take it completely apart until then; I'm looking forward to doing that when the time comes.

[=FWIW=] the concept of "love the sinner, hate the sin" can be traced back to a letter by St. Augustine (Letter 211, c. 424 CE) ''"Cum dilectione hominum et odio vitiorum"'', which translates roughly to "With love for mankind and hatred of sins."), though I think it's also been used by Gandhi, if memory serves. In re it's application to sexuality and sexual ethics, I found [[http://redemptionpictures.com/2013/06/20/i-cant-say-love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin-anymore/ this interesting perspective on it from a Christian blogger]], including this:

--> And despite all my theological disclaimers about how I'm just as much a sinner too, it's not the same. We don't use that phrase for everybody else. Only them. Only "the gays". That's the only place where we make "sinner" the all-encompassing identity.

I also found [[http://fmcusa.org/davidkendall/2013/06/18/love-the-sinner-hate-the-sin/ a bishop who doesn't like the concept either]], so I'm not the only one to find problems with it in this context.