"The Truth Will Set You Free" series of sermons presents sermon #008 on The Sin of Hate.

Main Entry: hate
Pronunciation: \'hat\
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Minmatar
1 a: intense hostility and aversion usually deriving from fear, anger, or sense of injury b: extreme dislike or antipathy : loathing <had a great hate of hard work>
2: an object of hatred

Greetings Brothers and Sisters of Amarr as well as those of the lessor races who would hear my words. Today I come to you to speak of a topic of great importance to all living beings. That topic is the Sin of Hate.

I'm sure many of you never viewed hatred as a sin nor thought seriously about the consequences of such an emotion. While a person can have strong feelings about something the emotion of hatred can in fact bring one to do things they would not ordinarily do and cause heartache and pain to all around them.

What is hate? Well many can be heard to say "I hate this" or "I hate them" but in reality is it hate or just the emotion of the moment? We are all suceptable to the emotion of anger and dislike yet the emotion of hate is in itself quite different for it implies a long term hatred and a psychological state in which that emotion overcomes reason. This is the punishment for the sin of hate. That loss of will.

As an example of hate I offer up the Minmatar Terrorists as an example. We frequently hear "We hate the Amarr" and "We hate slavery" and "We hate Archbishop" (yes its true). These primitive Minmatar in their own barbarism are a shining example of despair and sin at its zenith and their "hatred" of all Amarr is the sin of their own making that will ultimately lead to their fall.

Some would say we Amarr hate the Minmatar yet that is far from the truth. We pity the Minmatar and we seek to shepard over them and provide them guidance and a firm hand. We hate the things they do but we do not hate the sinner himself for he is blinded by his sin of hate and that rules all he does. It is with that sin as an overpowering force that brings these terrorists to their heinous acts of violence.

What is the cure for this sin? Well obviously prayer is primarily the first order of business. One can not abandon the sin of hate if they are not ready to look themselves in the mirror and ask themselves "why do I hate". They must see the evil within and purge themselves of it by putting their faith and their lives in God. This is why it is so important for the Amarr to bring the Minmatar into the comforting world of servitude where they might find guidance and spiritual leadership they lack on their own.

Brothers and Sisters I pray that even in a moment of heated passion you do not fall victim to the Sin of Hate. Do not let your heart grow dark and dwell on past events real or imagined lest they guide you to your doom. Do not fall victim to the same anger and hatred that has led the Minmatar to their sorry state today.

Go with God.

Archbishop