2006-10-04 02:53:59 · 15 answers · asked by WHITE TRASH ARMENIAN 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Absolutely!
If you go through the scriptures you'll come to know how God killed Onan because Onan chose to disobey 'Him'.
Even in eastern religions a 'god' is capable of hating if his ego is not flattered.
It seems to me a big paradox. In other words, whatever the concept of God (or a 'god') it is capable of hatred and destruction.
2006-10-04 03:08:29 · answer #1 · answered by The Maulvi Who Sold His Maruti 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is not Love. God created Love. Therefore, yes. God is capable of hate.
2006-10-04 09:58:05 · answer #2 · answered by The One 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes cause God hates sin
2006-10-04 09:58:55 · answer #3 · answered by iwant_u2_wantme2000 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 6:5
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.
And the lord said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth, both man and beast and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.
~ No I don't think he is, but as creator of all, I am SURE He understands it wholly.
2006-10-04 12:25:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, He plainly states He hates certain things, but you must remember that His hate is different than human hate.
Whereas our emotions tend to be unrighteous because they are influenced by sin, God's emotions are completely righteous, because there is no sin in Him.
For example, God tells us at Malachi 2 that:
16 “ For the LORD God of Israel says
That He hates divorce,
For it covers one’s garment with violence,”
Says the LORD of hosts.
“ Therefore take heed to your spirit,
That you do not deal treacherously.”
Yet, at Jeremiah 3:8a, He states:
"Then I saw that for all the causes for which backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a certificate of divorce;"
Unless one carefully considered these passages in order to understand God's "hate" of divorce, one would conclude God is a hypocrite. Nothing could be further from the truth.
In the first example involving Malachi, God tells us He hates divorce that is done for no reason at all, because it causes the man (in those days, women could not divorce their husbands) to commit "violence" against an institution God created. It is also caused by treachery, since many men at that time engaged in "serial divorce" as a way of exchanging wives when they became tired of them.
In the second example, the reader really must read the entirety of Jeremiah 3 to fully understand God's divorce of Israel (read also Hosea to understand God's divorce of Judah). God gave Israel and Judah innumerable chances to repent from their adultries (idolatry), which the people refused to do. Following many judgements that should have brought about repentance, God chose to "put away" His wife, Israel. However, God announces later on in the Book of Jeremiah that He will remarry Israel in the future. Given the extreme seriousness of the transgressions, God's "divorce" was justified and not tainted by sin.
Again, this absence of sin is the difference between God's form of hate and a human's.
I hope this helps. Peace.
2006-10-04 10:08:23 · answer #5 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Study your Bible.
Did not God say: Esau I hated-Jacob I loved?
Proverbs
"These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, an heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, a false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren." (Proverbs 6:16-19) Godly people must hate these six things and cast them out of their lives.
And let none of you imagine evil in your hearts against his neighbour; and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate, saith the LORD." (Zechariah 8:17)
The prophet Amos wrote, "Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live: and so the LORD, the God of hosts, shall be with you, as ye have spoken. Hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate: it may be that the LORD God of hosts will be gracious unto the remnant of Joseph." (Amos 5:14,15).
Many many examples in scripture,
It's all about hating evil-sin.
2006-10-04 10:00:19 · answer #6 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the theists claim that it's impossible to know their god's true motives for what he does (in an attempt to avoid "The Problem of Evil"), it therefor follows that it is impossible for us to say ANYTHING concrete about the biblegod's mental or emotional state. He could just as easily be evil, like the supercomputer AM in Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" -- taking perverse delight in inflicting all manner of torments and horrors upon humanity.
That is, assuming he even exists in the first place -- a pretty mind-bogglingly big assumption, considering the complete lack of evidence.
2006-10-04 09:56:22 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
God hates sin.
2006-10-04 09:58:09 · answer #8 · answered by BowtiePasta 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the real question is, given the state of God's "cherished ones", is God capable of love?
2006-10-04 10:02:21 · answer #9 · answered by Phoenix, Wise Guru 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
God is love and is holy. Justice would be the word over hate.
2006-10-04 09:57:40 · answer #10 · answered by Red neck 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋