The only acceptable topping is love. Top the Christian message with hatred, and it is no longer Christian. It isn't fit to eat anymore. Its validity, its usefulness, its whole raison d'etre is nullified, and instead of leading people to Heaven, it diverts them to Hell.
I think the metaphor is a little confusing -- anything that foundational is not just a topping, surely? But I agree that hatred is against what Jesus taught.
Partial agreement. It was recorded that he did despise the behavior of the Sadducees (the religious establishment) and the pharisees (the religious legalists). Note, he didn't write off the people themselves, but what they had become and offered them the same opportunity to be saved as everyone else.
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The only acceptable topping is love. Top the Christian message with hatred, and it is no longer Christian. It isn't fit to eat anymore. Its validity, its usefulness, its whole raison d'etre is nullified, and instead of leading people to Heaven, it diverts them to Hell.
I think the metaphor is a little confusing -- anything that foundational is not just a topping, surely? But I agree that hatred is against what Jesus taught.
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Janice
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