if God is love why are christians so hateful?
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It isn't the true Christians (followers of Christ) that you describe.\nIt is the Apostates following the devil that decieve and draw you away. It is they with their confusing arguements who upset the balance of things, and true religon suffers.\nStudy and learn the truth\nhttps://watch002.securesites.net/contact/submit.htm
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I have to say I got a bit lost in your question, but i see you are sincere. Some people only spend time on pointing out hate and war towards their neghbors and demand to get loved for their)(fake)righteousness! Others, live life by their heart and demand nothing, you can hate them and they will accept it like it is just part of God's plan. They will still love you no matter what you do to them. \n\nYou choose who you follow. I follow my heart and look for those who do the same. You decide what is deception and what is true, not a book or a man. Only you hold the timeless key of truth.
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God does not stop loving you no matter what you do. God loves killers and homosexuals and republicans and everyone else.\n\nI do not understand why God chooses to punish us for sinning, but rest assured that he does not do it out of hate. God wants us to make our own decisions to worship him or not because God is very insecure and needs the unforced love of his creations to feel whole, but just as you can love or a child even when they have done bad, the sky daddy loves you.
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People in fact bash Christians.  But most of what goes under the name Christian bashing is really people's perfectly acceptable and understandable defense of their rights and of science and of themselves.  A great many Christians feel that any resistance or disagreement with them is persecution of them.  Very seriously.\n\nChristians tend to say things like "Are having morals an issue?" and are totally deaf to the fact that that statement says if you are not a Christian, you have no morals.  So they cluelessly offend and demean people and when they are corrected or complained about, they call it bashing and persecution.\n\nAnd they say things like "I want to know what other people think.  But don't bash."  Which really means, "what are some other reasons that blame everybody but Christians for the result of Christian behavior?"\n\nChristians are heavily criticized, which is not bashing, in today's society because they tread heavily on people's toes.  Heavily.  And answer criticism with whines about being persecuted.
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yeah, you're suppose to hate sinning. I never read a verse in the bible that said "Do no hate". If you love sinning then you would sin and thats against God/Jesus.\n\nWe are suppose to forgive/love the sinner (person who comitted the sin, is comitting it) not the actual sin.
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i agree. I ask christians questions and they give me hateful remarks. Its as though they have no incentive to be nice because Jesus saved them from being respectful to other people.  and what about turn the other cheeck? when i was a christian i thought they were held to higher standards, i was dead wrong. I left because of the hypocracy and ignorance.
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Being godly's always been odd (and more). Being Christian always meant going against the flow. \n\nJesus said, "If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first." (John 15:17-19)\nPeter said, "[ Suffering for Being a Christian ] Dear friends, do not be surprised at the painful trial you are suffering, as though something strange were happening to you." (1 Peter 4:12)\n\nIs society getting worse? I'm not sure. But I never had real faith in human "goodness" in the first place.
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Christians do not hate gays.  They just cannot agree with the lifestyle, which are two different things.  For instance, I am a person and heterosexual.  Two things that can be separated, just like people can separate politics and religion.  So, I know someone will say well "I am gay, so you hate me."  I would reply, "No. You are a human, and I do not like your sexual preference."  As far as people hating Christians, many people have many different reasons.  The biggest reason is that people are afraid to give up themselves for a reason bigger than themselves and they are afraid of those who do.  Some Christians are not great examples of what way to react to homosexuals, or other things.  But they freak out, out of fear that their way of life is being threated.  Just like the homosexuals do.  Just look at the responses here so far, they are reactionary.
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Religious intolerance and bigotry are sometimes motivated by the unseen 'god of this system of things', Satan the Devil.\n\n(2 Corinthians 4:4) the god of this system of things has blinded the minds of the unbelievers\n\nInterestingly, such "hatred" should be expected by true Christians in this time of the end, and it actually helps identify Jehovah's Witnesses as Christ's true disciples:\n\n(John 15:19) If you were part of the world, the world would be fond of what is its own. Now because you are no part of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, on this account the world hates you.\n\n(Luke 6:22) Happy are you whenever men hate you, and whenever they exclude you and reproach you and cast out your name as wicked for the sake of the Son of man.\n\n(1 Peter 4:4) Because you do not continue running with them in this course to the same low sink of debauchery, they are puzzled and go on speaking abusively of you.\n\n(2 Timothy 4:3-5) For there will be a period of time when they will not put up with the healthful teaching, but, in accord with their own desires, they will accumulate teachers for themselves to have their ears tickled; and they will turn their ears away from the truth, whereas they will be turned aside to false stories. You, though, keep your senses in all things, suffer evil, do the work of an evangelizer, fully accomplish your ministry.\n\nIt seems signficant that the relatively small religion of Jehovah's Witnesses are the ones best known for their worldwide preaching work. Yet Jesus commanded that ALL who would call themselves "Christian" perform this public work:\n\n(Matthew 28:19,20) Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.\n\nLearn more:\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/jt/index.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/w/2003/3/1/article_01.htm\nhttp://watchtower.org/library/w/2002/4/1/article_01.htm
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Whoa... It's interesting to note that sharing Christianity raises the hackles of so many people. You would think they are the only ones out there cramming their opinions down others throats. There's certainly enough answers on this one doing the same thing. This person is sharing their heart out of love for all of you, and the majority stomp on it.\n\nThe conflict does not lie with the individual, but the differing beliefs. Talk about respect...  that goes both ways. To be sure, there are some zealous Christians out there, but the majority simply are sharing what they have found to be true to those who are asking, especially in this forum, for some answers. A quick survey of some of the answers here on YA will show that most of the personal "attacks" are coming from the non-Christians. Even the avatars reflect the hatred that is so blatantly spread on here.\n\nDon't shoot the messenger who says things you do not want to face or hear. Just because their beliefs counters yours, or hits some spiritual nail on the head, it does not justify your anger to a complete stranger. The motives are readily apparent. Are you coming from a place of hatred or love. Most of the Christians here, and elsewhere, are operating on the love side... are you?
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The Bible nor Christianity advocates hurting anyone. It is the people that hurt others. \nPeople make mistakes and people are sometimes hateful without thinking of others and their feelings but noone should b mad at GOD for what people do. \nWe just need to learn to love as Christ did. He loved the person but not the sin and when someone did sin He did not walk up and condemn them to hell he humbly pointed out their wrong ( usually by asking them a question that caused them to stop and think ).
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This is a complex question, and the answer depends upon your definiton of God. If your God is an old geezer in the sky who created absolutely everything, then it would logically follow that he or she created hatred. But maybe God just established the laws of nature and then set everything in motion (Deism). In this case human beings are the inventors of hatred. Or, maybe God is the same thing as Nature, in which case people would still be the inventors of hatred (and evil). Lots of theologians have struggled with this question.
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You are a hate-filled ingoramus!\n\nI'll bet you're a Christian too.\n\nGood luck with all that.
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Yes, Jesus said love your enemy because if you only love those that you care for, where is the reward in that? It's impossible to love your enemy on your own, only through God's grace one is able to love their enemy. Since humans have a fallen nature due to original sin, it is in human nature to love only those that love them back, BUT it's in God's will to love those that hate you just as Jesus Christ loves His enemies. We must be more like Jesus Christ. Jesus said, be perfect just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
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Well throught the years the self-righteous have always tried to beat up on people that don't have their beliefs... And say well god said to do it... If there is a god I picture him being one of love not one who says "you are different" or "I hate the fags" you know in the bible it says you should keep slaves... I bet a certain group in very happy that their were good people who said no it's not ok to have slaves. Religion is evil... in the wrong peoples hand like Hitler, Bush Jr.
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It's very comforting to say that "God loves us all so much that He will save us all"; or "He hates the sin, but loves the sinner"; or "God is love, and will not send anyone to hell."  \n     \n     I must admit, it is nice to think of God's love being so infinitely great that all will ultimately be saved.  Hell is a terrible place and I don't want anyone to go there.   But it does not matter what I think.  It matters what the Bible says.\n     God is love (1 John 4:8), but God also punishes the sinner and hates all who do iniquity.  God is not one sided.  He is not simply an infinitely loving God.  He is also infinitely just.  He must deal with sin.  He must punish the sinner.\n\n Well? Does God hate anyone?  The answer is yes.\n\n      Psalm 5:5, "The boastful shall not stand before Thine eyes; Thou dost hate all who do iniquity,\n\n      Psalm 11:5, "The Lord tests the righteous and the wicked, and the one who loves violence His soul hates."\n\n      Lev. 20:23, "Moreover, you shall not follow the customs of the nation which I shall drive out before you, for they did all these things, and therefore I have abhorred them."\n\n      Prov. 6:16-19, "There are six things which the Lord hates, yes, seven which are an abomination to Him: 17 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 A heart that devises wicked plans, feet that run rapidly to evil,\nA false witness who utters lies, and one who spreads strife among brothers.\n\n\n      Hosea 9:15, "All their evil is at Gilgal; indeed, I came to hate them there!  Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of My house! I will love them no more; All their princes are rebels." \n\n     Are these verses hard to read?  \nDo they make you feel uncomfortable?  \nDoes this sound harsh?\nMaybe you don't think your sins are that big a deal. God does.\nGod hates sin.  But, He does not punish sin.  He punishes the sinner.  Sin cannot be tied up and thrown into a fire.  It cannot be put in a box or glued to a stick.  \nIt is rebellion.  It is rebellion in the heart.  It is breaking God's Law.\n\nSo what standard will God use to decide our guilt or innocence?\nThe 10 Commandments. The bible says that they are like a mirror to show us what we are...horrible sinners to the core.\nWhen we see the standard; "Don't lie, Don't steal, Honor your parents, Love God with all of your heart soul mind and strength".\n\nGo to this website to take the test and find out how you'll do on the day of judgment...\n\nwww.needgod.com\n\nbob
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I have seen some "religious" people bash gays and do nothing but hate them, but the true Christian does not hate anyone at all, and they do not bash anyone either. Gay people feel that way because that is what has happened to them from people who claim to love God...but the word of God is REAL clear..."anyone who hates their brother is a murderer". It also says "if you can not love your brother, who you can see, you can not love God, who you can not see."...anyone who claims to be holy and hates is a liar and deceives himself.