Does not reflect anything concerning my view, It is simply the fact that you accuse an atheist of hating God when atheists don't believe in Gods.
How cany hate something you do not believe in. This unfortunate condemnation is confirmed by
@Sgt. Pepper in post #490.
When I was a street preacher, I used to remind other Christians of
1 Peter 3:15–16 whenever they treated atheists with contempt, which frequently included false accusations of hating and/or rebelling against God, as well as extremely sarcastic remarks whenever any atheist attempted to reason with them.
1 Peter 3:15–16 states, "15
But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect, 16
keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander." I'd also remind my fellow Christians to "
love your neighbor as yourself," "
love your enemies, pray for your enemies, do good to your enemies," and
"treat others the way you would like to be treated." They lacked the humility to admit that their behavior was severely harming their Christian testimony and personal reputation. To be quite honest, I've noticed the same arrogant attitude in some of the Christian posts on this forum.
Bible verses about Atheism
www.openbible.info
According to your signature or scripture? Your history arrogant negative abusive view of atheists does not reflect any love. This is true as demonstrated by others in this forum, and as I documented in the nature of our culture today.
Scripture is NOT empathetic or even sympathetic of atheism. Your view and others reflect the scripture cited.
Psalm 14:1 ESV / 523 helpful votes
To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good.
Ephesians 4:18-19 ESV / 418 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.
But as for the cowardly, the faithless, the detestable, as for murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their portion will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur, which is the second death.”
Colossians 2:8 ESV / 147 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.
Proverbs 11:5-17 ESV / 37 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful
The righteousness of the blameless keeps his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness. The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are taken captive by their lust. When the wicked dies, his hope will perish, and the expectation of wealth perishes too. The righteous is delivered from trouble, and the wicked walks into it instead.
With his mouth the godless man would destroy his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous are delivered.
There are more references that document there i no love in the Bible for atheists,
John 3:16–17 states, "16
For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. 17
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him." I'd like to reexamine these verses in light of the following:
According to the Bible, God is omniscient (
Psalm 139:1–6;
Isaiah 46:9–10;
1 John 3:20), omnipotent (
Psalm 147:5;
Job 42:2;
Daniel 2:21), and omnipresent (
Psalm 139:7–10;
Isaiah 40:12;
Colossians 1:17). And also, according to
Genesis 6:6-7, God regretted creating not only mankind but also every animal, every creature that creeps on the ground, and the birds of the air. The Bible contains other verses that mention his other regrets in addition to creating humanity, all animals, and birds (
1 Samuel 15:11;
2 Samuel 24:16;
Jeremiah 42:10). Wouldn't an all-knowing, all-powerful, and ever-present God know better than to repopulate the world with the same flawed humans that he wiped out in a global flood? Well, if we're going by the scriptures I previously cited about him being omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent, then the answer is apparently yes; he knew better, but he went forward anyway, knowing the outcome.
There are a plethora of biblical stories of a sadistic, psychopathic, and genocidal God who commanded the Israelites to wipe other nations off the face of the earth. According to the Bible, God commanded the Israelites to wipe the Amalikites off the face of the earth (
Exodus 17:8–13;
1 Samuel 15:2–3) and told them, "
Now go, attack the Amalekites, and totally destroy all that belongs to them. Do not spare them; put to death men and women, children and infants, cattle and sheep, camels and donkeys.’" (
I Samuel 15:3). I wouldn't call this verse: "
Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes them against the rocks" (
Psalm 137:9) a shining example of morality from the Bible either. FYI, "
Violence in the Bible: Greatest Hits" has more examples of violence in the Bible.
Bible verses on God's hate.
100 Bible Verses about What God Hates
15 Bible Verses about God Hating People
Bible verses on God's jealousy.
Deuteronomy 4:24 "For the Lord your God is a consuming fire,
a jealous God."
Psalms 78:58 "For they provoked Him with their high places and aroused
His jealousy with their graven images."
Exodus 20:5 "You shall not worship them or serve them; for I,
the Lord your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, on the third and the fourth generations of those who hate Me."
Exodus 34:13-14 "Break down their altars, smash their sacred stones and cut down their Asherah poles. Do not worship any other god,
for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God."
Deuteronomy 6:15 "for
the Lord your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth."
Nahum 1:2 The Lord is a
jealous and avenging God; the Lord is
avenging and wrathful; the Lord takes vengeance on his adversaries and
keeps wrath for his enemies.
Bible verses on God's wrath.
Nahum 1:6 "Who can withstand his indignation? Who can endure his fierce anger. His
wrath is poured out like fire; the rocks are shattered before him."
Ezekiel 25:17 "I will execute great vengeance on them with
wrathful rebukes. Then they will know that I am the Lord, when I lay my vengeance upon them.”
John 3:36 "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the
wrath of God remains on him.”
Romans 1:18 "For the
wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth."
Romans 12:19 "Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the
wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”
Ephesians 5:6 "Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of these things the
wrath of God comes upon the sons of disobedience.”
So according to the Bible, God is capable of hatred, jealousy, and wrath. To be honest, I don't believe that anyone should derive their understanding of morality, love, and justice from the Bible. Finally, I can't speak for anyone else, but I don't regard this God as loving, merciful, or just. What do you think?
