Can we honor “God is Love” while categorizing our fellow humans into “neighbor, believer” and “neighbor, non-believer?”
When we sort livestock, we assign value: This group for breeding; this for milk; this for slaughter. When we categorize people, we fence humans off like cattle. These fences are what separate humanity from itself—and when we allow ourselves to classify each other as worthy or less-worthy, we can't extend love unconditionally.
When the state of another's belief or unbelief becomes the fulcrum upon which the conditions of love are balanced, the phrase "unconditional love" becomes an oxymoron.
This sounds more like the devil's work than God's.
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I'm totally with you. I think this "categorizing" is something Jesus never did. Instead, it started once some of his followers started feeling a bit self-righteous and needed to understand themselves apart from everyone else. I think the commandment said "love one another." That's it. Just love them - regardless of belief. THAT kind of love is the hardest kind, but it's also the kind that truly transforms the world.
God "IS" love. What are the implications of that statement?
Does anything besides God exist?
Is anything besides God real?
If we 'really' believed (changed our minds) about God being love, what about us would be different?
Would we recognize or interact with something that doesn't exist or isn't real differently?
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