Luke 14:26
"If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple.
(I´m so happy that I´m atheist and I have not follow this kind of orders)
2007-02-25 09:29:51 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
please, in all languajes the bible translation is very clear: he talk about hating family.
2007-02-25 09:56:58 · update #1
Brother I am so happy that I am not the only one out there, thank you for your input! It has got to be the most stupidest thing I have ever heard. Take care, and thanks for not living in fear of a fairytale. And being open minded!
2007-02-25 09:35:47 · answer #1 · answered by ? 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
What Christ was talking about here was total submission. It's like saying we can have no other gods before us or trying to serve two masters where we love one and end up hating the other one.
There's a difference, I feel, between being a Christian and being a disciple. It's a matter of which priority takes precedence. Christ even said that some could serve Him better if they remained unmarried because the distractions and duties of a family wouldn't be there. Some can do that, some can't.
I feel it's up to each of us, with God's direction, to determine how best to serve Him. It doesn't make Him anti-family. Look how He worried and charged His disciple to take care of His mother even while He was on the cross.
2007-02-25 09:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
You say you are & Atheist, well many times in "actions, & words" & Atheist is better than a "so-called christian" The answer to your ??? is below.
What does it mean to hate? In God’s Word, “hate” is used in three distinct ways. There is the hatred motivated by malice and that seeks to harm its object. Christians must avoid this kind of hatred. It is the kind that prompted Cain to kill his righteous brother Abel. (1 John 3:12) This is also the kind of hatred that the religious leaders had for Jesus Christ.
Further, the word “hate” is used in the Scriptures in the sense of loving less. For example, Jesus said: “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own soul, he cannot be my disciple.” (Luke 14:26)
What does Jesus mean? Jesus is not here saying that his followers should literally hate their relatives. Rather, they must hate them in the sense of loving them less than they love him. Jesus’ forefather Jacob is said to have “hated” Leah and loved Rachel, which meant that Leah was loved less than her sister Rachel.
Consider, too, that Jesus said a disciple should hate “even his own soul,” or life. Again what Jesus means is that a true disciple must love Him even more than he loves his own life. Jesus is thus emphasizing that becoming his disciple is a serious responsibility. It is not something to be undertaken without careful consideration.
2007-02-25 15:59:42 · answer #3 · answered by BJ 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus is talking to His disciples and is in essence telling them that as much as they love their family, friends, even themselves should seem like hate when compared to the love they have for Him. He's not telling them to hate anyone. He's telling them to love Him the most. Example: Let's say that I have a pretty nice new car that cost around $25,000.00 and I like it a lot. When compared to a new Rolls Royce limousine my car is a piece of junk I would like the Rolls a lot more than the other car. Jesus is saying our love to Him should be greater than our love for anything else.Our love for Him should be so much greater, that it makes our love for others and self look like hate. I'm sorry you're an atheist. Please try changing.
2007-02-25 09:49:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps you are an Athiest because you understand the rest of what is written in Scripture just as much as you do this verse.
The translation is not very good here, but what is being said is actually "love less" - not to hate anyone in your family. God is very much in favor of the family, and in fact your heritage is also important to Him - thats why He hated Esau so much - he disregarded his heritage - it was valueless to him, and God hated that.
What is being expressed here is that your love of God, and your understanding of his priority over all in this life, is extremely important; this life will pass away, but God and His Words will not pass away; He has to be most important because your life, your family all depends on the Will of God. It tells you to keep your priorities straight, thats all.
Nobody should not love their family, or their life.
2007-02-25 09:44:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
NO NO NO NO and once again NO!! What Jesus meant was that our love for Christ must be even more than for our family. Jesus is love and never hated anyone. BUT if we are to be disciples of Christ He must be our first love, and we must love Him more than any family member. He deserves that place- He died for you and me!!
2007-02-25 13:05:28 · answer #6 · answered by AdoreHim 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes the bible tells us to. Would you rather love your family only to be tortured by Jesus for eternity or live in heaven and hate your family. Any smart person would stand with Jesus.
2007-02-25 09:34:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
the place does Jesus recommend violence in this verse? Is it real that in the time of atheist residences, there is in no way violence? The hatred pronounced in this verse is relative. It potential to love Christ plenty that folk will think of you do in comparison to human beings. You stick to Christ fairly of following human beings. "hi, why do no longer you pass to the bar with us from now on? you adore Jesus plenty which you will no longer stand to be with us from now on?" the reason being that the guy loves Jesus extra advantageous than he loves the human beings he hung around with who did incorrect.
2016-10-01 23:43:25 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's not what that verse means. The best way that I can tell you about the meaning of that verse, is that, what Jesus meant was that our love for God should be so great, that our love for our friends and family would look like hatred in comparison.
2007-02-25 09:34:35 · answer #9 · answered by Jason M 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋