If God is love...?

Question

And love is everywhere, then why is there so much hate?

Answer 1

There's a lot of sickness and sadness in this world. How can God let it go on? Well, I can't give you an answer. I can only tell you a true story. A certain man threatened the Religious Gestapo, who in turn convinced the Roman government that He was a threat to them, too.
His followers were disappointed that He didn't overthrow
the Romans and declare himself King, like the Messiah was
supposed to do. So they abandoned Him. The ancient Romans pioneered what was possibly the most cruel
form of torture ever devised by man: Crucifixion. They would
drive spikes into their victim's ankles and wrists, smashing
his nerves. He would hang there in blinding sheets of pain,
slowly suffocating and dehydrating for days, until he finally expired.
Jesus was whipped and beaten, literally beyond recognition,
then nailed to a cross between two common criminals.
One of these criminals was cursing and shouting at Him in a
fit of rage: 'HEY! If you're the KING, why don't you get yourself
down from there! And US, TOO!!!' The other guy went along with this... for a little while. But he saw that Jesus wasn't hurling insults at his torturers. Instead He was asking God to forgive them (?!). He sobered up. He said to the other criminal, 'Hey dude,you and I are here because we deserve it. But this man Jesushas done nothing wrong.'
Then he said to Jesus, 'Remember me when you take charge of your Kingdom.' Jesus simply replied, 'Today you'll be with me in Paradise.' Stop the camera. What you have here, in this brief conversation, is a snapshot of the entire world. You have two criminals who have gotten themselves into a horrendous, awful mess. And you have the Son of God, who has not only chosen to live with us in our world of pain and suffering, but has personally taken all of it upon his own shoulders.Even though he is completely innocent.
One thief refuses to accept any responsibility for his actions.
He's unwilling to admit that he created the very mess that he's in. He lives in denial until the bitter end. He grits his teeth and dies in his sin.
The other thief comes clean. He recognizes that Jesus possesses divine authority. He admits his guilt. He is required to do nothing, other than to let go of his pride.
He asks for forgiveness.
Forgiveness granted.
Jesus' pardon doesn't make the cross or the agony go away. But finally the struggle ceases and this man crosses the Great Divide.
The intense pain dissolves and he steps into a New World, designed by God Himself -- with renewed body and soul.
That's a picture of the entire world, right there.
You and I are in this mess together, and we've all contributed to it. We've all rejected God in some way or another, we've all
committed some kind of crime, and we all experience suffering. The situation is what it is. So we have a simple choice: Accept that fact that God has suffered with us -- or mock him and be furious because the suffering exists in the first place. Which way do you want it???
The decision is yours. You and I will never get a true 'answer'
about the pain and suffering we experience in this life. But in
the midst of our pain, we have a companion. You and I can have the same conversation with Jesus that this criminal had, and we can experience the same forgiveness. All we have to do is ask, just like the thief on the cross did on that sad day.

Answer 2

God loves all unconditionally. God gave us free will knowing full well that any one of us could use that free will to separate ourselves from the Infinite. So why would God stop loving us if we are simply exercising the free will that "he" gave to us in the first place. God hopes all us will make a better decision and seek oneness with God rather than separation but it is still our free will not to seek this oneness. In reality we are all extensions of the Infinite, but we have to realize that within ourselves before it is a manifest reality in our beings. Also there is really little difference between Christians and Atheists. Both deny God. Atheists deny God exists at all while Christians deny God lives within themselves. They do this despite the fact that Jesus said that the kingdom of God is within you.

Answer 3

Adam and Eve disobeyed God and ate from the Tree of Knowledge of good and evil and thereby allowing SIN into the world.

We now live in a fallen world. There is where you get your hatred and you sicknesses.

Right now satan and his demons are running around the earth free-willy, but there time is getting shorter and shorter. Christ will return and bound them for a thousand years and then Christ will eventually throw Hell and all its contents into the Lake of Fire!

I hope this answers your question!

Answer 4

Humans choose love or hate.

Answer 5

God is love but there is a lot of hatred on this site and no love showing, this site needs a overhaul and love

Answer 6

"He is inside all, and outside of all; He is untouched by love or hate."(Guru Arjan Dev Ji Raag Soohee 785)

"Shedding my ego, I have become free of hate."(Guru Arjan Dev Ji Raag Gauree 183)

"You are totally pervading everywhere; You love and cherish all. ||1||Pause||" (Guru Nanak Dev Ji Raag Aasaa 350 )

"Hatred is gone - I have no hatred at all; I see the One Lord in all. ||13||"(Guru Arjan Dev Ji Raag Maaroo 1077 )

Answer 7

Perhaps people don't believe in God.

Answer 8

that is an easy answer- God's love is everywhere but some desire not to accept it, and live in it. That is not God's fault it is ours.

Answer 9

because most people don't follow Gods rules for us to live bye but its a ma zing you can trace all hate and corruption crime etc to our not following Gods will for our lives and just rebelling and doing it our way

Answer 10

Which god is love? Certainly not the god of the bible.

He's the kind of person who sends bears to kill kids for making fun of a bald guy.

Have you read the bible?

Injustice
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/inj/long.html

Absurdity
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/abs/long.htm

Cruelty and violence
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html

Intolerance
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/int/long.html

Family Values
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/fv/long.html

Women
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/women/long.html

Sex
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/sex/long.htm

Homosexuality
http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/gay/long.htm