43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.
44 But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;
St. Matthew 5:43-44
It defies reason and upends morality to claim that God loves both Saddam Hussein and the innocent Kurds he gassed to death -- that He bestows His love on Osama bin Laden no less than on the 3,000 souls he butchered on 9/11. Of course we should pray that an evildoer will realize the awfulness of his ways and atone for his crimes. But to love him even if he doesn't? To bless him when he dies? God forbid! To bless the Hitlers and the Arafats of this world is to betray their victims. That we must never do.Interesting contrast.
Jeff Jacoby, When Hatred is Necessary
Now in all fairness, Mr. Jacoby is not a Christian and can hardly be expected to see the world in that light. And he does make it clear that he understands Christian belief, but this passage seems to attack a central belief of Christianity as unreasonably and immoral.
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