When you first meet Jesus, you are filled with love. You want to introduce Him to everyone, you are so darn giddy and floating on cloud 9. Then you get "taught" to hate, that some people or groups are bad, that certain acts, which vary from church to church and denomination to denomination, will separate you from God. You get told to not hang out with certain people, to stay away from different places, to not listen to certain things. Your excitement abates, you get indoctrinated, and your posts that first were filled with love and caring for others and a desire for others to know this One who loves you so much, turn to "warning", pointing out "false teachers", accusing, berating, attacking, judging. No one is off limits, not even your best friend, your parents, your siblings. You excuse it by saying Jesus said He came to set you against your family. Scriptures begin to be taken out of context, what is to be used to guide people to Christ, the...
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