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@Michael-Archonaeus This issue arises because of a mis-translation from the Greek. The context in which the word was used in the original text is not "hate", but rather "put aside".
Luke 14:26 uses the term μισέω ("hate" in many, perhaps all, English translations) in a context that reasonably shows its usage to be something other than "an adversarial emotion we recognize as 'hate.'" That is, it is used in a relative sense there, where Christ is comparing the fact that one ought to "detest" father, mother, wife, child, brother, sister, and their own self if any of those get in the way of being his disciple (i.e. following Him). So no person, and no person's personal priorities, are to be placed above the priority of the Person of Christ and His priorities. Hence, it is used in a relative sense in this context.
So, in other words, we should "put aside" anything that leads us away from God and doing what is morally and ethically right.
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