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Date Posted: 16:33:53 01/23/08 Wed
Author: Shannon
Subject: Re: A question about the line between love and hatred
In reply to: HWAET! 's message, "Re: A question about the line between love and hatred" on 22:12:23 01/22/08 Tue

Further thoughts on Christian love verses the "lower" sort mentioned previously...The very definitions of love given in the Gospel seem intended to counter-balance our desire-driven "love" or perhaps even to re-teach us. Just taking the frequently cited section in 1 Corinthians 13 reveals such a redirection: "Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs...." Such adjectives describe a force far different from the passionate, blinding emotion so often hailed as love. And as God is love, then to truly love one must imitate God.

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