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Hatred of the wicked

שו”תCategory: faithHatred of the wicked
asked 10 months ago

 
peace,
I don’t really know what it means to hate or be angry. I don’t hate evil people, yes, yes, not even Hamas, for example. Don’t get me wrong(!) – I don’t have a drop of empathy/pity for them or for the Gazans, it’s obvious that they don’t even deserve to be called human beings… I just feel like I live more in love than in hate. For example, when there is, God forbid, a terrorist attack, I feel incredibly sad for the person who was hurt, because I love them, but I don’t have an ounce of anger toward the terrorists. I don’t know what anger really feels like. Am I missing out on something important by not hating evil people? Should I strive to hate them? Do you think there is some kind of similarity in approach with Christianity here? Is that what’s missing in Christianity?
Thank you very much in advance.


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מיכי Staff answered 10 months ago
The emotional dimension doesn’t seem essential to me. In my opinion, intellectual hatred of evil is enough.

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אליקו replied 10 months ago

The question is whether you feel hatred towards any person in any case.
For example, if someone contradicted you in front of everyone just because they were bored - do you feel anger or hatred towards them?
If in the above case you feel anger or hatred, but not towards terrorists, then there is probably some problem here.

אנונימית replied 10 months ago

Aliko, I think I'll feel humiliation, but not hatred.

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