Why do people hate Jesus so much?

Jesus was a rebel, who threw off the demands of the state and religious authorities and was killed for it.

If corrupt people wanted to bury him literally and figuratively, how would that make him responsible for their actions?

Is it punishment for Adam and Eve's sin or our own? Is it punishment or is it a natural consequence of breaking the Laws of Creation?

If there are false gods, who is the True God, and how do you know?

Serious question. I find it curious.

Jesus gave us an indication why he was hated in John 8:31-47. The Pharisees were arguing with Jesus (as usual) and they insisted that “the only Father we have is God Himself”. A small snip of Jesus’ response was “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and am now here… You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father’s desire”.

It’s really no more complicated than that. Of course, telling someone they are the spawn of Satan isn’t exactly a great way to win friends and influence enemies, and tactless people have given popular Christianity a very bad image by leading off with that instead of grace and forgiveness which is what Jesus emphasized more than anything else.

Jesus also told us that we also would be hated because of him in John 15. It should be no surprise then when you see all the haters that show up on every thread about Christianity. They don’t see themselves for what they are and they are angered because they feel wrongfully accused. They reject the judgment of God Himself. How much more His Son? And we? Yeah, we really piss them off because we are not worthy to judge in the first place and too many Christians forget that.

When someone can answer this question for me...then maybe I will consider there actually being a "god" somewhere out there. So far he has been nowhere in sight for me. I haven't ever heard him talk to me, not even when I was at my lowest point in life. Where the hell is HE? And what is this falling out and speaking in tongues crap? I think it's all a big show. Anyway, here is my question.....

In Genesis... God created the day, night, the earth, people, animals...everything. Right? When a huge flood comes because man screwed up (which is another issue I have a problem with, since forgiveness is what he is supposedly all about) Noah saves each animal species by loading them up on his famous arc. The Bible even names these species of animals. Look it up. Now with this in mind, where the hell did the dinosaurs come from? I don't recall them being mentioned, and I truly don't think 2 T-rexes are going to fit on any manmade boat. I don't care who made it!

Anyone?....anyone? Any answers? Can't wait to see this. I have asked MANY holy men about this over the last 30 years, and have stumped EVERY one of them. I asked this question first when I was 14 years old. Was even asked nicely to leave one church. Hm. Now how "christian" is that?

because he died and came back to life. that makes him a zombie. no one likes zombies.

Most humans have demons (or their associates) assigned to them, around them, lurking nearby, influencing them. It's not people or humans that do not like Jesus it's the demons that don't like Jesus, as someone else noted.

Faith and Proof are mutually exclusive. To prove something to someone is to remove God from the equation since the answer must come from a material resource, one that is finite. First you must decide, even if it's only as an experiment (and you must admit that doing this could not harm you) to simply decide to spend time believing. Give it a day, a week, or however much time you are willing to grant the experiment. Really decide that during that time you will be open on every level to believing. Approach reality that way. After the time elapses, then return here and reevaluate your question on your own. Only you can do this. No one else can prove God to you or answer that question.

he's a loser who died. who the fuck wants to follow in those footsteps

Dark hates Love

this is one of true answers. Everyone has at least an association with demons due to the frailty of the minds of men. ..but those that hate Jesus are those that have decided to bed down with the demons...

they are easy to recognize. They are vicious, they deny responsibility, they are flagrantly immoral.

And by the way, I was a big atheist for MANY years so I have done the REVERSE experiment. The experiment applies to anything. I also agree that some religious people are dogmatic and blind and hypocritical and this makes things really worse. In their case I would have to tell them the same I say to atheists. Do an experiment where you stop judging other humans and visualizing them in fire and brimstone since it's soooo tedious.

Just a quick question - have you looked for answers to this yourself?

From a completely secular (universal) outlook this is a good argument. But it still is an argument that is subject to the laws of the universe. Either way, the only question I have is how did humans create a concept of good and evil to begin with?

...because the bible predicted people would hate Jesus?


But seriously, because at the time he was a Living Truth and the illusions of the world were plain before him. He was also bringing others to the same place. Threatened everyone who lived by the lie.

I was fine. I just had no interest in that biblical crap and yet I was forced to go and submit to the brainwashing that "Jesus loves you" every Sunday for a couple of years at the impressionable age. You'd hate him too if that was your experience with church. It was more like torture to me. I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT ANY OF IT. To this day I cringe when I have to set foot in a church for a wedding or something.

Sundays are for GOLF. And NFL Football.

I'm sure if he were real Jesus would hates me too for being the selfish, self-centered prick I am... but whatever. Send me to hell then. LOL

I went to a pentecostal church. what a bunch of looney tunes they are

I disliked church when i was 10,how strange...

Because he takes away attention/worship/praise from God.

I did that. i found it to be a poorly constructed, contradictory piece of crap. and they've been re-writing it ever since to fix all the fuckups. Good going god

the concept of good and evil is, philosophically speaking, a form of determination. Determination is a distinguishing of anything from anything else. the minute you start to distinguish though, philosophy gets a bit trapped since it means that you are already limiting what each term might mean in reality. How we say them and how they are in themselves is a huge problem in philosophy. I'm a philosophy academic so that's why I've answered in this way. In ancient philosophy, God IS the GOOD and the GOOD is above everything else completely. We have to be careful when we 'define' things since there is a limit that exists to our capacity, as finite beings, to do this.

Thank you.....now we're talkin! LOL!

Here's the problem. You consider God a man, male -- you engender a creative energy. If you really want a spiritual life, and I'm not saying "Christian", think of God as within. Give yourself the power to heal, fix things, render answers about life and the shit (frankly) that happens. That power is within each of us, part of our energy, existence, choices. Tap into it.

They always wanted to touch my white hair...

"Might is Right
the survivor, the winner, . .gets to be the good guy.
how it's always been.
nazis would have been the good guys had they won, and
god would have obviously loved them...
it's a pretty lame vision of god.
jesus is just one more version.
everything said and done by him was stolen from
ancient goddess worshipping cultures predating
the bronze age patriarchs, who won the war of
whose god has a bigger penis.

So if i say noone can come to my father but by me, that makes me my father?

:Jen 2: He says what I would like to say if I didn't have chuck mince for brains.

Counter-question:
How many people who have actually met Him hate Him?

I think largely, people just don't like christians, and I can't really blame them.

:)

I know, right? *Always* assume people have demons =D