The bible talks about Love and Hate but not Dislike , So Is it ok to DISLIKE someone According to the bible?

Question

Many say its ok to dislike but the bible never says anything about, Hate and dislike are the same thing, Either Love or Hate, their is no inbetween. Many people say "I love the person becasue i have too but i just dont like them". This sound pretty crazy if you ask me, Here is a more logical answer " I Love the person but i dont like the things that they do", this sounds much better and makes more since.

God Loves all but he hates sin, God Love homosexuals as people and his creation but he hates what they do. When people say "I Love them but Dislike Them" They are contradicting themselves, they are really saying "I love them but Hate them". You cannot use somthing the word "dislike" just to make it sound less harsh, lol.

Answer 1

Yes, you may dislike someone.

English is a weak language for talking about different kinds of love. The Greek of the New Testament is much better:
+ Eros: Romantic love
+ Philia: Brotherly (or sisterly) love
+ Storge: Parental love
+ Agape: Godly love

Eros and philia are based on emotions and storge is almost an instinct.

But Agape is a decision to wish for the best for someone.

Christians are commanded to love (agape) their neighbors and enemies. This does not mean we have to like them or approve of their actions.

This love (agape) is almost impossible to do without God's help.

Do you love (agape) the terrorists who flew airplanes into the World Trade Center?

With love in Christ.

Answer 2

I guess muslims have been very aggressive in recent years. We have seen it - Iran in 1979, various terrorist events since. That can produce a "natural" response, ie people often get offended by others' bad behaviour, and this behaviour is actually coming from teaching in the Koran, even if it is not what most moderate muslims will get involved in. The "natural" behaviour is morally wrong in the sense that God doesn't want us to react out of offense and revenge and so on. But becoming a loving person takes time. Many people in the West are not even religious and so just see the nasty terrorist violence and so dislike the religion which motivates the deeds.

Answer 3

There will always be people that you dislike or they will just rub you the wrong way. This is normal and there is nothing wrong with it. But the Bible says that we are to love others. This type of love does not refer to what we feel in our hearts toward someone else. To love in a Biblical sense means to continue to do what is in the other persons best interest even when they are annoying you. Love is not a feeling; it is an action that benefits others.

Answer 4

This is a very good question. We are taught to love our neighbor who Scripture teaches is anyone whose path crosses ours. As a subset of our neighbor is our enemy, those who would do us harm. But by our Lord's command we are to love them as well. We are to remember that vengence is the Lord's, that it is He who will judge all people, and that we are taught not to judge, especially those outside the Body of Christ. When we stick to the business of being Christlike to one another, not judging one another, and caring for our neighbor we are given a "new nature" which makes it alot easier to disregard the dislikes we see in the other and we tend to look more closely at our own faults than those we would otherwise like to concentrate on in the other. This is part of the wonderful and awesome process of being remade into the image of God when we come to Him in humility and repentance. I'm sure you will have absolutely no difficulty with this when you realize you have are being helped by the Holy Spirit.

Answer 5

I'm sorry, I disagree.

Love is a verb, it's something that you do, not something that you feel. When you love someone, you do for them. Christ commands us to love one another.

When you hate someone, it does not affect them, but yourself. Hate is a feeling. When you dislike someone, it merely means you don't like their ways or their attitudes, but they have no real affect on you.

An example is my mother-in-law (she lives with us). I love her because Jesus said to, and I want my kids to have a good relationship with their grandma. So I do for her; I take her places and listen to her and show her love. But I dislike everything about her. She's north to my south lol. We are as different as we can possibly be.

I don't hate her, she's not worth the worry, but I do dislike the things she does. I love her, because I have to set an example, but I dislike her because of the way she is.

Answer 6

hate is the opposite of like, and same goes for dislike, so its basically the same thing. If you hate someone, you dislike him. Everyone will probably have different opinion on if it is or isnt, so i guess the only opinion that counts is urs

Answer 7

There is a verse that says something like, "in your anger, do not sin".

I think it's possible to have "a problem" with someone, but maintain a spiritual perspective.

Good luck!

Answer 8

Guy,
This is an imperfect world with many different personalities.

There is going to be people you are not going to like.
There is people that don't like you.

Both quotes you use have flaws in them, but are mostly right.

Answer 9

dislike is an aspect of judgement
why judge others when there is no point they are only being human
if they are intolerable to your peace of mind move away from them to keep in inthat serene zone

Answer 10

let us get real here. Yes you can hate people. if you polled people, i think approximately 99% would say they hated someone if they were honest about their answers. dislike refers to inanimate objects