Those who hate and condemn can always justify it. Look at the Islamists - they claim that God wants them to kill those who disagree with them. It's an age-old excuse - if you ask me.
OK, time out!
Nobody here is advocating the death or injury of Rick Warren. That would be abhorrent to Christians. Your analogy is therefore flawed. You have also made accusations of the motives of the critics of Warren on this thread that are not based on any evidentual value. The zeal to proclaim doctrine as incorrect does not equal hatred. Another flawed analogy.
You have made your position clear, namely that you are NOT looking at doctrine in respect to this matter, and in respect to Rick Warren in general. Well and good.
We however, ARE looking at doctrinal matters. It is furthermore our contention that erronious doctrine will always manifest itself in erronious practise, except possibly for the situation where the logic in applying the erronious doctrine is also flawed (sometimes that CAN result in a true conclusion).
Being that this is a doctrinal matter to us that we are at present examining, you are talking past others on this thread. If you wish to examine the 'good works' of Rick Warren, i would suggest that you should probably start another thread for that purpose. The present acribing of motives to posters who do not agree with you to 'hatred' is more reminiscent of the tactics of Dr. Phill than they are to a Freerepublic poster.