Who is the "i" that hates the self. Who is the "i" that loves the self? The concept of self is the ego, the "i" is spacial awareness? The ego needs an enemy, needs to feel superior in some way. Stepping back from the ego, you become spacially aware, you feel a great peace. Thoughts, emotions are manifestations of the ego. Anger and pain are related to the thoughts you have, but the thoughts and feelings you have are not you. (I don't understand this crap lol). So the purpose of creating groups such as agnostic.com is to boost the ego. Groups within groups such as liberal versus conservative create an egoic identity and ego always needs an enemy. Spacious awareness and being in the here and now without thought or emotion allows you to step back from the egoic identity and feel peace. Much like when you see a sunset, the moment before your mind starts to chatter, when you simply are aware.