Comment on Open Hatred of Jews by sacredcow

sacredcow · 1/18/2026, 10:56:27 AM · permalink

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j.k.harwood2 · 1/19/2026, 4:40:06 PM · permalink

I’m not using those verses as isolated slogans or trying to build doctrine out of one line. I’m pointing to a pattern that runs through all of Scripture: people are repeatedly warned not to follow crowds into deception, not to prefer comforting lies over difficult truth, and not to let culture define righteousness.

Those verses are examples of that pattern, not replacements for their full chapters.

As for your question, God began His covenant through one people, Israel, but never for Israel alone.

From the beginning, the promise was global:

To Abraham: “Through you all nations of the earth will be blessed.”

Through the prophets: God repeatedly says the nations will come to know Him.

Through Christ: “God so loved the world…” not one tribe, nation, or class.

Israel was chosen as a vessel, not as the finish line.

What I’m warning about isn’t theology trivia, it’s human behavior. History shows that societies are easily trained to hate, especially when pain needs a target. Scripture warns about that tendency again and again.

You don’t have to share my conclusions.

But dismissing the warning by saying “that’s out of context” without engaging the actual concern, that hatred is being normalized, isn’t really engaging the issue either.

I’m not asking people to agree with me.

I’m asking people to think carefully before they let any movement - religious, political, or emotional - teach them who deserves their hatred.

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braven · 1/20/2026, 1:49:40 AM · permalink

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j.k.harwood2 · 1/20/2026, 4:30:10 PM · permalink

I appreciate the way you asked this. You’re right, there’s a real difference between hatred and moral judgment, and between mob emotion and just accountability.

When someone commits a crime - like your example of rape - people aren’t “hating” because they were told to. They’re responding to an actual act of evil. Wanting justice, consequences, and protection for others is not the same thing as being trained to hate a category of people.

Hatred becomes dangerous when it’s aimed at a whole group instead of specific actions done by specific people.  Even more, if it’s emotional before it’s thoughtful, if it’s taught by narrative instead of proven by facts, if it says “they are the problem” instead of “the person that did this act is wrong.”

Accountability is about actions.

Hatred is about identity.

We should hold people accountable for what they do.

We should not be trained to despise people for who they are.

So when I say “don’t let movements teach you who deserves your hatred,” I’m not saying “never judge evil.” I’m saying:

Judge actions, not bloodlines.  Judge crimes, not categories.  Seek true justice, not scapegoats.

History shows that societies slide into cruelty when they stop asking,

“What did this person do?”

and start asking,

“What are they?”

That’s the danger that comes to mind, and what I felt should be shared. Collective blame dressed up as righteousness.

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