Does God 'hate' or 'love'?
Or is that not a sign of imperfection?
Does God hate the sin, love the sinner, or does the sin have a purpose for the betterment of humanity? Do we not need sin to realize what is bad for society?
Is sin God-given or defiantly created by "Satan" in the absence of God?
2006-06-20 13:11:24 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
God hates sin. God gets angry. God weeps and cries. God experieinces pain.
God is also perfect in these feelings--I, however, am not so perfect at those!
2006-06-20 13:46:34 · answer #1 · answered by Paul McDonald 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God has feelings, it says many times in the OT that God gets angry with his people and their sin. God hates sin because it separates him from his people and that means he loves us.
Sin is a result of us having free will, we can always choose the right thing to do but we often choose not to.
2006-06-20 20:22:11 · answer #2 · answered by Brickens 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
GOD has feeling's, deeper than ours.
GOD hate's EVIL, it hurt's and destroy's Human Being's.
GOD is PERFECT, we got messed-up when Adam let satan in.
SIN has no purpose but to kill, steal and destroy(Human Being's)
WE do not need SIN. PERIOD. How would you like to live in a place where all you could chose(Free-Will) between was GOOD and GOOD?
ALL SIN ORIGINATED WITH SATAN. PERIOD.
Hope this helps.
2006-06-20 20:36:21 · answer #3 · answered by maguyver727 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's safe to say that God has feelings. Within the Christian paradigm, we are made 'in His image', and since this clearly cannot be physical, then this means He has endowed us with attributes like His. The ability to reason, to make choices, and to feel. Though I would add that God, unlike us, is incapable of making a mistake due to His feelings. He is supremely rational, and always does what is best. For instance, I'm sure mankind's perpetual rebellion against God has saddened Him to a degree we cannot even imagine, but His love for us (difficult to imagine it's all "feeling", as it's very tough to feel affection for someone who keeps hurting you) manifests practically, and He made a conscious decision to die for us.
Sin isn't a creation. It is a state of 'missing the mark', or straying from God's standard of goodness, which is perfection. Moral perfection, that is. We are all guilty of it. It was not 'given' to us.
2006-06-20 20:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by wooog 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, God has feelings!
God is sad when he sees his people sinning and rejecting Him. God loves all mankind, but He is very saddened by the acts evil of so many.
God, and all of Heaven rejoices when a sinner repents.
2006-06-20 20:20:59 · answer #5 · answered by ijcoffin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's no such thing as "sin" and God does not sit in judgment of us. The concept of "sin" is a human construct designed to control the masses through fear. Same as hellfire and damnation.
God has no need. God is not a being. God is the formless, genderless, omnipresent, eternal energy source of all life. God is the process of life itself. God is pure LOVE.
2006-06-20 20:16:52 · answer #6 · answered by LindaLou 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does have feelings -- He is a personal being. We are created in His image and likeness -- we have feelings because God has feelings. God hates sin and evil, but brings good out of them. Sin is disobedience to God; it is not God-given but it is allowed by God because He wants us to have free will and not be puppets. He will restore to us what is lost through our sin.
2006-06-20 20:50:36 · answer #7 · answered by katren 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
God does love and hate.It is not imperfection.God hates sinners Christ bought redemption for those who repent.
Sin serves only to separate us from God.Satan was the author of sin.He was jealous of us from the beginning and corrupted us so God would have to destroy us.
2006-06-20 20:30:04 · answer #8 · answered by Tommy G. 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes.
It's good that you ask, BUT please make up your mind as what you really would like to learn, or have a proper response to, by being more precise and succinct in one particular topic at a time.
You sound like a prime candidate for Religion 101 with all your questions going in different directions. For sure there is much to seek and find answers to...
Peace be with you!
2006-06-20 20:30:55 · answer #9 · answered by Arf Bee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking back I say yes
at the time his son died on the cross
God brought forth a Grate storm an all the heavens broke yes he does hurt, cry an has feelings just like you an i
2006-06-20 20:18:46 · answer #10 · answered by stillhappy89 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋