Hatred in the Bible

What do we make of the apparent hatred in the Bible that is taught? In particular, is hatred in the Bible as found in the Gospels taught by Jesus really "hatred," or are we perhaps misreading the words of Jesus? Does the context lead to mean something else?
In this video, taken from the video series The Mass Readings Explained, Dr. Brant Pitre evaluates one of Jesus' hard sayings in Luke 14 where Jesus says that if one does not hate his father or mother, for example, he cannot be a disciple of Jesus. What did Jesus mean by this hatred? Are there parallels elsewhere in the Bible where we see alleged hatred in the Bible being spoken of that may shed light on what Jesus is talking about here, as well as the parallel story in another Gospel of this same event?
Check out this video where Dr. Pitre will shed light on what is often perceived to be a case of hatred in the Bible -- and even from the lips of Jesus -- but when read in the context of the canon of the Bible as whole (and even within Luke's gospel itself) can be properly understood.
Moreover, when understanding what Jesus is really saying when he asks us to "hate" family members, we discover the implications these demands have on the very identity of who he is.
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[@edgarvictoria1983]

I played twice this video before I understand fully the true meaning of the Word. Thank God. Amen!

[@chissstardestroyer]

The only possible fruit of His word is sin being planted into us; that is how it is clear-as-a-bell that it is *NOT* God speaking to us through the bible but the evil one, same with the Catechism at that. As the only possible way to take His words in this are to conclude that we've got to intend that all our neighbors wind up in Hell for all eternity if we are to hate our neighbors- and if He (Christ) said it, it has to be done- literally.

[@attiylanen]

Care to elaborate the true meaning to me too? Hate is necessary?

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@attiylanen *That*, my neighbor, is how we know that the bible is a book of lies at best, but the worst kind: lies disguised as the truth.

[@attiylanen]

​@@chissstardestroyer I don't know about your theory... that Bible is supposed to be from ...Satan? I give you that certainly there's unspeakable evils in the old testament that just cannot be accepted or explained for the better. God is telling the Israelites to destroy entire gentile cities, to steal their land and possessions, to kill everybody, not sparing any women or children. Now that is evil confirmed. The god of old testament tricks and deceives people, just like the god in the Qur'an. The All-mighty and All-knowing God shouldn't need to deceive anyone. Certainly not anyone of his own creations who's actions are known to him beforehand. The translation of Luke 14.26 seems to be wrong. In Finnish Bible, it says (translated): "If someone comes to me but is not ready to give up his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple." This is in perfect consistency with the following explanation in Luke 14:33: "In the same way, those of you who do not give up everything you have, cannot be my disciples."

[@chissstardestroyer]

@@attiylanen The old testament's wording is part of how we know the bible's false; in general therefore, *nothing* eternal is even remotely good, but the entire next life is inherently and completely evil; best odds, barring the immoral fruits: simply wall off the next life, live according to the Decalogue, but completely wall off any contact with eternity at all and you're best off. Due precisely to the wording of the old testament and the teachings of the apostles breeding evil in the hearts of men who're trying to abide by natural law and have completely walled off any contact with the evil one: the entire bible is basically to be considered forbidden for anyone trying to live a holy life, at all, ever. I'd not say that the bible is from the devil; rather, it is most definitely NOT God speaking through the bible, but the evil one in fact; for evil is the fruits of the bible, and it takes pride in the extreme to even consider reading it to begin with at that, ultimate hubris in the extreme is necessary to even *think* of reading that kind of a book of lies!

[@PresbyterDJ]

I think you are absolutely right, Jesus did use hyperbole. A lot of people get this quite wrong and misunderstand it.

[@pavelrazamazov2672]

Thank you Dr Pitre. I was struggling with the meaning of this verse. Not the first time these helpful videos pop up just at the right time!

[@paulmiller3469]

And not the first time I've seen someone make that comment. Unfortunately, I can't recall a time it happened to me, but there may be something to that.

[@weeperman6659]

Thank you Dr. Pitre. Once again you have demonstrated the need for genuine scholarship in understanding the meaning of difficult texts in scripture. BRILLIANT!

[@joha7484]

God likewise says, Love your neighbor as yourself.

[@giovannipagliari1537]

Amazing exegesis Dr. Pitre! Love for and obedience to our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ must come before anyone else. Thank you and God bless you in your ministry.

[@jocelynmelchorb2553]

Thank God for this wonderful teaching of this wonderful man of God. Live from Singapore. May God bless you and your family abundantly

[@F3z07]

I am amazed at how much hate and determined ignorance is in the comments on your videos, Dr. Pitre. From all of us Catholics who look forward to and truly appreciate your (free!) uploads, thank you so much, a hundred times over.

[@Paul-qe1jn]

Sometimes I wish Catholic videos had their comments turned off. KZbin comments in itself is one of the worst rated communities out there. But there could be some people who genuinely ask questions or need help, and keeping the comments on is a good way to reach out to them.

[@emmaagatha3959]

Wonderful sir, All about Humility! I think The cross is school of Love and Forgiveness, when we believe about Love of God it's mean works of love are works of forgiveness ....Works of Forgiveness are works of peace. God have Mercy on us and whole the world. Amen. Greeting from Indonesia 🙆

[@johnshelton1141]

If Jesus was using hyperbole in Luke 14 : 25-33, wasn't he using hyperbole in Luke 22: 19-20. This is where the idea of actual presence was cooked up.

[@Malik-hz5fg]

John Shelton how so? They were eating literal bread in the greater context of the writing. Also, how would that be a falsehood if the earliest church practiced this and explained this in ‘the Didache’ which was seen by many as a canonical book by many church fathers and the early church. Today it is just seen as a great historical work though on what the early church did and believed but the point still stands. Were the men taught by the 12 apostles heretics? The book was written and is dated to as early as 50AD an apostolic time and it’s called ‘The Twelve(Didache)’ it was likely written by the 12. It was like a church manual that established the priesthood and more.

[@roseleaming3240]

Excellent!! That last point of another way of Jesus "claim" to be God was not something I had seen before in this passage! Another excellent teaching!! Thank you so much!

[@nicolaasvanroosendael697]

Very clearly explained. Many blessings to this teaching.

[@paulmiller3469]

Thanks Dr. Pitre. The comparison with the Matthew passage sealed the deal on this one, in my humble view.

[@fideliskharkongor8197]

Excellent ,I fully agree with you especially when you justify that we are to love our Lord our God above anything else.

[@Paulkazey1]

Brilliant as usual.

[@Carlos-vg8cr]

Great explanation! As always.

[@paulhandsome1691]

This is true teaching thank you Dr.Pitre

[@marycallahan1224]

Great insight ! God bless you!

[@tonygville2969]

Jesus, I will Trust in You 😎

[@towardsthegoal4235]

Good.. God Bless you 🙏

[@seanthompson5077]

Excellent! Good stuff! Also, Miseo in Greek: hate, and “love less”

[@MrMurfle]

Verse 33 is actually even stronger and encompasses family. It says you must renounce (reject, 'hate') all you have or you cannot be a disciple of Jesus. As a practical manner, however, hardly anyone pays any attention to this. It's always easy to rationalize it away by simply believing you would give all your good stuff away if need be. Catch is, there's just never any 'need be.'

[@matthewsgaming5333]

Love this

[@jeremyesser797]

I like your videos but I think that this is pretty straightforward. The issue is that is is a punch to the gut saying and people have a hard time tolerating it...you have to drop everything to be a true disciple. Remember, he also says, "whoever looks back while plowing is not fit for the kingdom of God". There are other examples; Lot's wife, let the dead bury their dead, etc. There is something to be said about the time period and context but the words haven't lost much of their power today. Most of us can't do it though.

[@ThanksStJoseph]

Could you explain “hatred” in terms of Gen 3: “I will put enmity “?

[@jayv9006]

Thanks!

[@putchina]

How would you explain then when God in Psalm says that "He hates evildoers"? Thanks a million!

[@iiiiiiiii3370]

He who doesn't take his cross and follow me. Was the cross a symbol before the crucifixion?

[@elisabethseaton6521]

I thought it was a kind of prophecy, an adumbration of what Jesus knew was to befall Him. Yes, various forms of a cross were used as symbols for ideas in other cultures prior to Christian use, Egypt for sure, and even in the yet-undiscovered New World, the indigenous people had a form of the cross, but the meaning assigned to it is unique to Christianity

[@Sean-lv6fx]

Luke14 seems to distinguish the cost of discipleship from those that are saved. In other words you can be saved and still not be a disciple, a disciple it seems is someone who God has chosen specifically to understand him to a greater degree than other people do(Matthew16:17). The greater your knowledge of God the greater your hatred of evil is going to be amplified(2Peter2:8), and that includes the actions of those around you including family members. This also works both ways(Luke6:22-23, John15:18-25 etc etc). In that context it seems that it's possible to hate the actions of those around you, so that it may even be considered as having a certain kind hatred towards those people. That ofcourse doesn't mean that you still can't love them.

[@thechrismilligan]

That was a good and needed teaching, though it would help to explain that this usage of hate meaning to 'love one more than another' was already an established hebrew idiom in the first century for cleaving close to your rabbi who was to guide you closer and closer to your God. As such, loving your rabbi was an act of loving and drawing closer to God as called for within the shema.

[@alfredhitchcock45]

That is my favourite verse

[@PGGangmeiNMario]

Greatly love it

[@davidhemann5885]

Perfect!!!!

[@marjoriegomez5682]

Jesus For Love And Peace No space For Hate Catholic Is Filled Of Love Love Is Powerful If You Bieve Amen

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

The only thing to be hated is the one that God hates is sin. Idolatry.

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Love God above all. Love neighbor. Love your enemies. For God so love the world. GOD love us all and we should as Gods people respond in love

[@dissturbbed]

Love it

[@HopeLaFleur1975]

Jesus is saying to love Him, and to follow Him..its just an example or parable that says you Love the Lord, its not saying to literally hate your family. Jesus is saying above all things He comes first! Love you Jesus...your teachings are hard but life is difficult, but your love is endless.

[@jerrodmays83]

I tried to take Luke 14 : 26 as a way that it doesn't mean that in literal sense, but how can Jesus be about love and the scripture says otherwise?

[@laleydelamor1327]

Dear Dr. Pitre, (or if any theologian who’s field is New testament see my post) I would really like to hear answers to my questions, I have some doubts. Please to consider that I don’t speak well english, if possibile use simple words so I can understand better. Thank you so much! 1. If we count that all evangelists were onley humans and they were facing objective truth through subjective lanses, (as we read in different view in the stories who saw an open tomb), why Luke couldn’t say it in own way, using his words to describe. 2. Matthew gave his version on story, so did Luke. How can we know if Jesus told that story once, ore more times? 3. If Jesus said it just once, and Luke has just written what he have heard, shouldn’t Matthew be more reliable source, since he listened what Jesus was saying? 4. If Matthew wasn’t onley Jesus’ disciple, but was also tax collector with whom Jesus spend evening talking to him before Matthew even understood, couldn’t Matthew’s understanding be better what was said? Although both of them agree that Jesus should be before of anyone, even family, Matthew makes much more sense to me, and here’s why; If Jesus was God, and God is Love that contains objective truth and objective morality, and those are embedded in all people, (all people have the sense for those) I understand if someone says (even family member) to kill a child for no reason (the sense deep in you is telling you that’s just wrong), you shouldn’t listen. If someone doesn’t listen the voice of objective truth and objective morality, but listen even family member to go against that sense, he can’t be the follower. Thanks for reply to anyone who find time and patience to explain!

[@jerryg3524]

It is a very difficult passage and taken literally seems outrageous. But I like Dr. Brant's explanation, it makes perfect sense if Jesus was God incarnate. I've also recently heard a Catholic priest say this was a call by Jesus for us to move from the imperfect and conflictual loves of this world, often based on material things, towards a higher spiritual love

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

We put God first spiritual right then parents n relatives then other people then material physical intellectual emotional aspects of Christian life

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Spiritual physical mental

[@MelanCholy2001]

I had paid up last year (worth it!) and if I recall, some extra content not shown in this video was about "not being tied to" earthly things (titles, relations, and so forth) when you're in the Church (part of Christ). _On second thought, that might have been the video about the rich man who had followed all the Law and the Prophets, but wouldn't sell all he had to follow Jesus._ (Still hope he changed his mind when the Church was started at Pentecost, with all the miracles and martyrdoms going on! But if he didn't, what is that to us?) You can't love earthly or carnal things. Stay focused on Jesus (seriously, as in read and meditate on Holy Writ), pray all the time (get that inner dialogue with the Holy Ghost going!), go and sin no more, ask for the virtues and gifts of the Holy Ghost BY NAME... we're just like "visitors" here, and we've got to keep that in mind. Sojourners. (It's not easy but ask for the Grace of Christ to accept the gifts, especially c. 2022). ✝

[@haroonhussein9770]

Problem is in the translation. Jesus pbuh is saying that your faith is not complete nor are you ready for trials and tribulations if you do not love me more than your father or mother. It's not about hating. As a Muslim we believe in Jesus pbuh as a messenger of God Almighty. So this is exactly what Prophet Muhammud pbuh told his followers and that is none of you are complete in belief if you do not love me more than even your own parents. This is to prepare the followers for the struggles ahead and keep their feet firm. This is not about not loving your parents, oits about having complete trust in God Almighty and his Messenger and no being swayed by emotions in matters of principles of belief.

[@F3z07]

It is good that you are here learning about Jesus. I'm glad you're here. May a rich and complete understanding come to you: clearly, Mary is praying for you!

[@stevensonrf]

Chris Pirillo?

[@butterflybeatles]

The logo of Catholic Productions is quite clever.

[@stevensonrf]

The teenager gospel :-)

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Honor your father and mother

[@waitnotable]

i like how Christians avoid the scandalous crimes and hatred in the comic bible ,,,,

[@djnoe85]

It also means that you should hate the projection you have of your father/mother etc so that you can love the real them, not your idea of what they should be or should have been like.

[@VeronicaMartinez-mn7ld]

That’s cool

[@victcol7]

Dr Pitre I like your quiet humility and sincerity unlike the foul mouthed pompous preachers on youtube ( yeah, empty vessels make the most noise.(lol). let me add too that Our Lord seemed to have good grasp on human psychology. the family bonds or blood ties are the greatest impediment for accepting new sets of beliefs, ideas, could be the reason he used extreme words to sear the relationships. Just like missionaries in non Christian world, Our Lord too was preaching to a non christian crowds and was met with skepticism , insults, verbal abuse and threats of physical harm. He was right, when he said this is an evil generation. Here am I, greater than Jonah, greater than Solomon and yet you'll don't believe me . Most them assumed due to His miracles that he was some prophet but not Jewish Messiah. the Jews still pining for.. and here we are in 21st century not even the little Jewish Messiah, if he ever appears, could have even come close to Our Lord's Triumphant achievements -- He subjugated the greatest Empire then without a shot being fired. and through this Empire, the western civilization still honors Our Lord - the civilization's true strength

[@bwoutchannel6356]

Amen

[@stevehauk]

Dr. Brant, what about that Jesus *REDEFINED THE FAMILY* when he said things like: those who do my Father in heaven's will are my family. *So couldn't he had also had meant your family is not always your family?*

[@0r14n583lt]

The full meaning of his lesson is revealed in verse Luke 14:33.

[@mariofsantana3952]

I like and understand what you said. Prefer Jesus above all! Shema Israel Adonai Eloeno. The mission of Jesus incarnate was in accordance with the father's plan. That the world must know that the Son Loves the Father

[@alfredhitchcock45]

He has a hard time hating his family because his family is good. I don't have a hard time with that verse since my family does not want to follow the will of God. I have a hard time following "love your enemies" because I want to bury them all alive.

[@marcbergeron8690]

I do not think that Jesus preached hate apart by strongly supporting the Old Testament. However many parts of the Bible, especially the Old Testament did. That was the way of thinking in the Antiquity.

[@richardbenitez7803]

This is not a difficult understanding. I’m pretty dumb but I remember as a teen I got the meaning right away. (It always that Americans who consider themselves highly educated tend to take language on the face)

[@greysonthecat]

Very nasty and bigoted comment on Americans. God love you.

[@jbrwnl55]

You forgot Luke 14:1-14, which brings up carrying for invalid on sabbath vs. pulling work mule out of well on sabbath? Then he gives them a parable of a feast to teach who best to invite (whose important of their need)! Before you can serve anyone else you must sacrifice yourself & all whom you care about. Remember the 1st commandment: "Love the Lord thy God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind & strength"; focusing on others other than God can deter you from God's Mission!

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Catholic sunday is the 7 day of the Lord. The Saturday sabbath is in Jewish old testament times

[@alephtav4254]

Love GOD more than anyone Don't Worship Man Be not slave of Worldly Love Only GOD Agape love To please HiM Because GOD loved US.. John 3:16

[@nathanaelsungte8326]

👍

[@JosephVice]

Short answer.... No

[@markjoslin9912]

Read the original Greek. Jesus does not say to hate your father or mother. He says that anyone who loves his father or mother more than me (Jesus) is not worthy of him (Jesus) You don't need to hate anyone. But shouldn't love anyone more than him.

[@F3z07]

Glad you're here, but I think you should rewatch the video. You're implying that a professor of Dr Pitre's calibre has not read the original Greek and that he's advocating hate at all. He pretty clearly offers several perspectives on Jesus' words and reflections on the Greek Scripture, such as at 4:43

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

The commandments honor your father and mother. That is second only. The first commandment is first love God with all your heart mind soul. No strange gods before him

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

When we love God we are able to love parents neighbors and enemies

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Hate sin not the person

[@shaunaugustine8761]

Jacob & Rachel is still a better love story than Twilight.

[@treywhite6590]

Jacob who I love and Esau I have hated ?? I really think God hate Esau and his seed even to this day...

[@mazariqbal9514]

Jesus Christ himself hated the money lenders outside the temple mount remember, God not only loves he hates as well that's why he gives a clue in the holy scriptures...

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Hate = preferential love

[@ISAiah.42]

Father Mother Sister Brother are metaphors too its not literal. By no means ... Does this make your Antichrist a god.

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Agape is love of God. Love.other people. There is another love of partner

[@ricardoheredia7307]

FOUNDATION FOR PRIESTS CELIBACY!!!!!!

[@alephtav4254]

Amen Love GOD more than anyone The Other HATE is for those anyone who had Family who will cause You SIN and do evil Lile mother of Salome to do somehing against JOHN And Herod to do the wants of evil doing Other HATE is Love those who Hate You LEA been a second Choice even it was fault of His Father Yet He love His Husband even He doesn't Love Her like Rachel THiS is What The Deciever where doing in this world inside any other Religions or ministries teachings confusing the Sheeps of the LORD

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Love your enemies Hate your family

[@notofworld2513]

If Jesus is god then who did talk talk too when he talked to his father

[@rongrassi9114]

I am still struggling with this interpretation. Your explanation did not make any sense to me at all.

[@paulmiller3469]

God uses hyperbole, and this particular example of hyperbole was employed in the Old Covenant as well as the New.

[@remsaga]

continue watching this..

[@F3z07]

Which things don't make sense?

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

When Jesus was talking there are things he say literally and not literally. Unless you drink my blood and eat my flesh can not enter kingdom of God. This is not literal means bread and wine communion

[@chissstardestroyer]

I'll tell ye this, for while I deeply desire to pursue the moral perfection that should come out of His teachings; they are *poison* to me, so no, I shouldn't even try to *study* His ideas at all, but completely prohibit them from entering my mind, as the actual intent of sending my neighbors to Hell is the sole possible fruit of Him using the very word "hate" in His commands- as that's the inevitable fruit of His word choice... no being, no matter where they are, can correct this product of His teachings, nor would I ever ask for that correction... barring of course the deletion of the entire bible, as one cannot be morally sound if one omits or adds a single part of a character to a letter of its words, then the best option is to consider the only being speaking to man through the bible to be the devil., precisely due to the anti-holy fruits of the wording of the bible and of Sacred Tradition as well!

[@fredhammer98340]

Maybe Jesus wanted to change peoples lives starting with the most distant from God. Maybe he wanted to take the worst and turn them into the best while he was on earth for a limited time.

[@algo7096]

Me t😳😲

[@michaelp3122]

Sounds to me like you are trying to rewrite the Bible

[@SAW1A1UFO]

How so?

[@eirvingdiaz7185]

5:49 proudly not a disciple. "Hate". A man that preaches to love one another now demands to hate. Love your enemies? Not even God practices lover your Enemies. God does not love Lucifer nor those Angels that rebelled against his Kingdom.

[@InfiniteGloryToTheHolyTrinity]

Jesus wants to love each other. God allowed his people to be armed. To help the helpless, like if armed intruders are attacking you & your family, its your duty to protect your children. So, you need tools like legal firearm, to drive off those bad guys, coz you supposed to love your family.

[@ericfaith2810]

I HATE the way the Books of the Bible were so poorly translated. Language barriers have really misconstrued so much to where the original meaning is nearly lost. Thanks so much English. BTW, can I hate the English language too? Personally, I believe the writers of the NT were FAR from perfect.

[@yellooh]

I would go to the translation first. This is too much to swallow.

[@stevensonrf]

It’s OK to be anti-gay.

[@danamalar]

God created humans in his image , male and female , and Matrimony between a male and female is a sacrament. Whereas other forms of civil unions are man made and won't serve any purpose other than momentous gratification of bodily , whimsical desires , that too won't give a lasting peace but will push a person to despair and void. Hence , anti gay is a normal stance as long as we don't hate them or try to harm them except willing for their return to Christ in Christian fraternity.

[@arnoldmaglalang5522]

Hate sin because God hate sin

[@NOSchild]

The speaker quoting scripture is not accurate, Jesus never said it was mandatory to hate! Your Father or Mother.. Jesus last words before crucifixion were behold your mother {meaning our Heavenly Mother Mary} who is the personification of the Holy Spirit... Then He said to the disciple, “Behold, your mother!” And from that hour the disciple took her into his own household. John 19:27 Jesus came to save the lost and heal the broken... Matthew 19:12 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “It is not those who are healthy who need a physician, but those who are sick. Jesus told us to keep the most essential of the first 10 commandments... Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” (Ex. 20:12.) Here we see Jesus when he said those who do not hate their father and their mother are not worthy to be my disciples, Jesus is saying those who hate God and his Spirit are who I've come to save and without these qualities cannot be my disciples because they are not in need of a teacher. And don’t address anyone here on earth as ‘Father,’ for only God in heaven is your Father Matthew 23:9

[@yohanessunjoko2837]

Yes this passage is the easiest for teenagers lol

[@alfredhitchcock45]

Miseo - hate Misogynist Misanthrope

[@saramcneil6619]

I don't think Jesus said any of that. A truely loving "god" wouldn't care who you loved or hated and wouldn't care if you loved or hated the god and wouldn't require you to do anything. You missed the part where there is hatred on just about every page of the bible. Read the bible as a history/science textbook that has been changed via the game of telephone for 2000 years. It is easier to see it for what it is.

[@kensmith280]

Who wrote the Bible?, Jesus was added to the Bible by two kings, before that only Moses was mentioned in the older Bible's, Mary was the town whore all women were in that time, oh and the earth is dirt on the infinite plain of existence outside the firmament farm Yard, thanks now you know.

[@briendoyle4680]

King Menahem of Israel destroyed Tiphsah (also called Tappuah) and the surrounding towns, killing all residents and ripping open pregnant women with the sword (2 Kings 15:16). Isaiah prophesied doom for Babylon, including the murder of unborn children: "They will have no pity on the fruit of the womb" (Isaiah 13:18). For worshiping idols, God declared that not one of his people would live, not a man, woman or child (not even babies in arms), again confuting assertions about the sanctity of life (Jeremiah 44:7-8). God will punish the Israelites by destroying their unborn children, who will die at birth, or perish in the womb, or never even be conceived (Hosea 9:10-16). For rebelling against God, Samaria's people will be killed, their babies will be dashed to death against the ground, and their pregnant women will be ripped open with a sword (Hosea 13:16). Jesus did not express any special concern for unborn children during the anticipated end times: "Woe to pregnant women and those who are nursing" (Matthew 24:19).

[@RealHoboEmpire]

Hate is healthy and right

[@NarkoHamponTV]

Who is Jesus ???? His Name IS GOD

[@F3z07]

Our Lord and Savior has many names. Jesus is one of them. His Apostles called Him "my Lord and my God", but His mother didn't name Him "God"! What a silly thing to say.

[@nonemployable9451]

False, he is a human being ... Period. 1 John 4:2 (GNT) 2 This is how you will be able to know whether it is God's Spirit: anyone who acknowledges *that Jesus Christ came as a human being* has the Spirit who comes from God.

[@nonemployable9451]

@Matt Blaise LoL listen to yourself, you also have the mark of the Beast on your avatar.

[@attiylanen]

Mental acrobatics..smh. "Hate is not hate. Jesus didn't mean what he said! He exaggerated! He used hyperbole!" Oh, come on! Why would God who's supposed to make even children understand him talk in such a hard to understand and missleading way? Certainly not! What if the word is remembered / translated wrong. In Finnish Bible, it says (translated): "If someone comes to me but is not ready to give up his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters, even his own life, he cannot be my disciple."

[@brit1066]

Jesus DID NOT TEACH ANYTHING. HE NEVER EXISTED. The gospels are ANONYMOUS, for the god freaks, that means NO ONE KNOWS WHO ACTUALLY WROTE THEM. What you think are the teachings of JC are MOST LIKELY the writings of Roman scribes who were directed by the Emperor Constantine to create a new religion for his Empire. STOP LYING.

[@mmjmb]

Science-is-Truth - Wow, SO ANGRY. Maybe if you just accepted the gift of faith and cooperated with it, you could find some peace.

[@F3z07]

There are a lot of contemporary sources that reference the early Church. I think it's great you're here on a Catholic channel, but if you're interested in truth you haven't found it yet. I'm talking about the surviving texts that were critical of the Christian movement, let alone the Church Fathers who, living as early as they did, never had any trouble with which texts were real nor who wrote them. We have a lot more evidence of Jesus' existence than we do of Pythagoras or Socrates, it is really not difficult to research the Roman and Judeo-Roman sourcez from the first century. Again, glad you're here and interested in what is real.

[@saidrogerrm8896]

JESUS CANT BE GOD COSE HE TOLD TO WURSHIP THE FATHER AND THE FATHER IS GREATER THAN JESUS