The end goal of Christianity should be to love as God loves everyone, and to will for the salvation of all men, to have no enemies.
The end goal of Christianity should be to love as God loves everyone, and to will for the salvation of all men, to have no enemies.
No, you’re responding to a strawman like “Christians are the only hateful people” and explaining how other people could also be hateful. That is not what I said, and your reply is not relevant.
Christians are the most hateful people. Their made-up framework for the universe that revolves around judgement of sins and being God’s super special buddy allows them to feel holier than thou and justify their mistreatment of others. Every misdeed comes with an exception and automatic forgiveness for them, because they’re a true believer, while every perceived or imagined misdeed from others is proof that others should be condemned.
Yet, Matthew 7:1 is judge not lest ye be judged.
It is hypocritical and goes against Christianity to do this.
[There is a famous story of a monk in Eastern orthodoxy… He was lazy, slovenly, slow to pray, even eating too much and complaining about conditions. He never advanced as a monk… Yet, when he was in the process of dying the angels gathered and one of the elders who was holy could see them coming to take him - they asked him, how is it so that angels would come directly here to bring you to heaven? He said,
“I am not sure, but I have worked very hard in my life to do one thing… To never judge anyone.”
There are other stories that reinforce the idea of non-judgment since it is at the core of Christian virtue of humility.
Obviously, some people are not doing this. I agree with you. We are bd at this. But I feel it is the case that doing this does absolutely go aginst Christian virtues.