Blind Hate that drives real Evil in this world. It has no place in religion.

Hi EvanHunter, Boy! Do we agree on this one! I've seen so much of it in my lifetime that I've been completely turned off, especially by religion. Today I'm totally convinced that we are all one and believe only in the divinity that is within each and everyone of us. A great many Christians have taken the teachings of Christ and made a mockery of them. Blessings.

I figure it this way. We should never hate anyone since what a person does today may change tomorrow. But we can hate the things they do. So we always hope that people will change for the better, whether they actually do or not. Though, we do not hate people, we can hate things. Religion is not a people, religion is a thing. If a religion promotes hurting people then we hate the religion but not the people in the religion. That's why Jesus said that we should even love our enemies. Not that we view someone as our enemy but that they view us as their enemy. I look forward to the day that there will be only one religion for all mankind. And that all people will be united as brothers that love each other.

I'm always amazed at much steam the same old, same old, blame game gets.. human race falls for it over and over.. and over..

I personally dont believe in "evil" or "sin" for that matter and I do NOT take the word "Hate" lightly by any means..to me it is a VERY powerful word that should be avoided as much as possible and NEVER just tossed out there (for the record i feel the same way aobu the word "Love" as well)....all that said...I have to comment on the last thing you said in your post You can dislike and even hate something someone does but still love and respect them as a person, anyone who has been in a real relationship knows this is possible There are times in the lives of some when loving and respecting someone who has done something horrible..something that causes you to hate them..IS NOT possible...for example..there is NO WAY I'm going to love or respect the ppl who abused me growing up for yrs and yrs..those same ppl who caused SO MUCH life long, life altering damage to me and who try to abuse me to this very day AND have taken their abuse on to my children as well...Not only am I not able to love and respect them, nor do I have any desire to..they DO NOT DESERVE IT...and thats the bottomline IMO....with them I WILL and DO use the word "Hate" to the fullest extent..or rather use to..over the past couple yrs its been more of a shift to pity, disgust and shame etc.... THAT said however....I think that BECAUSE ppl use the word "Hate" so lightly and casually, YES you are right that more often than not one CAN love and respect to some degree, the one they claim to hate.... As for "hate" being a part of religion..Well I'm not a religous person by any means (thoguh i am veyr spiritual) but none the less I dont thnk that it should be a part of any religious or spiritual path but sadly its very much a part of many...shame really

hi friend It just shows that this life is very much complicated. We were prohibited to this and that and some have no basis at all. Regards

Hate is a funny creature. People can disguise it in so many ways.People can be convinced to hate and not realize they are hating all disguised in the name of righteousness. Paint hate as goodness and many will use it in life and not just with religion.If you are hurting others, it's usually hate, however it is an act of great love when one goes through adversity so others will see and understand. This can cause drama but this is part of learning and can never be considered hate so long as you have love in your heart.