-Stephen- > Still, God has seen fit to represent his feeling as hatred, so > I don't think we have much business telling him he's wrong.
-Ron- > After reading the scriptures you cited that God's hatred is of > the "deeds" a man commits. You may gloss the scriptures however you choose, of course, as we probably all do at times. However, as I pointed out, the very wording of the scriptural verses I cited shows that God hates the person or people being named: (Helaman 15:4) "But behold my brethren, the Lamanites hath he [God] hated because their deeds have been evil continually, and this because of the iniquity of the tradition of their fathers". Malachi employs the same type of usage in Malachi 1:2-3 (cited in Romans 9:13): "I have loved you, saith the LORD. Yet ye say, Wherein hast thou loved us? Was not Esau Jacob’s brother? saith the LORD: yet I loved Jacob, And I hated Esau, and laid his mountains and his heritage waste for the dragons of the wilderness." I also found a proverb (Proverbs 6:16) and two psalms (Psalm 5:5 and Psalm 11:5) that speak of the Lord hating the wicked. This last psalm is particularly interesting, because there is a Joseph Smith translation of it that reaffirms the Lord's hatred of the wicked and those who love violence: JST Psalm 11:5: "Behold his eyelids shall try the children of men, and he shall redeem the righteous, and they shall be tried. The Lord loveth the righteous, but the wicked, and him that loveth violence, his soul hateth." > ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// --^---------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/create/index2.html --^----------------------------------------------------------------
