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To: Pelayo
Hate is just an emotion. And, emotions can't be evil in and of themselves. Only applied to the wrong things are they evil. I could love slavery but, that would be evil. I can hate it and that is good.

I don't want to read anything into what you are saying beyond the most blatently obvious. I think what would be useful is a definition of what hate is and is not. Hate is extreme loathing and disgust and is typically aimed at both the animate and inanimate. One can Love Camaros and hate the color red - leaving them jaundiced on a red camaro. It isn't wrong to hate evil so long as the definition of evil is a correct one. People can do evil things. One must always seek to see the root of the problem - which is Satan and the Sin nature. Thus, love your brother; but, hate his sin. More people have trouble with distinguishing between the two than actually understand what hate is. Liberalism and agenda pushers define hate as anything that is anti-them. Generally, that's called delusion.

As a matter of philosophy, you'd do well to ignore the philosophy and pay attention to what the Bible has to say about it. Hate is the same as murder because the spirit of hatred is the spirit of death. And hatred aimed at a person always results in violence - either spiritual or physical - toward a person. If you entertain the spirit of death through loathe feelings against another person, the Devil has the right to use that ungodliness to wage spiritual warfare on the person that hatred is aimed at. Thusly, whether you are guilty of punching a person due to hatred or not, you are still guilty of attempting or accomplishing harm against them due to your disobedience and complicity. This is a spiritual truth. Those of us who know how to protect ourselves agains the wiles of the Devil are immune to his attacks. Those who do not know can be severely damaged or killed by such spiritual attacks. As a side note: Witches and Satanists don't go astral just for the fun of it. They can do real damage if you aren't right with God.

These sorts of things are why the apostles said they would not have us ignorant about spiritual things. People need to wake up.

3,230 posted on 10/26/2001 8:49:46 PM PDT by Havoc
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To: Havoc
As a matter of philosophy, you'd do well to ignore the philosophy and pay attention to what the Bible has to say about it. Hate is the same as murder because the spirit of hatred is the spirit of death. And hatred aimed at a person always results in violence - either spiritual or physical

You are describing an application of hatred, not hate itself. As I said before hate is only wrong if applied to the wrong thing ie God, people, the world. So too, Love isn't always good if applied to something evil.

As for the Bible it tells me I have to hate my mom, dad, wife, children, my brothers and sisters, and my own life(Luke 14:26) But it also says if I hate my brother I am a murderer suggesting the definition of hate changes in context. In Psalm 5 it is said God hatest all the wicked. Assuming we don't get a clear definition of what hate is in the Bible, how are we to find one? Philosophy?

3,235 posted on 10/26/2001 10:17:39 PM PDT by Pelayo
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