When the Christian saying this believes Endless Fiery Torment is how God punishes Sin, then I agree, it is utterly nonsensical to claim you "love the Sinner" or that God does in your theology.
Now I don't consider Homosexuality or Homosexual acts as Sinful, same with cross-dressing or identifying as a gender other then the one you were assigned at birth, and a lot of other things that are often the specific "sins" in mind when this subject comes up.
But I still want to defend the true meaning of this statement, it may not exactly come from The Bible but neither does Homousian.
I do believe God Hates Sin, but His anger is for but a moment (Psalm 30) long enough to judge and purge the Sin. God Is Love and His punishments come from His Love as our Father.
Jesus said the whole of the Law is to Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself. Therefore I conclude that the chief Sin that God so vehemently Hates is Hatred. Even Esau, the one specific person The Bible seemingly says God "Hated" (past tense) is described as Hating his brother Jacob in Genesis 27. And Judas Iscariot, the "Son of Perdition" behaved hatefully towards Mary of Bethany.
This is an important opportunity for me to really stress that I believe in Universal Salvation and Affirming Homosexuality. If there are other Universal Salvation teachers who agree that Homosexuality isn't a Sin, they aren't publicly stressing it. It's as if they want to maintain as much credibility as possible with conservative Evangelicals. Well I believe I qualify as an Evangelical, since I preach the Evangelion, The Resurrection of The Flesh.
Some of you might be thinking "if they don't think anyone goes to Hell for Eternity, what does it matter if they technically think Homosexual acts are a sin". Because we do believe God's punishments are for Correction, so I don't want Gay and Trans people thinking that means God is going to simply rewrite an important part of who they are, that he's going to Burn the Queerness out of them. And it can also still lead to supporting things like Gay conversion therapy, which is basically psychological torture. So it is important to me to stress that what God seeks to correct is hateful and harmful behavior, not Love.
My arguments regarding Homosexuality and Universal Salvation happen to be intimately linked to each other, because of my view of Romans, particularly how Chapter 11 contextualizes Chapter 1, is vital to both.
I agree with the view that Romans 1:18-32 is a rhetorical rant largely drawing on works like the Wisdom of Solomon and possibly Philo of Alexandria, and that the rest of Romans is refuting the people who say things like that.
The "Clobber verses" from this section speak of something being "against nature" (Para Phusis), and then verse 28 talks about God giving sinners up to a reprobate mind which is the basis for the Baptist doctrine that some people are beyond saving.
But in Romans 11 "against nature" (Para Phusis) is used of what God does grafting people who do not biologically descend from Jacob into the family of Israel, showing that acting "against nature" (Para Phusis) can't be inherently bad. And then after the fullness of the Gentiles are grafted into Israel, All Israel shall be Saved. God Consigned ALL to Disobedience so that he might have Mercy on All.
Jesus said the whole of the Law is to Love God and Love your neighbor as yourself. Therefore I conclude that the chief Sin that God so vehemently Hates is Hatred. Even Esau, the one specific person The Bible seemingly says God "Hated" (past tense) is described as Hating his brother Jacob in Genesis 27. And Judas Iscariot, the "Son of Perdition" behaved hatefully towards Mary of Bethany.
This is an important opportunity for me to really stress that I believe in Universal Salvation and Affirming Homosexuality. If there are other Universal Salvation teachers who agree that Homosexuality isn't a Sin, they aren't publicly stressing it. It's as if they want to maintain as much credibility as possible with conservative Evangelicals. Well I believe I qualify as an Evangelical, since I preach the Evangelion, The Resurrection of The Flesh.
Some of you might be thinking "if they don't think anyone goes to Hell for Eternity, what does it matter if they technically think Homosexual acts are a sin". Because we do believe God's punishments are for Correction, so I don't want Gay and Trans people thinking that means God is going to simply rewrite an important part of who they are, that he's going to Burn the Queerness out of them. And it can also still lead to supporting things like Gay conversion therapy, which is basically psychological torture. So it is important to me to stress that what God seeks to correct is hateful and harmful behavior, not Love.
My arguments regarding Homosexuality and Universal Salvation happen to be intimately linked to each other, because of my view of Romans, particularly how Chapter 11 contextualizes Chapter 1, is vital to both.
I agree with the view that Romans 1:18-32 is a rhetorical rant largely drawing on works like the Wisdom of Solomon and possibly Philo of Alexandria, and that the rest of Romans is refuting the people who say things like that.
The "Clobber verses" from this section speak of something being "against nature" (Para Phusis), and then verse 28 talks about God giving sinners up to a reprobate mind which is the basis for the Baptist doctrine that some people are beyond saving.
But in Romans 11 "against nature" (Para Phusis) is used of what God does grafting people who do not biologically descend from Jacob into the family of Israel, showing that acting "against nature" (Para Phusis) can't be inherently bad. And then after the fullness of the Gentiles are grafted into Israel, All Israel shall be Saved. God Consigned ALL to Disobedience so that he might have Mercy on All.
Update: I later wrote this post on what "Sin" properly even means.
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