Is it possible to hate a persons religion and like the person?

[gnomon]

Quite frankly.....I'm not sure.

I do not hate religion. Any of them.

Recognizing that some religions are dangerous does not equal hate unless one includes awareness of something one wishes to avoid. The most neutered definition of hate but if we take that one then sure......there are some concepts, including religion, that I hate but do not hate those who adhere or respect them.

People can change. A poor concept will remain a poor concept.

 

[Katzpur]

Is it possible to like a person yet hate their religious beliefs, especially when that person considers their beliefs to be part of the core that comprises their personal identity?

I could like a person regardless of how I felt about his religious beliefs -- with one exception: If his religious beliefs taught him to look down on me as a person, I don't think I could like him.

 

[Storm]

What would your feelings be towards someone who hated your personal beliefs?

That would depend on many more important factors, first and foremost their behavior towards me.

 

[Beaudreaux]

Is it possible to like a person yet hate their religious beliefs, especially when that person considers their beliefs to be part of the core that comprises their personal identity?

I was going to say "sure!" but I realized I don't "hate" anyone's religious beliefs. I find some to be damaging to society, but "hate" is a pretty strong word.

 

[England my lionheart]

Is it possible to like a person yet hate their religious beliefs, especially when that person considers their beliefs to be part of the core that comprises their personal identity?

It's a difficult question to answer because i do not hate any religion,i may dislike their interpretation of it but it would'nt stop me liking them

 

[Storm]

I was going to say "sure!" but I realized I don't "hate" anyone's religious beliefs. I find some to be damaging to society, but "hate" is a pretty strong word.

I've hated someone's religious beliefs (because of the way they affected her) and adored the person at the same time.

I also hate the beliefs of extremists, like the Westboro Baptist Church. Of course, I don't care to be friends with those people, either.

 

[ChristineES]

I suppose you accept the faith, reject what it does to someone, and like or love the person.
I don't like to think that the entire Christian population is judged by The Westboro Baptist Church (shiver).

 

[Storm]

I suppose you accept the faith, reject what it does to someone, and like or love the person.

Pretty much.

I don't like to think that the entire Christian population is judged by The Westboro Baptist Church (shiver).

Well, if it helps, I don't. :hug:

 

[Kilgore Trout]

Is it possible to like a person yet hate their religious beliefs, especially when that person considers their beliefs to be part of the core that comprises their personal identity?

I am friends with people who hold a variety of beliefs, and have no problem with whatever beliefs they hold. That being said, discussions about beliefs rarely come up, and most people I know don't really make their beliefs the centerpiece of their existence.

When people who do make their religion a constant and everpresent part of their life, it generally creeps me out, or it seems as though everything they do is an affectation, so I have never been friends with someone who is overly religious.

 

[rockondon]

Absolutely, yes.

A person's religious beliefs aren't the reason I like or dislike a person - its their behaviour that determines that. I like and love many people who follow beliefs I disagree with. I know one girl who is a fundamentalist YEC christian who takes every biblical absurdity literally - Tower of Babel, Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, etc - and playfully refers to me as a 'closet Christian' in her hopes that she will one day finally be able to convert me...and I adore her. I love people that have different beliefs - I don't consider it an attack on my own belief system, if anything it strengthens my beliefs to objectively expose them to the beliefs of others.

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

I'd say yes, it's possible to love a person and hate (or reject, if you want to use the less harsh language that Christine suggested) their religion.

I think there's a difference between a person and his or her beliefs, and there's a difference between a person's beliefs and the religion to which they belong. Not everyone accepts their church's teaching on every issue: for example, I know many self-described Catholics who don't consider contraception or same-sex marriage to be sinful. Also, even if someone does believe all the points of doctrine of their church, any denomination can comfortably allow a certain spectrum of belief.

 

[ἀλήθεια]

Absolutely!

Through thy precepts I get understanding: therefore I hate every false way. (Psalm 119:104)

Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way. (Psalm 119:128)


And the person you like anyway, may not hold the same beliefs all his or her life.

 

[EverChanging]

I hate racism. My mother is a racist, yet I love my mother.

Many people in my family are in a religion that is very destructive and cult-like. I do what I can to oppose that kind of religion, and I hate many of the things that religion promotes, yet I still love my family.