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Jesus didn't hate anything

Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated
Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame
Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

Jesus hates lots of things and he tells us to hate our own lives, to hate bribery, to hate lying, and, speaking as God the father, He says He hated Esau.

Making Jesus over into some sort of Mr. Rogers in a cardigan sweater is just not telling the truth about His ministry. He is also, as scripture tells us, love. Our finite minds need to find a way of wrapping our understanding around what seem to be contradicting realities.

When Anne Coulter lends a voice of condemnation to what God calls "an abomination," I don't think we should be whipping out the Hallmark scented-card Jesus and puttin up our tisk-tisk fingers. It just doesn't represent the historic or the scriptural position.

Romans 9:13 As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated Proverbs 13:5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame Proverbs 15:27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. John 12:25 He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.

1 to 3 is not anything what Jesus has ever said, in fact, 2 and 3 are from the Old Testament. As for point 4, you have to be kidding me if you think that this is proof for your assertion that Jesus does hate. What he was trying to confer, was that people who 'hate this life' (are willing to give up what they have) will be rewarded in the next. That's not your kind of hate, sorry.

Jesus hates lots of things and he tells us to hate our own lives, to hate bribery, to hate lying, and, speaking as God the father, He says He hated Esau.

Says Paul. I don't know about you, but for me, when it comes to interpretation, Jesus' words take precedence over Paul's. You also shouldn't forget that Paul liked the Old Testament laws.

Making Jesus over into some sort of Mr. Rogers in a cardigan sweater is just not telling the truth about His ministry. He is also, as scripture tells us, love. Our finite minds need to find a way of wrapping our understanding around what seem to be contradicting realities.

And an armchair theologian like yourself sets out to remedy that?

When Anne Coulter lends a voice of condemnation to what God calls "an abomination,"

Oh please... she was using a slur against a political opponent, not condemning anything. And in any case, you seem to think that you are God. If you are, then strike them down. If you aren't, then you ought to have the patience to see what happens to these people after they die. If there is a God, I think they will be judged more favorably than you will be. For you behave in a manner that was directly condemned by Jesus, namely the way of the Pharisees.