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Why would God hate people?
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The same God that Abrahamic religions call the peaceful, living, merciful, and fair, it taught as hateful and vengeful.

This is why I don't take religion literally.

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Cause he doesn't exists?

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He hates you gays, ohnoes.

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because god loves me
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IF there were to be a God. I don't think he/she/it would be able to display any feelings or emotions.

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God doesn't hate ppl so there is no reason why

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That's because hate is the closest translation from the original text.
Basically:  English sucks.
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Quote: from Serj Tankian at 10:10 pm on Nov. 9, 2009
The same God that Abrahamic religions call the peaceful, living, merciful, and fair, it taught as hateful and vengeful.  

This is why I don't take religion literally.

Could you give an example?

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ya what the fuck is his problem
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Quote: from lizzy2go at 7:11 pm on Nov. 9, 2009
because god loves me
Thats not what I heard

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Quote: from Serj Tankian at 4:10 pm on Nov. 10, 2009
The same God that Abrahamic religions call the peaceful, living, merciful, and fair, it taught as hateful and vengeful.  

This is why I don't take religion literally.

You do realize that the Bible is quite old. You need to stop reading it like it was written this century.



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Religion provides cover for good men to do wicked things in the name of god. Just look at what happened in Ft. Hood.

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Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 5:15 am on Nov. 10, 2009
Quote: from Serj Tankian at 10:10 pm on Nov. 9, 2009
The same God that Abrahamic religions call the peaceful, living, merciful, and fair, it taught as hateful and vengeful.

 This is why I don't take religion literally.

Could you give an example?

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html

I can give 1102 examples.

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You're right in saying that it does seem kind of paradoxical that the Abrahamic god (or at least, as the Christians and Baha'is see him) hates people, but I don't see why anyone who was just generally peaceful, loving, merciful and fair couldn't hate some people =P

I was also under the impression that it was only (most) Christianity and the Baha'i Faith (and possibly Babism) that saw god as all-loving? Could be wrong though, but it seems to me that Judaism, at least, doesn't apply that to him, nor do some Christian other (LDS and Jehovah's Witnesses come to mind) as far as I can tell. I'm not too sure about Islam.

Post edited at 4:00 am on Nov. 10, 2009 by The Nowhere Man

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Quote: from Moridin at 5:13 am on Nov. 10, 2009
Quote: from exceedinglyrare at 5:15 am on Nov. 10, 2009
Quote: from Serj Tankian at 10:10 pm on Nov. 9, 2009
The same God that Abrahamic religions call the peaceful, living, merciful, and fair, it taught as hateful and vengeful.    

  This is why I don't take religion literally.

 

 Could you give an example?

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/cruelty/long.html

I can give 1102 examples.

First, I wasn't asking you. I wanted to know why the OP thinks God is hateful and vengeful.

Second, come back when you can provide examples from a Bible that are in context and not ripped out of history and literature by people such as yourself.

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