RE: Can God love?
April 28, 2012 at 10:33 am
(This post was last modified: April 28, 2012 at 10:54 am by Greatest I am.)
(April 27, 2012 at 1:06 pm)jess_essential Wrote: The only thing I will agree with is that love is not entirely, but necessarily an action. However, no form of god has ever shown me any action referring to love. If you feel someone died for your sins, they died for YOUR sins, not mine. I regret nothing, and hold myself accountable for everything I do.
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DL
(April 27, 2012 at 2:26 pm)ChadWooters Wrote: Within a theological context the “God is Love” quote refers to an essential attribute. That attribute includes the actions of God that draw all things toward Him. As such love goes beyond both the warm and tender fondness He has for all things and the kindness and mercy He extends to His creation.
Do you have some examples of this kindness and mercy?
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DL
(April 27, 2012 at 2:50 pm)Godschild Wrote: @ Greatest I am, as "deciple's" sig says God makes the rain fall on the just and the unjust. God shows His love equally. Also God the Father never forced Christ the Son to be a sacrifice for man, He could have turned it down, instead He being love completed what man needed for redemption. You act as if God is suppose to live up to your standards, the standards that can and will change to fit your wants. God's standards are eternally consistent, so that we know where we stand with God.
Yes. God did eternally intend to have his son needlessly murdered as a human sacrifice to fill the ransom that he himself set. That is why your God is not sane.
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DL
(April 27, 2012 at 7:11 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I would say him creating life and consciousness shows itself grace and love.
As long as that life loves, honours, worships and obeys him.
If not then that love and grace turns to hate and endless torture.
His unconditional love then comes with many conditions. Right?
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DL
(April 27, 2012 at 7:51 pm)Faith No More Wrote: Really? I think it shows sadism and apathy.
I did not agree with M K either but would need a further explanation to agree with your words.
Care to expand to make me understand how creating life is sadistic and apathetic?
No argument that what God is doing with life immoral and sadistic but the creation of it seems to me to be a good thing. I am quite pleased that natures created me and she is not sadistic or apathetic.
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DL
