I don't know about anyone else, but the Bible I read says I'm not allowed to hate anyone.
We war NOT against flesh and blood...but against powers and principalities and spiritual wickedness in high places...
We are NOT allowed to hate another human being, for we are all made in the image of God. Am I wrong? Then prove me wrong, please, with Bible verses.
2007-12-27 20:05:18 · 28 answers · asked by Last Ent Wife (RCIA) 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Jesus Myth and others - I am allowed to hate behaviors, I am allowed to hate actions, but I am NOT allowed to hate people. Do I hate child molesters? No. My old blog on Brian Peppers is an example of that.
There is too much hate in this world. It needs to END.
2007-12-27 21:07:49 · update #1
God receives how we treat other people. If we hate others, we are actually hating the God who created them and loves them.
"The King will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me.' Matt. 25:40
"He will reply, 'I tell you the truth, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for Me.' Matt. 25:45
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you," Matt. 5:43-44
"But I tell you who hear Me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." Luke 6:27-28
"But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because He is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful." Luke 6:35-36
The verse that some have quoted, Luke 14:26, which says: "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."--this is an example of a verse lifted out of context, which can then be made to appear to mean distorted things.
In this verse, Jesus is talking about how any who follow God must make Him first in their hearts above any other allegiance, including human family. He is not saying you are actually commanded to literally emotionally hate your own family. 1 Timothy 5:8 says: "If anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for his immediate family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever." Obviously you are supposed to love your family.
Throughout the Bible it is made quite clear that we are to love our family, friends, and even enemies. Whenever you interpret a verse you must look at the Bible as a whole and not isolate one Scripture out of context from the rest.
"But whoever hates his brother is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness; he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded him." 1 John 2:11
"Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed His love among us: He sent His one and only Son into the world that we might live through Him." 1 John 4:7-9
God is awesome, and He deserves our first allegiance as our Lord and King. He is a God of love, and He wants us to follow His example by showing love to others.
On a practical and selfish level, it is far better to forgive and pray for someone who has hurt you than to nurture hatred and bitterness in your heart towards them. All hatred does is fill up your own heart with darkness. Forgiveness is freedom, and kindness to others is wisdom and blessing to oneself as well as the other person.
Forgiveness does not mean lack of boundaries or letting another person continue to deliberately hurt you in destructive ways. There is a balance between caring for oneself and caring for others. But hatred is never a good answer.
Every person is created in the image of God, even if the image appears very tarnished. All they need is more of the Holy Spirit's polish to make them shine!
Each soul has eternal value. God values each person enough--even the worst of the worst--to pay for their sins with His own blood. All any of us can do is accept the free gift of salvation made available to us through Jesus. Then we will have all of eternity to grow in learning how to better love God and each other. A life of freedom and light!
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2007-12-28 06:49:04 · answer #1 · answered by Rella 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hate is a natural kneejerk reaction. The unfortunate thing is that hate tends to make people do things which they normally would not do. Hatred is used by propogandists as a form of mind control during times of war.
2007-12-27 20:16:17 · answer #2 · answered by timelord 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Never.
You can not hate other people. I am atheist, but I still believe in love and forgiveness. Everybody is beautiful. Even the biggest jerk you meet is being a jerk for a reason, you have to find the heart to forgive his actions and hope that he changes his ways (otherwise, how could he enjoy life? You can only enjoy life if you love, if you hate you won't be able to find happiness.) Remember, every single person in this world can share a life story with you that will bring tears to your eyes...if you keep this in mind you will find it is very hard critisize someone.
I usually pity people instead of hating them because I feel so bad that they can't see the beauty in everything.
2007-12-27 20:10:46 · answer #3 · answered by travwell 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Never.
Zechariah 8:17
Matthew 5: 1-11, 17-20, 43-48
2007-12-27 20:09:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
why do you insist on asking such hard questions?,i watched histories mysteries last night and as i saw women dressed as catholic nuns escorting little jewish children to the gas chambers(showers) and the voice-over was eichmann's quote that it was imperative to kill the children first and foremost ,because it would be foolish to kill one generation and leave the next to avenge them. now while in iraq i heard horror stories ,from eyewitnesses about how sadaam ,ouday ,and qusay would wipe out entire families ,down to cousins ,for the same reason ,it made me feel hatred towards those who held life in such low regard ,i'm sorry but some actions are unforgivable and worthy of my contempt ,and yes hatred.
2007-12-28 14:51:20 · answer #5 · answered by joe c 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
So let's say hypothetically someones child has been molested or murdered, it is not okay to hate that person? Obviously this is not a bible verse but it is just human nature to hate people who have greviously wronged you or your people. I am also not so sure that not hating someone but looking forward to them burning in eternal torment in morally any better. Just my opinion.
2007-12-27 20:15:46 · answer #6 · answered by Gawdless Heathen 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Nope your right. We are told to love our enemies but we also hate sin not people and its hard to justify the war in iraq other than defending your country and family but that doesnt seem to be the case.
2007-12-27 20:07:26 · answer #7 · answered by Carl F 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well you've got the gist of the gospel correct--Jesus did teach to love your enemies so that excludes hating anyone for any reason--it also excludes 99.9999% of all "Christian" denominations in practice for that matter.
If you were to start a Church based on that alone, I would visit that church, I really would.
Preach on girl!
2007-12-27 20:11:53 · answer #8 · answered by Pi 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
it quite is complicated to be sure each so often whilst a guy or woman is "worth of being hated." needless to say, i could decide to declare it quite is in no way, yet needless to say, it quite is not the case. Rapists, murderers, the sickos of the worldwide. each so often hate is in simple terms organic. in accordance to the Bible and Christianity, homosexuals, Muslims, atheists, prostitutes, tax creditors, snakes and pharisees are all "worth of being hated." And yet maximum Christians declare their faith preaches love and information and peace. i've got faith that, specific, some persons are worth of being hated. yet because of the fact of what they have executed, no longer because of the fact of who they're.
2016-10-09 07:20:12 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple
Luke 14:26
But then again I guess that only applies if you want to be a disciple. So only if it is in context of what Jesus apparently Said. Disciples only
2007-12-27 20:13:40 · answer #10 · answered by Pathofreason.com 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋