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Pastimes : Jesus
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To: Berry Picker who wrote (2436)11/26/1999 11:15:00 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (1) of 4775
 
Minor note: The verse in Hebrews says "fornicator, OR profane person" not "fornicator AND profane person. I think Esau was used as an example of a profane person not a "fornicator" or a "profane fornicator" as you styled him.

On the hatred business, yes, I do think it is impossible to hate someone and love them at the same time. At least I think so. I can't think of anyone I actually hate right now though. I dislike plenty of people and get angry at people occasionally. Some of the people I've been really angry at I probably hated for a short time but that passes.

And I think the idea that people should love their enemies and hate their enemies simultaneously (and ditto for unbelieving family members) to be just double talk. I wonder if the fact that you chose to put quotes around the love command but not around hate is significant?

Luke 14:26 doesn't say "hate your relatives if they are unbelievers". It says to hate your relatives PERIOD or you can't be a follower of Jesus. Now I don't believe people should hate their families, but should love them. Thus I'd say the "hate" commanded is not meant literally but is hyperbole. Given that, I think people should question whether other uses of the word hate may not be meant literally either.
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