Hate the belief, love the believer.
If not, what would be better?
2007-05-02 08:34:45 · 25 answers · asked by Kallan 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
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2007-05-02 08:39:49 · update #1
lmao kithy!!
2007-05-02 08:40:37 · update #2
jgmb- why do you assume that this is my belief simply because I ask the question?
2007-05-02 08:45:58 · update #3
no
tolerate the belief. respect the believer. take a nap in between.
2007-05-02 09:09:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
As is true of most things, there is not the all or nothing; hate or love; always or never.
I can tolerate, suspect, believe, respect, ignore...the list goes on and on of what I can "do" with the belief. It depends on what the belief is.
Same is true with the believer. There is a whole contium to choose from between love and hate.
It is, in my opinion, better to love the person. Even if I don't agree with him; it doesn't mean that I choose to befriend him, or associate with him, or join in with him.
2007-05-02 15:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by Carol D 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I accept eveyone, but for Christians I don't think that it is - I think as far as philosophies for them go it's extremely flawed. They throw this out quite a bit, especially in reference to homosexuals. When they do I always wonder what exactly they are doing to reach out and connect with or understand them. From here, it looks like all they're doing is throwing around the threat of eternal damnation if they don't repent and change.
From my perspective their statement is more like, "hate the belief and chastise the believer".
2007-05-02 15:42:16 · answer #3 · answered by Sookie 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well I think that'd make a good comeback to Christians saying "hate the sin, love the sinner".
Personally no, I disagree with both. If I hate someone's core beliefs I would find it hard to love them, at best I might could tolerate them. To say otherwise would be hypocritical and dishonest of me.
2007-05-02 15:39:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's as fair as you can get.
However, even there we do have to be careful. We experience other people through their actions and beliefs, and that can still easily lead to hating the person.
2007-05-02 15:48:49 · answer #5 · answered by Innokent 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hhhmm, not sure. I agree to a certain degree, but I find I don't hate beliefs themselves... but I hate the fact that sooo many use their beliefs to justify their hateful actions towards others. So I'm not sure what would be better... Hate the bitches actions but not the *****? =>
2007-05-02 15:39:38 · answer #6 · answered by Kithy 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
that's works ...
and its so true that we can understand and accept each other as individuals, but we may never come to terms as groups
but to me that's not the issue ... what has always bothered me is that Religious group feel they know whats right for everyone, and they think its their duty to help the world see the light ... and none of it is based in fact
whereas science is a group of people reporting their findings ... based on fact, and research
and we argue apples and oranges, and the conversations go nowhere
2007-05-02 15:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
hate neither the belief OR the believer....but give the believer a SEVERE ticking off if s/he tries to interfere in my life without being asked to :P lol
2007-05-02 15:43:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Either way, it still won't make any increase in the Christian population...
Really!
Every one of us need to love one another, regardless of belief and practices. Love and respect comes hand in hand :-)
2007-05-02 15:49:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hate the Christianity love the Christian
2007-05-02 15:37:56 · answer #10 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋