Love thy neighbour but be likeable yourself.

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Was Jeasus not being likeable predestined by God because the scriptures tell us.

Isaiah 53:3 He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.

So is 'ugly' trending with Christians? 

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@Harikrish
You raise a very valid point. I tried to look for the word like or likeable in all 613 commandments, but didn’t find it.
Maybe it was always intended to be a one sided unrequited love. The Jews initiated it,  but were never likeable themselves.
Are Christians learning from their mistake? Don’t see people liking them much either on DebateArt.


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That is not just an opinion. That advice by Harikrish to be likeable could have stopped so much suffering is not found in the Bible.  That is why the bible didn't work for  the Jews. 

Jesus never taught Christians to be likeable either.
Instead Jesus taught his followers (Christians) to 
1.  Matthew 10:35 For I have come to turn 'A man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. - Bible Hub

2. To hate ones life.
John 12:25 KJV: He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. 
Bring Harikrish back so we can all be likeable again.