4 Relevant Responses When Someone Calls You "Hateful"

"You're hateful," is the new way to say, "I disagree." It's popular with people such as "Wilderness Wanderers."

Here are 4 relevant truths you might consider sharing when someone calls you a hater because you hold Christian views: 

1. Christian views are not hateful.

The Bible warns us of sins which damage our souls. If we believe what Scripture says, we're hateful to remain silent.

2. Negative stereotyping is bigoted and hypocritical.

When people judge Christians by rare examples, they're using the same kind of stereotyping used by racists.

3. Disagreement and disapproval are part of adult life.

There will never be harmony of beliefs among the world's inhabitants. Calling someone "hateful" based on their beliefs is truthful only when their beliefs promote actual abuse. legitimate Christian teachings never promote abuse.

If disapproving of liberal beliefs and lifestyles is hateful, then disapproving of Christian beliefs and lifestyles is also hateful.  

Scripture teaches us to treat others as we want to be treated (Matthew 7:12). But it tells us to refuse to be conformed to cultural lies (Romans 12:2; Ephesians 5:8-13).

4. Christians have become the world's scapegoat.

Have you noticed that Islam and Hinduism are not nearly as despised as Christianity, even though they have numerous practices that are culturally offensive? The true and living God will always be a greater threat to unsaved man that the fake gods of other religions.

That's why Jesus was hated when He walked the earth and it's why He warned us that His true followers would be hated as well.

Please read the Scriptures at the bottom.

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Because LGBTQ beliefs are front and center in regard to the bigotry against Christians, it's important for Christians to understand the biblical view of homosexuality:

Biblical Teaching on Homosexuality (a collection of short devotions) 

What the Bible Teaches about Transgenderism

Gay Revisionist Arguments (a collection addressing various false teachings used by gay revisionists)

Questions, Not Answers (the testimony of a former lesbian)

It's difficult to be the world's scapegoat, but let's remember the reward of believing, obeying, and sharing God's Word fully without compromise:

Luke 6:22-23: Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."Rejoice in that day and leap for joy, because great is your reward in heaven. For that is how their ancestors treated the prophets."

The unsaved world constantly makes claims that if Christians behaved like Christ we'd be loved and respected. Jesus disagrees:

John 15:18-19: If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first. If you belonged to the world, it would love you as its own. As it is, you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world. That is why the world hates you.