Hatred

[MehGuy]

How many people do you hate? How often do you hate things?

 

[Jupiter Drops]

Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all transgressions.
Proverbs 10:12

 

[redblue22]

I live a life of hate and love. It is a true struggle to love and forgive those I so desire to hate.

Hate is not wrong when directed at injustice. My beliefs are far from perfect and so sometimes I hate the very things that are actually good.

Sometimes I prefer to do wrong and then I hate even good knowing full well I should love the good when I prefer the bad.

 

[PetLuv]

I can't think of anyone I hate I dislike a small number of people but I don't think it is to the level of hate.

 

[K9_Trainer]

I don't hate anybody or anything, but there are people I don't like, and things I don't approve of.

To me, hate requires too much effort. It's a lot of trouble to wake up every morning and remember to hold that grudge, and hate that person. It's draining. Chances are, if I dislike somebody or disapprove of something, it's not worth that kind of effort to think about. It's best to let it go and forget about them.

 

[Going Merry]

At times I am hateful.

And at times I am hateful but I don't mean to be but I am.

 

[astein]

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against fleshhttp://www.christianforums.com/#fn-descriptionAnchor-a and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

 

[redblue22]

oh, and if it weren't clear from my religio-philosophico tone, sometimes I just flat out hate.

I fight it, but not always.

 

[Ariadne_GR]

I don't forgive people who don't deserve my forgiveness, so yes, there are people I hate. It takes a lot to get on my bad side, but once they do that's pretty much it for me.

 

[gracegreciagracet]

I live a life of hate and love. It is a true struggle to love and forgive those I so desire to hate.

Hate is not wrong when directed at injustice. My beliefs are far from perfect and so sometimes I hate the very things that are actually good.

Sometimes I prefer to do wrong and then I hate even good knowing full well I should love the good when I prefer the bad.

For that which I do I allow not: for what I would, that do I not; but what I hate, that do I. If then I do that which I would not, I consent unto the law that it is good. Now then it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not. For the good that I would I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. (Romans 7:15-20 KJV)

 

[astein]

God is above those struggles.

 

[WhiteWolfOfTheDarkForest]

I have a deep hate which runs through my veins and drives me, just as I carry love deep inside me. But if one does not hate, where does one stand on issues? With hate one acquires an understanding of where he or she stands in life. One cannot love everything, nor can one hate everything. Both are at opposite ends of the spectrum, but on different issues, one must choose where one stands.

 

[gracegreciagracet]

Whosoever hateth his brother is a murderer: and ye know that no murderer hath eternal life abiding in him. (1 John 3:15 KJV)

 

[StarBright]

I don't think I hate anyone. I hate evil, injustice, abuse, etc.

 

[HighwayMan]

More often than I should.

 

[Hadassah_]

I don't think I hate anyone, but there are people I dislike immensely.

I hate ideas and issues, like child and animal abuse, Westboro Baptist Church, hot, humid weather. But there isn't anyone I dislike enough to care about hating. Too much energy.

 

[K9_Trainer]

I have a deep hate which runs through my veins and drives me, just as I carry love deep inside me. But if one does not hate, where does one stand on issues? With hate one acquires an understanding of where he or she stands in life. One cannot love everything, nor can one hate everything. Both are at opposite ends of the spectrum, but on different issues, one must choose where one stands.

It's called the fence. Neutral. No opinion. Do not care. Undecided. Life is not black or white, it's many shades of grey, and a rainbow of colors. It's more enjoyable that way IMO. Variety is the spice, as they say.

 

[redblue22]

it is a lot easier to love and forgive someone from a distance than to be cornered and trapped by them and continue to be mistreated.

 

[MrMoe]

I try not to have hate in my heart. Being angry is useless

 

[Jupiter Drops]