Tag Archives: Hate

What Do “Hate,” “Diversity” and “Intolerance” Mean?

This is old news, but instructive nonetheless, for its issues are astonishingly and disturbingly persistent. I ran across it just now on an inactive blog called “dotmoms.”   A friend of mine told me this true story. She teaches at an elite private school, and her kids attend it as students. One day she and …

August 18, 2011 – 2:25 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (10)

“Hate the Sin, Love the Sinner:” Two Sides To the Story, and a Decision To Make

Difficult? Or Impossible? Years ago I was in an undergraduate social psychology lecture at the University of Central Florida. The professor, speaking of attitudes toward homosexuality, told us, “Christians say they can ‘hate the sin but love the sinner,’ but I think that’s pretty hard.” By his non-verbals it was clear that he meant is …

July 12, 2011 – 9:14 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Deep Social Change, Life and Choices, The Faith | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (11)

“Christian faith and modern British politics, a layman’s view”

From mattghg in the UK, a principle applicable anywhere: My own view is that it is extremely puzzling for a government to legislate in such a way as to make ‘incitement to x’ illegal, when ‘x’ itself isn’t illegal. Take incitement to murder (right). Murder is illegal, and so for incitement to murder to be …

May 8, 2010 – 6:59 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices | Tagged , | Comments Off

Hate Is Not A Family Value

Recently posted on the Center For a Just Society website, my thoughts on “Hate Is Not a Family Value,” beginning with, The other day I saw a car displaying the bumper sticker, “Hate is not a family value.” As slogans go, I thought, this one is just about perfect. Packed with emotional impact, in just …

March 9, 2010 – 11:03 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Life and Choices, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , | Comments (11)