Religious platitudes, psychological & theological contradictions in moral reasoning.

“Love the sinner, hate the sin” collapses when the sin destroys innocent human or animal life.

When someone’s actions involve physical violence, extreme physical cruelty, or cause physical death, those aren’t just isolated missteps—they reveal something fundamental about who that person truly is. In such cases, the sin and the sinner are inseparable.

So when someone says:

> “I still love him, I just hate the fact that he raped someone,”
or
“I love them, but I hate that they committed genocide,”

—it rings hollow. That’s not love; it’s moral evasion.

At a certain point, loving them despite it becomes something darker: complicity.

Claiming to love someone who persistently harms others might feel like virtue, but in truth, it signals a refusal to take evil seriously.

You cannot claim to love someone while ignoring the defining weight of their actions—especially when those actions destroy lives.

In such cases, “hating the sin” demands not just disapproval, but a full reckoning with the sinner(s) themselves.