RE: Love the Lord your God with all your heart ?
June 13, 2016 at 10:22 pm
(This post was last modified: June 13, 2016 at 10:32 pm by Thomas Kelly252525.)
(June 13, 2016 at 9:46 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote:(June 13, 2016 at 8:53 pm)Thomas Kelly252525 Wrote: Thumpalumpacus,
Do you think an example of a high level of goodwill is when a person gives for free?
Not necessarily. Enablers give addicts money for their addiction, but is it good will? Or are there other motives in play? Catholics give money freely from the pulpit, but if that money goes to supporting the priest molesting their child, their good will doesn't matter a bit. A god might climb up on a cross to "give his life" for human redemption, but if he demands sacrifice in return, is that really good will? Or is it extortion? Or is it quid pro quo?
Or is it nonsense?
Your question is so vague that I could hypothesize all day long. I don't think you'll care for it, though.
Thumpalumpacus,
I may ask people questions sometimes to investigate what their level of thinking is so I understand them better.
Some of my thoughts about it are that a high level of goodwill may be thought of in giving to charity or it may be called giving for free like someone saying some helpful words.
It may be thought that I'm not a "Catholic". It may be thought God wants people to obey his commands but that people have the potential to choose what they want to obey. It may be thought that the Christian teaching is that God is not in need of anything. It may be thought that if he needed anything then he isn't a supreme being.
