(December 2, 2014 at 4:29 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: Call me crazy, but I find it hard to see how a relationship can be called a 'loving' one if fear of one party by another is a major and integral part of it.
I can't imagine why one can't love another because they have respect for another, including the respect of their ability to punish, and why, because they know more through superior knowledge and experience that is good for me to obey. I love those who care enough to punish me when I do things that are wrong, as a child it took time to learn, as an adult I see the value in it.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
