Luke 14:26 – " If anyone comes to me and does not hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters—yes, even his own life—he cannot be my disciple."
2007-11-30 02:17:55 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
primoa, you're the last person i'd expect to argue over "translation" the message is ALWAYS clear and ALWAYS literal by your own account...
you're also the last person i'd expect to write an apologetic...
2007-11-30 02:42:31 · update #1
The problem that you are running into is that originally the bible was about 20 or 30 times bigger, and had a lot more information. They had to cut it back to make it remotely functional as a usable text. The original story of Sodom and Gomorrah taken from the Sumerian Tablets would be chapters long, but it was inconvenient so it is only a few pages now. Words change as convenient. Meek actually means intelligent, but it is convenient to keep people thinking that is means something different. Adultery, for 300 years, meant molesting children. About 100 years ago they decided to change the colloquial definition and have been having a blast ever since. A "fornicate" is the arched entryway to a walled city. What "fornicators" actually are and how they became evil is an interesting informational process. Everybody here will tell you what they want it to mean. Adam and Eve were told that if they eat of that tree they would die. They didn't but then eveybody comes up with their version of why - they died spiritually - their innocence died - what ever. But the bible said they would die and they didn't and it didn't give any other reasons, but people by the millions will give you their version of why. What does "hate" mean. You have seen what people "want" it to mean, but no one here was around 1700 or 1800 years ago when it was written and all they have is speculation and what they want as convenient.
2007-11-30 03:10:05 · answer #1 · answered by bocasbeachbum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a reference to the total devotion that we need to have to follow Christ. The word translated here as "hate" can also be translated as "put aside". In order to be a disciple of Christ we must "put aside" our father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, even our own life.
I hope this clears things up for you.
2007-11-30 02:22:02 · answer #2 · answered by James W 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
We need to love God with ALL our heart, mind soul and strength.
This does not that we can not love others, but it means that our love for God is the most important, and if you choose to do any thing against God's commands (either by doing something prohibited or by not doing what God has directed us to do) to please a person, than you have put them first.
2007-11-30 02:29:34 · answer #3 · answered by tim 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Apparently this is another example of the bible to not be taken literally.Why don't they just admit the whole thing is not to be taken literally.
The word "hate" in that verse is miseo, the Greek word for "hate," from which we get the prefix in "misanthropy" and "misogyny".
This is reinforced in the following though:
"And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me." (Matthew 10:37-38)
Why not love your family first? This sounds like something an uneasy dictator would say.
2007-11-30 02:24:10 · answer #4 · answered by Cotton Wool Ninja 6 · 3⤊ 3⤋
I don't know if the interpretation is exactly correct there, but what He essentially is saying to leave them and follow Him
He's referring to being a disciple and you can't serve two masters
2007-11-30 02:23:15 · answer #5 · answered by sego lily 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
Hmm. God loves hateful disciples? Didn't he forget to say those who can't spell?
2007-11-30 02:22:39 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
by hate it implies haveing no attachment to. to be his true diciple, you must be willing to give up all things, including the desire of all things, including your family. you must love god and god alone.
Pope Benedict wrote an entire encyclical about it.
2007-11-30 02:32:44 · answer #7 · answered by Adam of the wired 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yeah, didn't you hear? If a passage sounds unpleasant it is to be interpreted in a way that makes its followers feel better.
Hate means hate. If it meant "be more devoted" it would have said "be more devoted."
2007-11-30 02:25:27 · answer #8 · answered by AngFlowr 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
This passage is often taken out of context. I'm not surprised you're trying to use it to refute a basic truth. It does not wash.
2007-11-30 02:23:07 · answer #9 · answered by rico3151 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
You must surrender your own "idea" of what love is. The Love that God "IS", is beyond the human concept of "love-hate".
2007-11-30 02:22:07 · answer #10 · answered by Premaholic 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋