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[Note: <\/strong>This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1<\/strong> page.]<\/span><\/p>\n The title above is admittedly ambiguous.<\/em> It can mean \u201cChristians who express hatred,\u201d or it can mean \u201cthose who hate Christianity.\u201d The latter meaning describes a growing \u201cnorm\u201d of attitude and behavior. A broad-based coalition would banish every vestige of \u201cChristianity\u201d from our national identity. Politicians, entertainers, educators, major news media persons, and others have revealed themselves as haters of the Christian religion, especially its moral requirements and its exclusive message.<\/span><\/p>\n History revisionists tell us our nation never possessed a general, unabashed belief in the Bible and in Jesus Christ. However, merely viewing movies up to the 1960s (especially those relating to WW II) tells a far different tale. Almost without exception, when the element of religion appears in these movies (e.g., prayer, worship, funerals, weddings), the Bible is the Book that is referenced\/read, and prayers (even before each meal!) are lifted to God the Father in the name of Jesus\u2014because it was the norm in our nation. <\/strong>The enemies of Christ have gradually eroded this precious national faith.<\/span><\/p>\n The Bible-haters charge that it teaches hatred, and therefore, Christianity is a religion of haters (is it not a bit ironic to hate<\/strong> a religion because its adherents are haters<\/strong>?). But we freely admit that true Christians are indeed \u201chaters,\u201d but not in the way their accusers allege. In fact, one cannot be faithful to the Christ without hating the things God and His Son hate, among them:<\/span><\/p>\n Yes, we are haters\u2014haters of all of those things that destroy, demean, and debase humankind. However, we love the souls of those who are destroying themselves, their families, and our nation, by behavior that God and rational men and women abhor<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n [Note:<\/strong> I wrote this article for and it appeared in the Denton Record-Chronicle, <\/em>Denton, TX, October 21, 2016.]<\/span><\/p>\n Attribution:<\/strong> From thescripturecache.com<\/em>; Dub McClish, owner and administrator.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Views: 1[Note: This MS is available in larger font on our Brief Articles 1 page.] The title above is admittedly ambiguous. It can mean \u201cChristians who express hatred,\u201d or it can mean \u201cthose who hate Christianity.\u201d The latter meaning describes a growing \u201cnorm\u201d of attitude…<\/p>\n\n