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How God Teaches us about Love
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by Carl Baydala
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A perplexing and growing problem for modern man is the realization that God does not love everyone. Perhaps you are one of those people and can feel the pain of His non-love for you. Alternatively, you may feel blessed that you know God and can therefore feel His love for you.
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How do you know if God loves you or not? Most people who live without the love of God already know that He does not love them. Others simply live not even realizing this fact. For the believers in God of course this is not an issue. But, for the non-believers it can be a cruel revelation - a revelation that brings the very idea of God into question.
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The discerning mind will know of course that conditions cannot be otherwise. It is not possible for God to love all people all of the time. This is just the way He conducts his business. It is in fact a simple business decision for Him to act in this way. The believers feel blessed of course knowing that God loves them, while the non-believers and the un-loved simply have to accept their fate. Why did God choose to act in this way? God chose to act this way in order for us humans to understand the very concept of love itself. One cannot know something without knowing its opposite. It is the simple construct of meaning. Human beings are simple creatures and meaning for them comes only through experience. To take the example of love, God had to provide examples of love and non-love all at the same time. Simply put, if God loved everybody then nobody would understand what hate or non-love was. And, no one would truly understand or be able to feel love. That is why he created religion and those religions which stress his love for some and not for others.
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The un-loved should not feel the pain of rejection and think that God does not love them. Think of this way: God decided that it would be wise to create men as well as women. These things are opposites, but while being opposites they are attracted to one another. But, they are not attracted to each other by the simple virtue of their differences. God made them come together by the mechanism of lust or sexual attraction. Why did God do this? Well, if God did not create lust then man and woman would simply stare at one another and wonder just what each others purpose in life was. Lust gives purpose to life and that is why we should support and believe in this very important attribute of man.
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So, you can see now why God decided to love some and not others. While He created love and lust He had to go further and provide the mechanism that would allow a human understanding to occur. Some religions say that God loves all. But, do not believe these people for they are espousing false doctrine. It is not possible or feasible for God to love all. It would ruin his plans for the universe and His creation and purpose for man. All men and all women are capable of lust - it is part of their inner being. All men and all women want love, but all of them cannot have it in the ways that others experience it. It is a desired thing, but it is not meant for all. Perhaps this is why the Hebrews created their God Jehovah and had a special relation with Him. He would provide love for them, but not for others. I think this is the simplest way to understand just how God really works in the human mind.
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Why did God do this? God did this to teach us about fairness. I think that is the most likely explanation for the way the world is set up according to man. If you are on the end of things which excludes love and perhaps entertain a non-belief in the very idea of God then you are very knowledgeable about unfairness and thoroughly understand this thing. You will know about unfairness by virtue of the fact of your treatment by others. If you are one of the people that believes that God loves then you do not really know about fairness because you will not know of its opposite, which is unfairness. And, you do not really know about love either. You may feel love and lust but your meaning of the thing is limited by your experiences. That is because you cannot truly feel something or know what it means if you do not know its opposite.
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I think God works in very mysterious ways. And, the people who He does not love are truly blessed indeed. The un-loved are the ones with the experience to know the difference. They desire to have something which is not readily available to them. You will not be able to know God and love if you are not able to experience the opposite of these things. And, you will not be able to appreciate what life really has to offer if you do not desire something. A man without desire is not a human being. It is like a man who lives without lust in the midst of his opposite. What would be the point of having an opposite if you could not desire it? And, if you did not desire it then why does it exist? Think of it this way: once man discovered the idea that it was possible to live forever that it is when he came to desire it. If it did not exist in his mind then it would have no meaning and it would not be desired.
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The lust which I referred to above and which brings male and female together is truly a marvelous creation. I believe that man uses this physical gift to bring forth his other desires as well. I believe that lust is the catalyst of all human desire, mental and physical. So, you can see now just how God teaches us about love. He gave us lust and He made us desire by creating opposites. But to really know these things that He provides requires a degree of unfairness and a wanting. For in the wanting is the knowing. The wanting is the breeding ground of desire; it is the opposite that needs to be felt before meaning can be acquired.
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My 1967 High School Classmates Here
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by Carl Baydala
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A perplexing and growing problem for modern man is the realization that God does not love everyone. Perhaps you are one of those people and can feel the pain of His non-love for you. Alternatively, you may feel blessed that you know God and can therefore feel His love for you.
.
How do you know if God loves you or not? Most people who live without the love of God already know that He does not love them. Others simply live not even realizing this fact. For the believers in God of course this is not an issue. But, for the non-believers it can be a cruel revelation - a revelation that brings the very idea of God into question.
.
The discerning mind will know of course that conditions cannot be otherwise. It is not possible for God to love all people all of the time. This is just the way He conducts his business. It is in fact a simple business decision for Him to act in this way. The believers feel blessed of course knowing that God loves them, while the non-believers and the un-loved simply have to accept their fate. Why did God choose to act in this way? God chose to act this way in order for us humans to understand the very concept of love itself. One cannot know something without knowing its opposite. It is the simple construct of meaning. Human beings are simple creatures and meaning for them comes only through experience. To take the example of love, God had to provide examples of love and non-love all at the same time. Simply put, if God loved everybody then nobody would understand what hate or non-love was. And, no one would truly understand or be able to feel love. That is why he created religion and those religions which stress his love for some and not for others.
.
The un-loved should not feel the pain of rejection and think that God does not love them. Think of this way: God decided that it would be wise to create men as well as women. These things are opposites, but while being opposites they are attracted to one another. But, they are not attracted to each other by the simple virtue of their differences. God made them come together by the mechanism of lust or sexual attraction. Why did God do this? Well, if God did not create lust then man and woman would simply stare at one another and wonder just what each others purpose in life was. Lust gives purpose to life and that is why we should support and believe in this very important attribute of man.
.
So, you can see now why God decided to love some and not others. While He created love and lust He had to go further and provide the mechanism that would allow a human understanding to occur. Some religions say that God loves all. But, do not believe these people for they are espousing false doctrine. It is not possible or feasible for God to love all. It would ruin his plans for the universe and His creation and purpose for man. All men and all women are capable of lust - it is part of their inner being. All men and all women want love, but all of them cannot have it in the ways that others experience it. It is a desired thing, but it is not meant for all. Perhaps this is why the Hebrews created their God Jehovah and had a special relation with Him. He would provide love for them, but not for others. I think this is the simplest way to understand just how God really works in the human mind.
.
Why did God do this? God did this to teach us about fairness. I think that is the most likely explanation for the way the world is set up according to man. If you are on the end of things which excludes love and perhaps entertain a non-belief in the very idea of God then you are very knowledgeable about unfairness and thoroughly understand this thing. You will know about unfairness by virtue of the fact of your treatment by others. If you are one of the people that believes that God loves then you do not really know about fairness because you will not know of its opposite, which is unfairness. And, you do not really know about love either. You may feel love and lust but your meaning of the thing is limited by your experiences. That is because you cannot truly feel something or know what it means if you do not know its opposite.
.
I think God works in very mysterious ways. And, the people who He does not love are truly blessed indeed. The un-loved are the ones with the experience to know the difference. They desire to have something which is not readily available to them. You will not be able to know God and love if you are not able to experience the opposite of these things. And, you will not be able to appreciate what life really has to offer if you do not desire something. A man without desire is not a human being. It is like a man who lives without lust in the midst of his opposite. What would be the point of having an opposite if you could not desire it? And, if you did not desire it then why does it exist? Think of it this way: once man discovered the idea that it was possible to live forever that it is when he came to desire it. If it did not exist in his mind then it would have no meaning and it would not be desired.
.
The lust which I referred to above and which brings male and female together is truly a marvelous creation. I believe that man uses this physical gift to bring forth his other desires as well. I believe that lust is the catalyst of all human desire, mental and physical. So, you can see now just how God teaches us about love. He gave us lust and He made us desire by creating opposites. But to really know these things that He provides requires a degree of unfairness and a wanting. For in the wanting is the knowing. The wanting is the breeding ground of desire; it is the opposite that needs to be felt before meaning can be acquired.
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My 1967 High School Classmates Here
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