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8140 | God is love |
Full Idea: God is love. | |||
From: St John (23: First Epistle of John [c.90], 4.16) | |||
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! |
8139 | If you love the world, then you do not love the Father |
Full Idea: Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. | |||
From: St John (23: First Epistle of John [c.90], 2.15) | |||
A reaction: This strikes me as an essentially wicked teaching, and one step on the road to suicide. The rejection of life is the worst aspect of all religions - surely it is obvious that we should try to make the best of life, not turn our backs on it? |