Why do so many of you hate God and people of faith?
Avatar4321 what I find people hate about rightwing Christians and conservatives
1. one reason is when they are hypocrites and judge others for what they do themselves
(and vice versa, that explains why people can't stand liberals or nontheists when they contradict themselves while blaming others) This naturally causes insult, offense or resentment. And when it's a whole group doing it while claiming "moral superiority"
that especially becomes repugnant, no matter which group it is.
2. politically, the Christians and Constitutionalists invoke greater authority by knowledge of laws and enforcement by practice.
So this creates FEAR that such groups have greater power and influence to bully, coerce or dominate over others without this same knowledge, empowerment and enforcement of the laws.
Thus the people I know who fear having unequal or less ability to protect their rights beliefs and interests end up turning to parties and govt to substitute for or protect against
the church, corporate or collective authority, resources or influence that other groups seem to have "more than they do."
If they don't have ability or knowledge of laws and authority to REBUKE and correct abuses themselves, they end up relying on larger groups to afford protection; and these groups end up relying on division and dominance to defend their interests of their members against "opposing groups."
3. the cause of fear is lack of faith or knowledge of how the laws work to empower people equally, and this ties in with the degree of FORGIVENESS one has that allows deeper understanding and empowerment
vs. UNFORGIVENESS which fuels the fear of victimhood and oppression by others that becomes a
self-fulfilling or self-defining problem and vicious cycle.
Forgiveness opens the door to receiving equal knowledge and understanding.
That factor is free to everyone equally for the asking and receiving.
But the knowledge of this factor and how it works is not equal yet.
If more people knew and understood how forgiveness brings greater empowerment, of course, we'd all be busy forgiving
wrongs so we could get more help to correct them.
Eventually we will all get there. But in the meantime, those with unequal knowledge have unequal power.
And this disparity of knowledge of the laws and unequal ability to invoke authority of law,
that is SUPPOSED to be made equal for all people, is still fueling vicious cycles of
abuse, oppression, retribution and fear which is behind hateful division.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Quote
Men often hate each other because they fear each other;
they fear each other because they don't know each other;
they don't know each other because they can not communicate;
they can not communicate because they are separated.
-- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
