Is Christianity fundamentally hateful?

Question

Its supposed to be a religion of peace and love isn't it? Then why does it often seem to be anything but? Why is it so judgmental and hateful? And before I get indignant answers saying "I don't, don't judge me etc" I am talking in general. Whats up with you guys? Why are you more concerned with gays, harry potter, and Evolution then the real problems of the world?

Answer 1

Yes.
"A religion, even if it calls itself a religion of love, must be hard and unloving to those who do not belong to it." -Sigmund Freud

Answer 2

Fair enough question. Fundamentally, at it's roots, Christianity is about loving God and loving others as yourself. Quite a few Christians, unfortunately, get hung up over concepts like gays and Harry Potter (I don't mind Potter actually, although I thought the last book was a long-winded drag), and frankly, this isn't the best service they could be doing for the faith. My $.02

Answer 3

At its core, at the most basic, primitive, simple level, I don't believe that Christianity is hateful. But all the details of it, some of the teachings, certainly the attitudes of SO many of its followers, are very hateful.

Christianity, like any other faith, comes with good and bad and we have to accept that. It will never change. It is up to the individual to decide how they express the love or teach the lessons of their god. One person, say the followers of the Westboro Baptist Church, read the Bible and use it to stand on while preaching hate and damnation. Another person, Mother Teresa for example, reads it and uses the "word of God" as inspiration to heal the sick and spread love and compassion.

At the root of it, I believe Christianity is meant for good. Unfortunately too many people pervert that purpose for their own agenda.

Answer 4

I'm not concerned with gays, harry potter and evolution that much!

Depends what you mean bout the real problems of the world. The real problem of the world is that we're sinners- true Christians will have realised that and will have repented

Answer 5

to the one that quoted freud about all religions being hateful of others who aren't the same religion. I beg to differ, I am not judgemental or hateful of those who do not share my religion, but then again, mine teaches you to be respectful of others regardless of their religion. I do not push my religion on others, but will answer questions, and educate if asked.

Most religions teach that only that religion is the true and correct way to reach heaven, and to convert all others. I don't understand why so many fail to see that the core beliefs of all religions are the same. Aren't all religions essentially then just using different names and such? There is no reason to hate based on religion. When the masses begin to see that they all have the same basic beliefs, hence the same religion under another name, maybe stupid, useless, religion based wars can end.

Answer 6

Jesus preached love, humility, kindness etc but men have a way of misrepresenting everything in the scriptures.

Have a look at Matthew 5:38-48

Answer 7

First off, nothing could be further from the truth.

Christianity is about peace and love.

Secondly, evolution has never been proven and even if it is true, there is NO mention of the Bible when they teach it in school. They leave out Jesus.

Also, we are concerned about all sin. Homosexuals just get alot of attention because the liberal media loves to call us homophobic when in reality we are concerned for gays because they are sinners.

Answer 8

It doesn't have to be practiced as a religion of hate. However, it often is in one way or another.

One major problem the religion has is that it is impossible for anyone to really live in accordance with the bible because the bible is contradictory. Unfortunately, the nice parts of the bible tend to be more general in their instructions while the hate-filled parts of the bible tend to be more specific in their instructions. So, the less intelligent Christians tend to gravitate more towards the hate filled parts, simply because the instructions in those parts are easier to understand.

Sadly, there are a lot of rather stupid Christians, especially in the US. So there are a lot of hate-filled fundamentalists within Christianity.

Answer 9

Yes, it is.

Of course you will be attacked for this observation with all sorts of excuses, ranging from the hate the sin not the sinner (what the *** does that even mean) to the supermoralistic.

The truth is that you can only judge people for what they do, and Christians seem exceptionally good at judging and condemning. Not much evidence of real love.

Answer 10

only God knows what truly lies in the heart and that is why it is his judgment and his alone; don't pool us all together ; you can't make a generalization of a whole when you only have exposure to a handful; it would be like saying all medium height people are hateful or all brunettes are the superior sector of society ; all people have the right to voice an opinion ; all people don't have the right to throw insults to a group and say all; it is not mankind that condemns someone to hell but the actions of the individual themselves and then God at the end of the road; one doesn't get condemned to hell by our actions but by their own ; their free choice

Answer 11

Think about the Hell concept for a minute. The most hateful, arrogant, divisive worldview ever. Yes, Christianity is fundamentally hateful. It is hateful to believe that other people are going to suffer eternal torment when they die. There is no justification for endorsing human suffering. There is no justification for looking at another human being and believing that person will go to Hell unless you "save" them. It's sick. There is also no justification for worshipping a deity that, if it existed, would be a complete psychopath. This isn't limited to Christianity. Religious faith, in and of itself, breeds a sense of superiority in its followers and devalues everyone else.