Is it morally wrong to dislike creationists and fundamentalists?

[David Brider]

Speaking as both a creationist (albeit not a very vocal one) and a fundamentalist (sort of), I'd like to think that I'm fairly likeable. Although I wouldn't like to speculate on whether or not it's morally wrong or not to dislike me.

Can't speak for any other creationists or fundamentalists, though.

David.

 

[TexasSky]

Would it be morally wrong for a Christian to dislike all agnostics and athiests and non-Christians because they are not Christian?

Would it be morally wrong to dislike a homosexual just because you are a heterosexual?

 

[cantata]

Would it be morally wrong for a Christian to dislike all agnostics and athiests and non-Christians because they are not Christian?

Would it be morally wrong to dislike a homosexual just because you are a heterosexual?

The OP didn't say they disliked them because they are creationists and fundamentalists. They were making a generalisation about certain behaviours of those people. Although I disagree with the generalisation, I think that there is nothing wrong with disliking an individual for their behaviour.

It would indeed be wrong to dislike an atheist because they were not a Christian, but it would not be wrong to dislike them if their atheism led them to run around screaming at every Christian they met that their beliefs are idiotic and deluded, for example.

 

[keith99]

Speaking as both a creationist (albeit not a very vocal one) and a fundamentalist (sort of), I'd like to think that I'm fairly likeable. Although I wouldn't like to speculate on whether or not it's morally wrong or not to dislike me.

Can't speak for any other creationists or fundamentalists, though.

David.

Might I ask what you mean by creationist? There are two very different meanings to that word. One is just that God did it. That's all God created the universe. The other is that God did it in 7 24 hour days just a bit over 6000 years ago, with a strong implication that this means all species as we know them today and that much if not most of our Geology was created during the Flood.

Two very different things.

 

[David Brider]

Might I ask what you mean by creationist? There are two very different meanings to that word. One is just that God did it. That's all God created the universe. The other is that God did it in 7 24 hour days just a bit over 6000 years ago, with a strong implication that this means all species as we know them today and that much if not most of our Geology was created during the Flood.

Two very different things.

The 7 day variety.

Although, like I say, I'm not particularly vocal about it and can't be bothered getting into debates about it.

Why do you ask?

David.

 

[Pawbla]

I dislike them too, don't worry :3
Now, being serious, no, I don't think it's morally wrong. You are a human being so there is some people you like and some you don't, I guess.

 

[keith99]

The 7 day variety.

Although, like I say, I'm not particularly vocal about it and can't be bothered getting into debates about it.

Why do you ask?

David.

Mainly curious. Also because in hte past I've been in too many threads where the word 'Creationist' is used by different people to mean different things and by the time the misunderstanding cames to light civil behaviour is long gone.

Do I have it right that your are a 7 day 6000 year variety? If so do you have any answer or speculation on why God would create geology that makes the earth look much older than those 6000 years?

I guess I should point out that some of the 7 day 6000 year Creationsists seem to say that if you do not believe as they do on those issues then you do not believe in God. For those who take it that far may last question takes on soem very nasty connotations.

 

[RichardT]

Those who say that it's moral to dislike people because of their beliefs in biblical creation are jerks. If there were more fools around like them I would certainly be much more vocal.

 

[Caitlin.ann]

Those who say that it's moral to dislike people because of their beliefs in biblical creation are jerks. If there were more fools around like them I would certainly be much more vocal.

What about those who believe in geocentricism?

 

[RichardT]

What about those who believe in geocentricism?

What about those who believe that homosexuality is moral? Should I dislike them? What about those who try to silence my rights in rightly calling it an abomination, should I dislike them?

 

[WatersMoon110]

Those who say that it's moral to dislike people because of their beliefs in biblical creation are jerks. If there were more fools around like them I would certainly be much more vocal.

So it's okay to call people who don't like Creationists "jerks" but it's not okay for people to dislike Creationists? That's not hypocritically at all... *rolls eyes*

Jesus said "Love thy neighbor as thyself." He said nothing about liking thy neighbor. As anyone with annoying siblings knows, it is possible to love people without liking them all the time.

It's amoral (neither moral nor immoral) to dislike people. Acting negatively on that dislike is in the realm of morals, however.

If someone were harming Creationists, (if someone were, say, trying to make it illegal for them to marry one another) then I would (rightfully) call their actions immoral. If someone is just disliking Creationists, even just for being Creationists, then I don't care. And I don't see why anyone else would care either.

 

[RichardT]

So it's okay to call people who don't like Creationists "jerks" but it's not okay for people to dislike Creationists?

What are you talking about. It's not hypocritical at all, you're allowed to have your own highly bigoted opinions while I'm allowed to have mine.

 

[WatersMoon110]

What are you talking about. It's not hypocritical at all, you're allowed to have your own highly bigoted opinions while I'm allowed to have mine.

Actually, I don't dislike Creationists as a whole (I think they are mistaken, but I don't dislike them).

However, I assumed that since you singled such people out as "jerks" that you believed they were incorrect in their beliefs, and should not believe that such a dislike was moral. Since it appears I was incorrect, I am sorry.

 

[spaceddivstud]

i don't think its wrong to dislike people - what is wring is to hate people and allow that to eat away at you and prevent you from seeing who they really are or how you could help them. Its definitely wrong to hate a 'type' of person just as a principle....

its fair enough to hate the way fundies and creationists talk, just in the way they may hate the way you talk, as long as that doesn't end up as hate for them.

Tbh I don't like most people who aren't willing to listen to what I have to say or engage in rational discussion with me.