{"id":30587,"date":"2015-06-14T06:43:04","date_gmt":"2015-06-14T10:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/exploringourmatrix\/?p=30587"},"modified":"2015-06-14T06:43:04","modified_gmt":"2015-06-14T10:43:04","slug":"the-biggest-heresy-of-all","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/06\/the-biggest-heresy-of-all.html","title":{"rendered":"The Biggest Heresy of All"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

\"Jeremy<\/p>\n

The quote comes from Jeremy Myers\u2019 post \u201cThe Biggest Heresy of All Time.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Here\u2019s a larger quote from the context of the quote above, to whet your appetite:<\/p>\n

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If I hate a person because I\u2019m mean, well, then that\u2019s just mean. But if I hate a person because \u201cJesus told me to hate him,\u201d this is not just mean, this is\u00a0satanically mean<\/em>.<\/p>\n

This is why the lack of love \u2013 especially the lack of love from people who claim to follow Jesus \u2013 is the worst heresy in all of human history.<\/p>\n

When we hate and hurt and kill \u201cin Jesus name\u201d \u2013 we are the greatest arch-heretics the world has ever seen.<\/p>\n

Which is worse: to teach others that Jesus was not God, or to burn such a person \u201cin the name of Jesus\u201d for not believing that Jesus is God?<\/p>\n

While the first person might be wrong about the nature of Jesus, the second person is completely wrong about everything related to Jesus, for if they think that Jesus wants them to burn people who don\u2019t understand Him, then they haven\u2019t understood the first thing about Him, and should incinerate themselves first.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Click through<\/a> to read the rest of it.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The quote comes from Jeremy Myers\u2019 post \u201cThe Biggest Heresy of All Time.\u201d\u00a0Here\u2019s a larger quote from the context of the quote above, to whet your appetite: If I hate a person because I\u2019m mean, well, then that\u2019s just mean. But if I hate a person because \u201cJesus told me to hate him,\u201d this is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":30588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[163],"tags":[4433,4438,4552,5649,5677,6741],"class_list":["post-30587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-progressive-christianity-religion","tag-hate","tag-hatred","tag-heresy","tag-jeremy-myers","tag-jesus","tag-love"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Biggest Heresy of All<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The quote comes from Jeremy Myers' post "The Biggest Heresy of All Time."\u00a0Here's a larger quote from the context of the quote above, to whet your\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/06\/the-biggest-heresy-of-all.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Biggest Heresy of All\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The quote comes from Jeremy Myers' post "The Biggest Heresy of All Time."\u00a0Here's a larger quote from the context of the quote above, to whet your\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2015\/06\/the-biggest-heresy-of-all.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion Prof: The Blog of James F. 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