(Holy Bible Int., Genesis 1.27-28) "So God created man in his own image...And God blessed them (man and woman)Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it and have dominion over the fish in the sea and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
Truth being that man was created in God's image, we have an unsatiable curiosity, and limitless knowledge capacity. Since the first day that we existed, we've dominated over all secular, non-human beings on this planet. In the same way we were created, we are now born with the ability to Love and to Hate, two extremes; therefore, God loves. He must love in order to embody the trait of this emotion; God has nothing else to love but man, his child, his creation. God has a parental love towards man. God's actions at times are as double edged as a sword, the Great Flood for example. Flooding the earth on a grand scale is usually perceived by anyone to be hate or anger towards man. God did flood the earth, and later promised to refrain from that particular action, but he did not do it out of hate, sadness, or anger. The flood cleansed the earth of all of the corrupt, the hurt, the anger, and most of all the pain. This is compassion at work; love, parental protection.
If a man were trapped in a room with several others, but he was the only one without a gun, or a knife that wasn't trying to kill the others, there would be only three choices to relieve the population of its suffering. To achieve a survivable balance, all of the violent would kill each other and the unarmed man, the unarmed man would be murdered and the room would forever bask in violence and evil, or the unarmed man would be protected until the others were eventually gone. For all man kind, which would be the best choice? Which would allow us to prosper? To flourish?
Referred to, many times in the Bible are our equal chances to go either to heaven or to hell. God values ever soul greatly. In Matthew 10.29-30, souls are referred to as sparrows on sale in a market-place. Lucifer buys many of the souls, for very little cost, but God places more value on each individual than the price Lucifer could pay for them all. God is with you for all of your life, tagging every moment. In this market-place he is saddened that one of every two sparrows sometimes falls to the ground without the grace of God, despite his pleading and bargaining for the soul.
Ruling dominant in fear and/or hate dies over short times. (Ex. Hitler, McCarthy). God presides over his people, he does not rule, and furthermore, he does this in love. His existence has not been proven, yet he still has followers, people who don't know surly, they believe by faith. You do not have faith in those you fear, only a consistency in the fear.
To counter, God also possesses the ability to hate, he harbors this emotion in his view of the corrupt angel, Lucifer. Since God embodies this, man is alike. Both God and man have equal ability to hate and love, it is an individual man who decides which feeling he harbors towards God and others. In his circumstances, God's universal value for life and the good, as made known in the Bible, makes it implausible for him/her(the gender of God is sometimes debated over) to hate his creation.
Typically sentient beings have a worldly faith in all that they know and/or love, spiritual faith is parallel to the worldly version. Love can only be explained as a dilating of the pupils at times, a sudden rush of blood to the cheeks, and an occasional staggered breath. Aside from the physical definition, there has been debate between thousands of philosophers as to the mental psychology of love. Teenagers today, if prompted on the feeling have a different definition entirely than those a decade older. If a religious man or woman is prompted, despite his/her age, whether he/she loves God, an answer to the positive would dominate. It is common to take comfort in God, no matter the situation.
A little over a year ago there was a terrible tragedy in the United States, commonly referred simply to as "nine-eleven." You probably remember the ingrained memory immediately. When you think back to that morning when you were at school or work, what did you think of when word came? Some cried, some became angry, some took the news with no immediate feeling. In the following weeks, the aftermath of this single unimaginable act ate away at the emotions of others, renewing faith, and reinitializing patriotism. Prayer at school, work, and communities heightened, and church attendance increased. If Americans and their allies believed God did not love, or care for their souls, they would not have awakened that September. For if God indeed hated them or harbored anger, why would a man or woman pray for help, or speak so emotionally and intimately, with an invisible being they undyingly believe in?
The words "I hate God" often can come to mind during instances such as September eleventh, or even a lousy day where all the odds seem to be against you personally; but as was once stated in the poem "I Hate God",
"I may hate God
for all he's done in my life,
for the broken bones,
all of the rocks in my path,
for the tears and strife,
the uncontrollable anger,
for the pain,
and for making my heart burst,
and drive me insane
with a love that I cannot release,
But for all it's worth
I do love God,
Because his love is untrembling,
sure and unending,
And he Never fails to understand
why I hate him,
and then he counters,
by loving me back unconditionally,
Making the next step in the path slightly easier."
This is how it is possible for the sunrise to make an appearance every day, for each and every life created to survive. God undeniably loves you, because you are beautiful in every way in his sights, and deep in your heart you must decide if you can justly return that love, through everything that may happen. You may have hatred at times, and turn your back as a stubborn refusal to the eternal offer at your disposal, but as a God given gift, you were created in his own likeness, with the responsibility of that choice. Love.
~Cheyenne Fregon
Bible Reference Used: Holy Bible- International Version ©1915
Poem :"I Hate God..Sometimes" Is copyrighted to the Fallen-angel Enterprise
Written By C.L.A Fregon
Topics of this article, are strictly my opinions based on facts I know.