HATE SIN

HATE SIN (hatesin.org) is an initiative defending western civilisation by upholding the hate of sin (sin is any personal action that misses the mark of perfection defined by things like laws and moral codes and conventions). Our conviction is that western nations must never support demands and moves to stop free speech criticism of any faith or ideology (we consider such attacks on free speech as sins to hate alongside many other sins to hate). Our conviction is that western civilisation is on the road to decline/collapse if there is a continued tendency to tolerate sin (rather than continued courage to hate sin). 

Why is the initiative pro Christianity?

Christianity clearly reminds its followers (Christians) to hate what is evil and cling to what is good (Romans 12:9). Sin and evil are related but distinct concepts: sin is a specific personal failure against a moral code (sin is often referred to as "missing the mark of perfection") whereas evil tends to be a more general absence of goodness that causes suffering. All sin is considered evil, but not every evil is a sin if the sin is a consequence of a broken world rather than intentional misdeeds.

We like the way Christianity understands the need to hate sin rather than the sinner. This is reflected in how Christianity is focused on love as well as sin and the forgiveness of sin after repentance (Christianity rightly sees sin as the absence of love). We also like how in effect Christianity is a model of perfection (with Jesus Christ being the perfect one to follow) that continually challenges human weaknesses (sins) in the hope of making followers less imperfect (this leads to Christianity being a force for good).

We increasingly observe western nations having the tendency to overlook the reality that most of its laws and traditiond have been influenced down the ages by Christianity and its model of perfection. We firmly believe that western civilisation owes much of its success to its Christian foundations and that western civilisation will decline/collapse if these Christian foundations are no longer respected. See church posters.

We are not opposed to ex Christian majority nations evolving into secular nations. However, we do believe that it is critical for ex Christian majority secular nations to retain their Christian ethos (without this protection western nations leave themselves wide open to their Christian ethos being replaced by the moral codes and value systems of alternative faiths).

What does Christianity say about how to deal with evil?

Christianity receives its teachings through interpretations of the Holy Bible. Some ambiguity exists until you acknowledge and accept that Jesus Christ calls us to separate sin from the sinner.

Yes Jesus calls his followers not to resist an evil person by turning the other cheek when attacked (Matthew 5:39 and Luke 6:29), but equally Jesus overturned the tables of traders in the Temple (Matthew 21:12-13) and the Bible commands us to resist evil practices (James 4:7 and 1 Peter 5:9).

The important lesson to take from this ambiguity is the need to distinguish sin/evil from the sinner/ evil doer. Using this distinction the vast majority of Christians accept that it is not wrong to resist and defend themselves from sin/ evil and to seek appropriate justice against the sinner/ evil doer.

However, what Jesus does require by commanding followers not to resist an evil person is to not retaliate. We do not respond in kind, and we shouldn’t try to “get even.” And, when the offense is nothing more than a personal slight, we can ignore it altogether (Christianity no longer calls for blasphemy laws).

How do Christians confront their own personal sin?

Christians are challenged to repent from their own personal sin by regularly partaking in reenactments of the last supper where Jesus used bread and wine to represent forgiveness of sins. Christians like non-Christians are continually capable of sinning that explains why they need to regularly seek forgiveness of their sins. Christians are therefore regularly challenged to confront their sins and to hate sin.