Does your religion teach Hate????

Religion does not teach us to "hate"; BUT, it does teach people to despise and look down on anyone who is not part of OUR religion or who was part of our religion and then chooses to reject it. Every religion teaches that we should love others and be charitable; but ONLY to others who belong to OUR religion and ADHERE to it's teachings. Everyone else is to be "shown the error of their ways" and if they do not agree than they are "lesser beings". Event though the US and many other countries have free speech and freedom of religion protections - many people seem to believe that this gives them the right to force their beliefs on others and the beliefs they usually try to force on others are beliefs from their religion. What religion teaches people is a sense of "SUPERIORITY". I am better than YOU; I know better than YOU; and you better do things my way or else. The only ones who learn hate from religion are the ones who want to do things their religion prohibits; but, they abide by the dictates of their religion anyway even if they are miserable. They learn to hate the people who do not abide by those dictates especially if they CLAIM to be part of the same religion - "gays, sinners, scientists, abortionists".

They're teaching you that God HATE sinners? Wow, that's blasphemous!! YEAP - it's blasphemy. God does NOT hate sinners - he HATES sin, however. Those are two different things - sin is the deed, sinners are the people that GOD created in His image. So no, He doesn't hate them. Why would He give up His one and only Son to die on the cross if He hates them? Think about that. See the problem is that there's a lot of not JUST misrepresentation of the Bible (which I believe is God's words) and taking it out of context, but there's also a lot of people not really knowing what they are talking about. One of the reasons why I don't believe I'm religious is for the reasons that you iterated. Plus, God doesn't care what our religion is, anyway. He cares about our personal relationship with Him.

I am a Hindu, and my religion does not teaches us on hate or we do not ask anybody to convert into our religion, by claiming that the Hindu religion is the best and you will reach heaven directly if you are a Hindu. We mostly believe in reincarnation, and our Karma or whatever we have done in our life will affect us in our next life.E.g. if you do good things in this life, our next life or reincarnation will be much better. This is one of the reason, that even though other religions are trying to convert us to their religion, we still stick to our Hinduism. I will go a step further and say that Hinduism is not a religion alone but a way of life.

No religions preaches to hate others.Only the religious people put their own ideas stealthy into the prophets.A real religion is concerned about the growth of each and everybody's soul and don't want a group.In short,a good religion cares for the individual but the corrupted religious people who want to earn through the religion makes a fuss.We have to identify their bad attitudes and try to improve ourselves.Then unconditional love is the only way left behind and the World will remain in peace.Cheers!

The Old Testament clearly demonstrates hatred. I have never met any religious person who can claim that "god" is LOVE when the "god" of the bible instructs the Jews to massacre other races to demonstrate "his" power. Is killing another human being an act of love or hate? The answer is obvious. And the hypocrisy is obvious. Many religious people pretend that their "god" represents love while ignoring the fact that the biblical "god", for example, has a history of encouraging genocide in "his" name, simply because other races practised a different religion or way of life. In other words, religious books like the bible are two-faced: talking about love on the one hand, then practising hate (killing) on the other. Many people are simply blind to the corrupt foundation behind their beliefs.

God does not hate sinners. He hates sin. There is a difference. As for unconditional love...yes, He loves us unconditionally. But if we refuse to give up our sin....we refuse that love and are not going to spend eternity with HIM. It is not God that condemns us...we condemn ourself. If a person refuses to give up sinning...why do they complain that God would 'send' them to hell..they've sent themselves to hell...cause God has loved them all along and wanted them with HIM. SIN cannot enter into the presence of a HOLY and Righteous God....He's shown us the way to give sin up and be forgiven. How does that come to mean that God is sending us to hell? When we are the ones refusing HIM? I don't know what to say about the Arabs....they seem to think of God in very low terms, a god who would send his followers out to cut off heads of those who do not bow to him....that is not the God I understand. AS for women being subserviant...that is MAN's interpretation of what God says.What I understand the Bible to say is... There has to be a head, the leader, man is the leader because he was not decieved in the garden. Women are not to teach men in the church....because God knows how men are....they'd not listen or take her seriously, most would sit and snicker or lust after the pretty ones. Why does that upset women? That apostle Paul taught that women were to submit to their husbands? He also taught men to love their wives as they love their own bodies. Do men do this? NO, not 100% of them do. The women who are treated abusively can leave their husband or stay, it's their choice. God allows that. I know I am content with it. I was abused by my husband. I know many chruches teach other wise...but I searched and I found that the scriptures do not allow for man to treat women like I was treated. So, I left. I got a divorce. There ARE Chistians who would tell you I sinned. I know God does not condemn me. Man's interpretation of scripture is what is lacking, not God's Word. Your questions are very thought provoking...thanks for allowing me to respond. :)

So true ...so true. That is exactly why I don't subscribe to any religion. Religion is man-made and people use it as an excuse to be self-righteous and judgemental and yes...hate. Not everyone involved in religion is like that. Some are truly spiritual and don't judge others.

Bird123, it isn't true that God hates sinners. beliefs like that are lies about God. the truth is.. GOD HATES SIN, BUT HE LOVES SINNERS. He wants to save all sinners, that's why He showed the life of love through Christ. So that if we chose to do the same, that we spend our lives loving to others, we will be healed and fit the the kingdom of Heaven in which HATE doesn't exist forever.

It is amazing you write this. Are you the same person who earlier gave me a big lecture to see and think only positive things, you who told that there is good in everybody and everything? You are a real hypocrite. If I had written the same words that you have written here, you would tell me " What the world does does not count. It is what you do that counts" well then, why do you bother to write about the hate of religion. Let religion do whatever they want to. You focus on your actions and perhaps that would make you less hypocrite. The world does not need your God's love because it is God's love which made us weak and helpless in the first place and that is why he trapped us in physical bodies and forcing us to educate ourselves through suffering and misery? Who needs a love which makes them so weak they lose the capability of standing on their own feet? Now you can start hating and cursing me. Hatred and curses is what I get from you whenever we cross paths. Judging and condemning, controlling and intimidating, falsely accusing - this is what you are. Your post on riligion clearly proves it.

I feel you deserve accolades for such a bold insightful stand. I'm an atheist myself. (More so, an agnostic) I'm always amused how these 'perfect' religions (read the Abrahamic religions) deem me a sinner and are going to punish me in the afterlife. It is clear that my deeds are going to play a second fiddle. And the wierdest thing is that all this after those 'Gods' gave me a free will! I do not denounce the concepts of God or religion; even if ultimately they're a hoax or not. They're always beneficial psychologically. But the intolerance of the above religions always baffle me. On the other hand considering the realistic perspective, hate to the real sinners, and not the idolators or atheists or other religionists etc. becomes inevitable. We need to do some pest-controlling, but the criterion for sin can never be idolatory or atheism or even blasphemy of God. Otherwise the concerned God would be an egoist, insecure and insane. That's the why I'm more in favor of the eastern religions which at least prima facie are more tolerant and less demanding of submission to any silly stern rules.

You would argue that we don't have to submit to the police? Next time a policeman put on his lights behind you, or asks you to step out of the car, try not submitting, and see what happens. Of course we have to submit to authority. There is hierarchy in all life. Unconditional love does not mean forgoing justice. G-d has already shown his unconditional love through Jesus Christ being sent to die for our sins. But there are those who refuse Jesus. To those who refuse Jesus, G-d will allow them to face judgment, as they have chosen to do. And he will judge them, and they will die. It's not hate. It's justice. When a murderer is sent before a judge, the judge does not hate him. He doesn't even know him. He would not know this man before him, from any other. But what the judge does know, is that justice must be dealt. When the murderer is sentenced to die, it is simply justice being given, not hate. G-d is a G-d of a justice. If people refuse to accept forgiveness through Jesus Christ, they will be given the chance to pay for their sins themselves. Justice.

Religions don't teach hate, it's peoples interpretation of religions that start them down that path. I was raised in the church (protestant) and grew up attending Catholic schools and have seen both sides of the same coin, so to speak. The fault lies with the peoples interpretation of what they read. Too many people out there interpret religion to serve their own purposes and their own personal beliefs weather they are good or bad. They bend passages that they read in their holy books to reflect their own beliefs. These books were not written by God, they were written by men long ago based on their interpretations..... In the bible Jesus befriends lepers and hookers, the outcasts of society, so who's to say he wouldn't embrace gays and athiests, scientist and abortionists? We aren't put here on earth to judge, that is Gods job. To try and take that role for ourselves is very ignorant and self serving. We are here to strive to be our best, to love our neighbors, to respect life, respect others rights to free will (gods gift to us), and to do our best. Sounds like you are doing good for yourself if you aren't being fooled by the messages of hate. Be proud of that.

my religion is pentecostal and its a sin to pierce your body, listen to ungodly music, or wear makeup, somethings i agree with and somethings i disagree, my religion defines hate as something that is fore the devil and not for god

i am hindu by religion.my religion speaks only true brotherhood love with other human beings.it always teaches us to live in harmony and fraternity.i don't think any religion in this world advocates the feeling to hate others.i think india is the biggest example to the world where people from over 150 different languages and religions reside and live together in harmony.have a good day

Don't come to conclusions from what people are doing. Jesus, our Saviour came into this world to save us. And what did He teach us. Love. It is the center of everything. It stops us from sinning. He loves each and every being that He created, but hates the sins they commit. If He hated sinners, then He would never forgive them. On the other hand, He is so very compassionate and ready to forgive at any time, provided you are sorry. His mercy is so great. I love my Lord Jesus very much.

God does believe in unconditional love. He loves all, but he hates sin. Sin is pretty much like a slap in God's face. It's like telling God, "I don't really care about you, I only care about me and my needs." It's placing your will above His own. He doesn't hate man, but God does get anger when man disobeys him. It's like having a delinquent child who continually disobeys you. You would still love him but not embrace the things that he does. He has created us for His enjoyment. We are what provides God love, enjoyment, and pleasure. He delights in our success; He strengthens us when we're weak; He provides direction when we're lost. Hate is a diversion to God's Will and plan for mankind. Hate is a byproduct of man's sinful lust and desires. The Bible never speaks ill of women or demeans them. In fact, it says that "he who finds a good woman finds a good thing." It also clearly speaks to the fact that we are fighting the physical nature of man. It's a spiritual warfare that is a stake. People who persecute others based on some maligned form of spirituality do so of their own accord, not of God's. There are cultural entities that also creep into the way some religions are viewed.

As I said before, it is entirely possible to be both equal under G-d, and in submission to someone. The police are humans just like us, yet we submit to them under the authority of their position. You asked about the morals of the parable, and why Jesus mentioned the king would slay his enemies. Again, this is not teaching on how his followers should treat their enemies. So what does it mean? It's future tense. Jesus is talking about his return. And He will return. And when Jesus returns, he won't be a carpenter, or a lowly prophet, or laying in a stable with animals. He will return as King. The one true King. And he will do just as he says here. Those that will receive him as King will be rewarded... and those that don't... they will have made their choice. The world has until then to choose whom they will serve.

Actually the theory that women in power would result in fewer wars, doesn't really jive with history. There were numerous wars under both Cleopatra, and the Queen of England. Further, it's a known fact that men who are completely submissive, tend to not live as long. And women who are very domineering, also do not live as long. Finely, marriages in which the male is completely dominated by the female, tend to have very shallow and unfulfilling marriages. Not to say there are no exceptions, but in general this is the case. I happen to have a father who does marriage counseling. Some of the biggest complaints in marriage is "She doesn't respect me", which is a sign of domineering, and a refusal to submit. And "He doesn't love me" which is a normal sign of a submissive husband. In short, our culture has tried the submissive husband, dominate wife routine, and it's led us to a 50% divorce rate, and broken homes and families across our country. Is it possible G-d knew a better way?

Yes it was Jesus speaking the parable, but it was still a parable, not an explanation to his followers on how to treat others. When you say preach hate, you imply the directions given to those who follow that teaching. The verse in question was not a command on how to treat others, but a parable. Submission, does not imply inequality. When you work at a job, you must submit to your boss. That doesn't mean your boss is not equal to you as a human. Nor that he is special somehow superior to you. Only that his position is different than yours. You must also submit to the police, yet the police are just people like yourself, but who have a different position than you. Similarly, Obama is president of the United states, yet he is just a human being like myself. He is no better a person than me, but I must submit to his authority has president. Woman are not inferior to men in any way. It is in the wife's best interest to submit to her husband. That doesn't mean she is any less of a person in the eyes of G-d.

Dear myLot friend bird123, Greetings. when you go through any divin scripture, most of the scripture state that Hate is sin. and the un-conditional love towards the follow being is called as way of life. It was come to known that in certain part of North India(exact area does not known) there were certain caste/sect of people, who used teach their children to hate and murder their reletives like their own uncle to obtain Muskha (libaration)and at the same time, they blem other minority people. we simply has to pray the Almighty, the creator of the world, to save us all from such wicket persons.