If I simply say that something is not acceptable to me because of my beliefs, does this equal hatred?
If I say that I believe my religion is the absolute truth, and that according to my beliefs others are not acceptable to follow, is this spreading hatred?
Or is it just sharing what I believe? On a forum intended for that particular purpose?
2007-04-19 07:48:34 · 15 answers · asked by fairy*chick~ 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No I don't believe that is hatred. That is simply stating your beliefs and your opinions.
It becomes hatred when you start persecuting others for the beliefs. When you throw rocks through their windows, Or don't give them a job, or if you are not firendly too them. Name calling is hatred.
Simply saying that someone's behavior is unacceptable is not wrong. We really need a system of checks and balances. We need people to stand up and say that certain behaviors are not acceptable. We just need to make sure that we are consistent with our beliefs and the things we are saying. Like people who shoot abortion doctors because abortion is Murder and Murder is wrong- there is a little Hypocrisy there. But that is an act of hatred. Saying that you are opposed to abortion is not a hateful thing to do. Asking our senators to pass laws that outlaw abortion is not hateful. Burning abortion clinics is. Killing abortion doctors is.
I hope that I have made my point. THere is a big difference between standing up for what is good and right and being hateful.
2007-04-19 08:03:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It is not hatred to believe differently. It becomes hatred when certain ethnic groups of racial and religious persuasions are persecuted and defamed with sore intent.
I don't understand the obsession many on this forum have with hatred. To hate something or someone is a strong, but negative emotion that could bear repercussions. To dislike something or someone is merely a difference of opinion based on facts or preconceived notions.
There is a strong difference between hatred and disliking something. Hatred is evil, but disliking is only normal.
2007-04-19 07:57:50 · answer #2 · answered by Guitarpicker 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It is not hatred, just bad judgment. To be so arrogant as to believe that everyone who doesn't believe as you do is wrong is just silly. No matter which religion you follow, there are more people on this earth that believe you are wrong than believe the way you do. You have a chance of being right, but the odds are not good.
2007-04-19 07:57:04 · answer #3 · answered by deusexmichael 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Without knowing what was in your heart.... Can't say. If you were trying to tear down someone else's belief with malice, maybe. But, if you believe you were trying to offer a guiding hand, it was more a moment with a lack of compassion and humility.
Keep in mind.... When offering help, a compassionate open hand works better than a tight fist.
2007-04-19 08:06:04 · answer #4 · answered by Shaman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Do you think of of hatred as status by itself? Or, as I do, an prolonged and severe Anger...? some "psych expert" has written to categorise ten diverse "varieties" of anger, which could be: addictive, sluggish-burning, explosive, and/between countless others. you will try: coming to attain the futility of the hatred; or totally expertise WHY the hated individual acted that way; or each and every each and every now and then praying for that individual in spite of the hatred works. The direction of prayer and expertise has worked for me and a few that i be attentive to. whether, i could desire to confess that particularly, I definitely have been fortunate and blessed sufficient that no one has carried out me huge, vast incorrect. I definitely have "hated" bosses, or specific "varieties" of persons, for a together as, in spite of the undeniable fact that. additionally many times, i think of human beings vastly overuse the words "I hate_____(such or so)" Our proliferation of hyperbole is far overdone between human beings, while they experience they could desire to apply strenuous or absolutist words to magnify emotions that are particularly plenty milder than the words make out. Overstating issues just to confirm the element gets throughout is only too ordinary.
2016-11-25 22:29:12 · answer #5 · answered by duggs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you do not treat your fellow brothers and sisters in humanity as equals, your heart will grow heavy with sin.
It was believed not long ago in your mortal time lines that those of darkened skin were inferior to those of lightened skin. But of course, that was not spreading hatred, just ostracizing a certain group of my children.
I look forward to seeing you in the Hall of Double Ma'at, silly mortal woman.
2007-04-19 07:53:53 · answer #6 · answered by Ra 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Logically, it makes no sense considering that your beliefs cannot be absolute truth. When you go around trying to pass such beliefs off as such, it lacks merit and when it supports a group of thinkers that use such thinking to cause suffering and harm, such rhetoric in itself becomes harmful.
In plain English it's as bad as me chuckling at and supporting someone who's calling you names because you're a particular sexuality, race, religion, etc.
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2007-04-19 08:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by vinslave 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
"If I simply say that something is not acceptable to me because of my beliefs, does this equal hatred? "
Only if you then try to legislate that belief, or otherwise prosecute those who don't share it.
2007-04-19 07:51:33 · answer #8 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
It is not hatred, but it is intolerance. And feeling superior to others is Nazism. Sad but true.
2007-04-19 07:59:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It isn't hatred unless you word it that way. It definitely does show intolerance.
2007-04-19 07:55:57 · answer #10 · answered by Lifted by God's grace 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋