Hatred of the poor could mean:
- I hate poor people
- I hate being poor
- I hate people for being poor or even have a will of being poor
- I hate poor in term of lack of good mind
- I hate poor in term of poverty like what president and miss universe said that they will banish it. (Which is impossible) ß why you ask? Well, poverty is an indicator of wealth. So logically, you will always compare one another as a greedy human being.
Great, now we have five meaning of “hatred of the poor” (> <);. Which one would our beloved teacher want us to explain? I don’t get it. So I’ll just go with it.
- I hate poor people
In this term, poor people would mean a good people. This is quite weird. I know poor people couldn’t always be good people. Otherwise, every teaching would suggest us to be a poor people. Oh, may I emphasize that poor in this part would relate to monetary worth? Okay, then, if this one is the right one, the proverbs would mean hating the poor may cause you to hate some of good people. But that would also mean, hating some of bad people, which I thought as an okay sign (although it’s not good ^^, but we can’t avoid it). And also, the proverbs makers wouldn’t use poor people to make the proverbs, because hatred of the rich = hatred of the good will have the same meaning with it. Therefore, I am not satisfied with my own thought and explanation. Let’s go to another meaning, shall we?
- I hate being poor
I hate being poor and it would mean that I hate the good? I’m not quite sure that this is the real meaning of it. Although I can say that hate of being poor (once again, in monetary worth) can be called as greedy, and greedy is not in “the Good Dictionary”, well, I can really say that I love being poor. Whoever wants to be lack of food is weird… the one that saying “I love being poor” is only the stupid hermits that torture themselves for they thought they will achieve enlightenment. Wise people now, knew that being poor is not a pleasant way. Living to accept anything given from God would be suitable. Being poor or rich would be accepted the way it is. So can you tell me anyone who prays to be poor forever? Hmm, I don’t know either. This is merely my opinion, not fact or anything.
If you see anyone living happily and they are poor, just asked them “are you praying to be poor?” they would 70% say no (hypothetically), and how can they be happy? Well because they accept the poor itself as a part of themselves. They live with it.
- I hate people for being poor or even have a will of being poor
This is getting really weird. Why would I hate someone who has a will of being poor? I wouldn’t hate them. It’s their choice. And I respect every will that human has, it’s just like a life principle. I’m not the one who is going to judge the right or wrong of my human friends’ principles. God will. And I’m trying to respect it in every way I can, even that those principles would cause a great suffer to me. I just hope that they would understand that. Umm, but I think they should have realized whether they principles are wrong or not. How? Well, when you can’t explain your own principles, you should consider it thoroughly. When you are not comfortable with your own principles, you should consider it thoroughly. When you realize that this is not what God wants you to be, when your principles hurt others and yourself… consider your principles.
I hate people of being poor could mean that I hate them because they are not good enough of being rich. It’s weird. I couldn’t explain it. Can someone explain it to me?
- I hate poor in term of lack of good mind
What I mean here is “miskin hati”. How can we relate this to hating the good? To hate someone who is lack of good mind is not a best way to cure them, isn’t it? I think the best way to cure them is to send them “good mind”. Logically, when they are lack of them, send them some. If you are not doing it, maybe you hate some good way to help people. Err… kinda WEIRD. I can’t define any good way to help people. It’s subjectively stated by people in the world. How can I say this is good or not by myself while we are living among others? That’s why I would need your comments ^^ (whoever who read my blog, please comment!)
- I hate poor in term of poverty like what president and miss universe said that they will banish it. (Which is impossible) ß why you ask? Poverty is an indicator of wealth. So logically, you will always compare one another as a greedy human being.
This is what our lecturer said when I asked him. He said “membenci kemiskinan sama artinya dengan membenci kebaikan” haah? kemiskinan is poverty right? Please tell me if I am wrong (my English ability is just a little above average). I consider it with my friend (who? An April 18 girl, a wise weird girl who is currently struggling with her physics and calculus subject right now. Haha) for quite a long time. And finally… we have a headache.
We consider “the poor” once again. What is poor? What is rich? Poor is lack of something; rich is having more of whatever. Poor is imperfect, incomplete, weak while rich would mean almost perfect, almost complete, quite powerful. It’s understandable when we hate the imperfect or incomplete. Naturally, you are just feeling uncomfortable with it and sometimes trying to get rid of it, for you see it as a threat. Connecting it to the keyword “loving your enemy”, it would be understandable that you hate the poor. In the movie “kingdom of heaven”, the main character released the slave he caught after killing the master. The slave turned out to be someone quite powerful in enemy side. Hating imperfectness is not good. It’s just the same like hating slave, a lower rank human in that era. Why? Because a slave could be a master just like what has been showed in the movie? I don’t think so. It’s just a coincidence. If every slave American released turned out to be a ruler of a region, I should have known that. -___-; they just want to show you that your good deed will save you someday.
The point is when you hate imperfectness, you are not really wise. You don’t realize that no one is perfect in this world. Hating imperfectness would mean you hate the entire world. I hate you for being ugly, I hate you for not being rich enough, I hate you for having only one arm, I hate Binus for having only two lifts, I hate Binus for its bad wi-fi connection (okay, I’m sorry, I’ll stop). Nothing is perfect in this world. Forcing them to be perfect is beyond the limit of every human. Accept them the way you are would mean that you appreciate the good. There is always a good side in every imperfectness. It’s just how you see it, as a half full glass or half empty glass of water. So, hating the poor would mean that you hate the good, because there is always a good side in every poorness.
We could implement it in quite number of life experience. For instance, I hate my friend for being so noisy and annoying. But, when I accept her the way I do, I found out that she has a talent to be a presenter (or whatever, you name it).
I’ll stop here. OMG!! How can I write all of this in my exam paper??? Mr kind hearted lecturer… can you just read it in my blog, please (ß fool hope). Oh, this is just my opinion, I wrote it for I found this as an interesting way to see a life. It would be a good to be implemented when you are going on with your living ^^.
This blog is just guidance for our exam; I can’t guarantee that you will get perfect score when you answer the question using my answer. Oh, for information, I have put the question in yahoo answer. Feel free to access it. Yahoo Answer has three questions that are asked + the answers from many people in the world of course.
*comment please, anything ^^ so I know that you are reading my blog, and, please give advice, suggestion, so I can improve my mind a lil’ bit. Thank you ^^*
*NB: sorry for my mess-up English*
