Is it possible God just hates you?

Question

If there was a god...is it possible he just doesn't like you, like you just don't like your coworker for no good reason?

I'd like to hear all theories of why bad things happen to good people. Theories of why God allows evil, if you will. Creativity counts. Original sin is not creative.

Answer 1

It is quite possible. Maybe God does hate us, or perhaps God is just disinterested and has left us all alone to figure life out for ourselves. These are possibilities. If God is perfect in every way, then God must also be the author of evil as many classical theologians would assert. Otherwise, God ceases to be all powerful and in control - and God's hold on the creation as God's own would be thrown into peril.

If God does exist, the only viable theory that I can work out is an evolving God (process theology). Perhaps God is evolving along with the rest of the cosmos. The existence of evil certainly does pose significant problems for proponents of an all knowing, perfect, loving God.

However, a God who is not perfect, who is 'becoming' along with the rest of the universe, may be a theology that makes room for evil while at the same time allowing for a benevolent diety. God may simply not be able to do much, if anything, about the problem of evil.

Answer 2

HAHAHAHAHA!

I remember a joke in Mad Magazine back in the 70s. A lady says to a little boy "Don't forget, God loves you!" and the kid retorts "Imagine what it would be like if he hated me!"

If there is a God, I would say he/she/it is probably pretty embarrased by humanity's religions. Like I tell the folks who knock on my door Sunday mornings, "If there is an all-powerful god like you believe, doesn't it make sense that such an entity would be rational? You know, that such a god would only act with a purpose, not on a whim?"

Of course they always nod their heads in agreement.

"Then how is it," I continue, "that religions have historically persecuted anyone who tries to find answers to the mysteries of life? How is it that when scientists could prove that the Earth revolved around the Sun, instead of the other way around, the church threatened to execute anyone trying to teach such facts? The reason is that the church - all churches - are more concerned with their survival than with anything resembling the truth. Today we can look back on the Dark Ages and judge these religious zealots as the horrible, oppressive people they were. But the teachings haven't changed that much and the animosity towards science hasn't changed!"

To get to your question, is it possible God hates you? Sure, anything's possible, especially if you believe in God.

But as the esteemed professor Noam Chomsky points out, even contemplating the existence of god is a fool's errand. Indeed, it is a distraction from the very real problems we have as individuals and society. Problems which we could actually do something about were it not for the fact that we were distracted by religious dogma, celebrity news and professional sports.

Answer 3

God hates sin! He loves people. The Bible says that He is not willing that anyone should perish but that all would come to repentance. A God that doesn't want anyone to perish could hardly be a God that hates anyone.

Evil comes because the human nature is evil. The Bible states over and over that there is not one righteous person on the earth that loves to do good. Scriptures tell us that man at his very best state is altogether vanity. Jeremiah 17:9 says that our hearts are deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. We are further told that man's own righteousness in the sight of God is like filthy rags.

God allows man to destroy this world and do evil because He gave us a free will to choose between good and evil. He did not want a bunch of robots running around Heaven spouting words that mean nothing. The choice is to live for Satan or God. Our free will gives us the ability to make the choice.

Our sinful nature likes the evil side but when we repent of our sinful nature and are cleansed by Christ we begin to love the ways of God more than anything else and we live to serve and love Him and others without regard for whether we are rewarded or not. This is true living!

I am an ex-drug dealer and user who cursed God and Christ for many years. I was in jail, attempted suicide, and hated my father and wanted to kill him. I was a whoremonger and filled with pride and bitterness. I was drunk many times and threw away a lot of my life on things that didn't profit me.

33+ years ago I turned my life over to Jesus Christ, and He delivered me from all the stupidity and ignorance that you see above. Since then he has given me a wonderful wife and seven special children who know and love Him as well.
I know when I die I will spend my eternity in Heaven. I have a lot of physical pain in my body for a number of reasons but my mind and heart rejoice in God because this life is only a place of preparation for eternity. I may live to be 70 or 100+ in this body, but I will be in a perfect body after death and totally healthy in mind, body and spirit forever when I leave it.
Praise the Lord! I hope at least one person reading this will join me.

Answer 4

It is impossible...you can`t make God into a human. He is the truth and He is Love, so He cannot Hate or just not like someone....he created everyone...He cannot dislike his creatures. You cannot think of God as the greeks thought of their man made gods which represented every human vice and failing....God is perfect....we are made in His image not the other way around....and the person who quotes Job....obviously can`t read....because they got the story wrong.

Answer 5

God, The most powerful, The forgiveness. if He hate someone like me, i will be vanish. God allows bad things happen to good people as a test. He want to know how patient and thankful we are to him.

Answer 6

Impossible for God to hate us.
The purpose of bad things happening is so that we will turn TO God, not away from Him, in those times. The purpose is to build character and remind us that living for Him comes first. I have had things taken from me, and God wanted me to reaffirm that I love God more than what was taken. I needed that reminder, more than once.

Answer 7

My answer, which I worked hard at to help others after 9/11. You can take it or leave it, but I received a reward of being punished in my church magazine and newspapers.

God loves us. He is NOT the author of evil. He has never promised us a life here on earth free of problems or sadness and pain. He HAS promised us that he will get us through these times if we only reach out to him.

The Skeptical Christian
Grace and Peace
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Answer 8

Hate is a weakness. When we say X hates Y, than we get an impression that X and Y are of the same status.
so hate doesn't befit with the dignity of God
We may say that God dislike someone. and Yes God dislike satan and its agents

Answer 9

Yes. God hates you!

Okay, that sounds harsh. But imagine this: God creates a huge universe, and then decides to spend his time concentrating on the tiny, tiny portion of His creation that involves us? that's just pride, on our part.

We have to accept the fact that God just doesn't care. He is probably more busy dealing with something else than our own personal grievances. I think that's an adult way to percieve God.

Answer 10

are you joking me?. God doesnt hate me if God hated me i would of been dead along time ago. and i know God loves me and God knows i love him and trust him and respect and belief him. and there is definetly a God and one and only God and thats the heavenly father who doesnt hate me and i cant ever hate. and for your information its not Gods fault bad things happen. its life. its what adam and eve brought into this world when they ate the fruit from the tree they werent suppose to eat from the tree of Good and evil.