Question about God's love for us

[BillGatesJR]

One of my co-workers told me that in the Bible it says that God "hates liars and deceivers". And she said when properly interpreted, it means He hates people who lie and deceive others. I was always under the impression that God does not hate anyone, and I will post the arguments I used in this debate.

My beliefs are that God does not hate the criminal, but the crime that was committed. If He truly hated us, you would have to assume that God is evil, which is also wrong because hate is a product of evil. Everybody is a sinner, from birth. That means that if God hates people who sin, He hates everybody.

I am told in church that God sees us as evil, and that we all deserve to burn in hell for all eternity, but because He loved this world and all of his creations so much, he sent His son down to die on the cross for our sins. Logically, that would have to mean that if He hated us, that would not have happened and we would not have a chance at afterlife or forgiveness of our sins.

Who was correct in this argument?