Why Do You Hate Jesus?

[Theland1]

Why, apparently do so many people hate Jesus, or even the thought of Him?
That is what comes across so often on this topic.
And by the way - happy new year.

[Bathsheba]

Happy new year Theland! Nice to see you x

[Amber63]

Because it's no more rational to believe in Jesus than to believe in fairies, Santa Claus or the Loch Ness monster.

[madmaggot]

How can one hate a person who lived and died so long ago? It's like saying you hate say, William the Conqueror (for instance).

[Theland1]

Hi Mrs Bath - God bless you.

Nobody hates fairies and Santa with the same venom directed at Jesus, and he lived a long time before the examples given. AND His teaching was love and forgiveness - puzzling?

[sn�gged]

''he lived a long time before the examples given''

Allegedly...

[hippyhoppy]

I don't hate Jesus - I just want to know what options he picked and did he get straight A's..?

[weeal]

Well I can think of one reason why someone MIGHT hate Jesus
Some upbringings are very strict, full of rules, drummed into you all the time, you start to rebel ...

[Jan1957]

I don't hate Jesus - there;s no such person

[weeal]

I think like that too Jan - just can bring myself to say or type it LOL

[johnny.5]

why are you all using the past tense ???


JESUS LIVES




Am I right ?
I'm not wrong !

[sn�gged]

Me too... see my post above...

[bensmum]

Hey Theland - nice to see you!
I can't hate someone I never met, but then neither can I love someone I didn't meet either

[hippyhoppy]

Hold on- didn't he do woodwork..?

[weeal]

I had the 'fear' of God hammered into me

[naomi24]

Hello Theland, how nice to see you here again.

I don't hate Jesus - I like him, but I feel very sorry for him. In the whole of the world's history, I can't think of anyone who has been more used, or more misunderstood.

When you talk about people hating him, who exactly do you mean? I would say that with the exception of Christians, Muslims, and some atheists, like those who contribute to R&S, most people give him little or no thought at all, except perhaps at Christmas.

[Mr Veritas]

Because Jesus name has been used to excuse so many attrocities for 2,000years.
It also strikes me that by quoting Jesus at people we are expected to believe it,no matter how ludicrous it may be.
Wherever Jesus is,he must be very angry at the misuse of his name.
I wouldn't like to be one of the people who use and abuse Jesus when he returns,boy are they in for a shock.
Of course I mean his(so called) followers in the above,not Agnostics or Aetheists(or other religions).

[Mr Veritas]

In other words,we hate the "Interpreters" of Jesus,not Jesus himself.

[China Doll]

I can't hate anyone with a party trick that involves water to wine.

[jno]

I've wondered that myself, Theland. Atheists sometimes seem to really sneer at believers, don't they?

[Mrs Y]

I'm an Atheist and I would never, ever dream of 'sneering' at a believer. Everyone is entitled to their own thoughts and beliefs, and I totally respect that. Religion does not feature whatsoever in my life and as a result it is very rarely mentioned by me.

What does annoy me, though, is when religious people decide I need to be 'saved' because I have no belief. I do not preach my beliefs or opinions to them; why do they do so to me?

For the record, I am completely impassive about Jesus, as I am about God, Allah, fairies and anyone or anything else who I believe does not exist, and never has.