Does God hate your children?

Question

Some Bible quotes:

Luke 14:26 says, "If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother, and wife, and children, brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."

Matthew 10:37 - "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me".

Is the Bible a happy book or what – it’s so sick and full of hatred. The Bible literally requests that we hate our own parents, wife, husband, children, and even yourself. God is saying that you must always put him before your families. You must love God greater than anyone or anything else.

Tell me religious people, does this sound like the qualities you would expect from a good, kind, caring and loving God? Can you not understand why the Bible is evil, that religion is madness, and Atheists, apart from being more intelligent, have a much better moral code to live by.

Atheists don’t have to hate their children?

Answer 1

I don't believe the bible anyway.

Answer 2

It proves that strong non-believers are madly evil!! There are millions of non-believers that are quite kind and good of heart, but you must be truly and strongly non-believer to come with this awful conclusion...... just like that wonderful Barb M. said. Absolutely true. He is the creator-- the giver of your life, family, etc. and therefore must be loved above all else! He is always there for you unlike with your family; sometimes you get in a fight with family members and have no one else to turn to except... God.

Oh, and also, it's extremely rude to act superior as if your religion is by far the greatest. It's not. Do you think being taught to or believing to hate the giver of you and what you have is intelligent? Didn't think so. And careful on who or what you call "so sick" and "full of hatred". Think again.

Answer 3

Anything or any body that comes between you and God is considered an idol. This is why Paul asks men not to marry in certain instances because a man might put his wife's feelings and needs before God's. This is what happened in the garden of Eden. Adam didn't want to be without Eve so he knowingly did what was wrong and thus put Eve before God. hate is an interesting translation, the Amplified version translates it like this, "in the sense of indifference to or relative disregard for them in comparison with his attitude toward God"

Answer 4

I agree with stronzo5785, you are making a bunch of huge generalizations about the entire Bible based on two verses. Not very good backup. You dont understand the context of these verses at all. You cant just say the Bible is "sick, and full of hatred" you call it "evil" you call religion "madness" and say Christians aren't as intelligent as aethiests. Ok, well thanks for all the name-calling (also called Ad Hominem--a big mistake when presenting an argument)...now lets see a little more proof please?

Answer 5

I take that verse absolutely literally. To me it means that if we think of *anything* in terms of 'I have to have it', then we are indeed committing idolatry. That includes God, oddly enough. See, if we are 'with God' because we need Him, then we love and worship not Him, but our own needs. So that if we then turn around and say that we love and worship Him, we are lying.

If our relationship with any person is based on sentiment or need, and not on the kind of love that is *commanded*, then we love not that person, but our own needs and desires. And if we then turn around and tell ourselves or the person in question that we love them, then we are lying. Pure and simple.

This does not mean we can't have sentiment and enjoy someone's company, but it cannot become something we can't live without. It can't become the motivation for our relationship with the person.

Nor, for that matter, is it OK to 'do the right thing' because we are afraid of what will happen if we don't. Again, if we do that, we are worshiping and loving ourselves and our need not to be punished, and not our neighbor, much less God Himself.

The motivation has to be God. Stripped of all else. The God Who shows us His presence, reveals the truth to us about our actions, and when we understand that some action is improperly motivated, then we just leave it behind and it is nothing but a relief. No condemnation.

This is what Jesus came to give us. See, God actually lives the way I describe above. He does not love us because He needs us or is hoping to 'accomplish something' by doing it. He does so because it arises out of His nature, and He has shown by His actions that He is willing to give up anything for us (that's what that business of the Cross was all about).

If we are in a love relationship with Him, we become one to such a degree that His will and our will become two sides of the same coin. It is like two friends looking at each other, and then suddenly, two looks (I look at you, you look at me) become one look (we look at each other with only one look).

It is like a child, whom no one will split in two, claiming that the left side is Mom's doing, and the right side is Dad's doing (or vice versa). The things that happen in our lives are like that - we can't tease them apart and isolate which part was God's and which part was ours.

And yet we remain ourselves, just like a man and woman remain themselves when they become one flesh and make a baby together.

I've seemingly wandered away from the topic, and rightly so - it is much more edifying to consider love and do it, not worrying about what anyone else thinks. Then we will find out from experience that God is love... (1 John 4:16)

One more thing: the Bible does not state in vain that it is like a mirror (James 1:22-25). I understand this to mean the following: the Bible uncovers what is in our hearts when we read it. If we have a loving heart, then we will see love. If we do not see love, but rather something else, that is a signal that it's time to take a look at our own hearts, rather than blaming God.

Answer 6

God doesn't want you to hate your children. About Mathew10:37 God has to come first in our life , Your supposed to love God then family then friends then yourself, and the bible is a happybook to his followers because we understand we must go unto all the world and preach the gospel of christ. Athiests are blinded by the lies of the devil. Come to church, pray maybe you'll come to understand.

Answer 7

Tell me...what secular work of literature can't be equally taken out of context, like you just did? You are trying so hard to prove your point, you weaken your own position by making disjointed, unorganized statements supported by individual passages unsupported by study. Sun Tzu himself said, "Know your enemy." You could read the Bible, in context and with proper hermenetics, to learn more about those (Christians), and the God that they worship, that you so vehemently hate.

Many people who love you are praying for you, because God's love is more powerful than any force on earth. God bless...

Answer 8

Let me give an example of what this scripture means...

14 years ago I left the Christian fundamentalist church because of a string of occurrences that had happened to me..I began to follow peace with all others (atheists, agnostics, pagans, wiccans, etc.) Yet, I also realized the value of the spiritual teachings of Christ for my life (not assuming others should).

My mom is a staunch fundamentalist and after 14 years of living my life, it came to a crossroad in our relationship that I had to say goodbye to her in order to continue being true to who I am and where I am going.

The final blow was when she went to her church and asked her prophetess buddies to confirm that I am controlling, proud and on a wrong path to have left the church.

It was then that I knew what that scripture meant....Do I continue to be honest and live my life the way it feels right to me, following Christ, OR do I succumb to my mother's request and go back to the church to make her happy?

I sincerely hope my mom has a good life, but there is absolutely no common ground because she attacks me with her religion. Therefore, I said goodbye and I continue living my life in a way that bring peace to myself and others.

Answer 9

I'll tell you this. You know you are taking it all out of context.

You are misleading those who don't read it. You have nothuing better to do than to twist the verses.

You should say "Some one liners I found in the Bible to mislead people"

The bible doesn't say we must hate our own children.

You are telling a complete lie and it makes me wonder about your motives.

Answer 10

God loves my children. He loves them more than our human nature can love them.
The problem with atheists is that they have been deceived to believe they are smarter. I feel pity for you...you lack spiritual understanding and you perceive it as more intelligent. That is merely your perception. However, I rather be consider stupid by the VERY small population of atheist than lack faith in GOD!

Answer 11

The scriptures you quoted aren't saying you must hate family, you don't seem to understand the point so I'll try to explain it simply. We love our family very much, but we love God more, does this help?