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Full Idea
God is love.
Gist of Idea
God is love
Source
St John (23: First Epistle of John [c.90], 4.16)
Book Ref
Cooper,David E.: 'Heidegger' [Claridge 1996], p.591
A Reaction
Used by Ayer as an example of meaningless religious language (see Idea 5209). One might translate it as 'the existence of God is a necessary condition for the existence of love in the universe'. Like matter is needed for gravity. Not totally meaningless!
Related Idea
Idea 5209 The 'truths' expressed by theists are not literally significant [Ayer]
| 8139 | If you love the world, then you do not love the Father [John] |
| 8140 | God is love [John] |
| 8141 | He that does evil has not seen God [John] |
| 6294 | In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God [John] |
| 8821 | Jesus said he bore witness to the truth. Pilate asked, What is truth? [John] |