Could God Be Loving, In A Way That Amounts To More Than Merely Intending The Good Of Human Beings?
Metaphysics and the Nature of God
3. Could God be loving, in a way that amounts to more than merely intending the good of human beings?
Introduction
The Christian faith presents a definite world-view in which the God of the universe is revealed as loving. Amongst an abundance of biblical references to God’s love, some that may be described as great , immutable , infinite , incomprehensible and many more – most are aloof and at times contradicting one another. However, the one claim that we can be assured is irrefutable is that God is “mysterious” . Thus, metaphysics or any other study of man for that matter can never arrive at an indubitable account of God’s loving nature. Nonetheless, as a devout Christian my immediate response is that, indeed, an omnipotent, omniscient and infinitely good God is capable of loving in any way He chooses. Nevertheless, departing from one’s beliefs, it is possible to philosophically arrive at an assertion that God ‘is’ capable of loving,......
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