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Does God have a choice whether he loves you or not?
Does that mean that even he doesnt have free will?
Do you think he just tolerates some people?
Does he even like the people he apparently loves?
(no belief implied)
("he" just used for simplicity and does not denote a gender)
40 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Wow, very thought-provoking. My first thought is that God by nature is all love, so God can't help but love everyone. But does "can't help but" remove God's free will? Wow, I'm not sure. Gonna have to ponder that one.
I do not think God tolerates us. I think because God knows each of us so completely, God understands all motivations, the scars, whatever.
I think mostly God is so beyond comprehension in human state that we can't conceive of what God's nature is. I think God transcends our human emotions. I dunno. Just blabbering. Thanks for the questions.
- jennifer_weiszLv 51 decade ago
First of all, I find it audacious that people feel they can speak of what is on God's mind with such authority! It's utterly shocking!
Secondly, God is in quite a conundrum. We say he is omniscient (all knowing) and omnipotent (all powerful) but to be both of these at the same time presents a logical pickle to be in.
This is because if you are all knowing, then you know how things will turn out in the future; but at the same time, if you're all powerful, you can change things, but if you know how it will already end-up, you can't change - the outcome is known. This is paradoxical. So it would mean that he is only one of the two. He may be all powerful, but doesn't know everything; or, he is all-knowing, but unable to affect change or intervene, therefor, not omnipotent. Either way he is not supreme.
In conclusion, if he is aware of how everything in existence will turn out, then his love for you is determined and he cannot change it - so no choice. If he can choose, this implies he does not know the future of events, and can intervene, but at the same time this proves his inability to be omniscient.
- golfgirl3Lv 61 decade ago
We will never fully understand God, but we can learn about His character. He is a God who is merciful and loving, He loves everyone and does not want to see anyone perish. He is slow to anger because He is soverign El Elyon. He is a God who heals, He is the God who sees all El Roi. He knows all and sees all. It is we who have a choice to either accept Him or turn from Him. We are the ones who have been given free will to choose.
- 1 decade ago
God loves everyone, yes, because he knows that we are only human, which he created. He knows that we screw up a lot, which he gave us the power to do. He knows our mindset when we do these things, he knows why we sin. God does love everyone, I think, to a certain degree, though. I think in order for Him to love you a lot, you have to be a wonderful person, and not give in to temptation as much as other. I do think he has free will, tho.
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- 1 decade ago
For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son(Jesus) that whosoever belief in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life.
Jesus saith, "I am the way the truth and the life. No men cometh to the Father but by Me."
- PowerLv 71 decade ago
No, he is not a he. He is just energy. He is just law. Just like the law of electricity. If I put my finger in a socket I will get a shock if a Saint buts their finger in a socket they will get a shock same thing happens to a mass murderer. God's law apply the same to everyone. It is done unto us as we believe.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
God is not like a man to be subject to choices or freewill. His love is constant with nature, albeit conditional at the level of man. I mean, we are the ones who condition the love of God.
- 1 decade ago
God has a free will, after all, didn't he create the world?! He loves anyone, otherwise he might not have created us just to dispose of us. God did give us the choice to love him or not. He does grieve when we do the things we dont want him to do!
- Kathryn PLv 61 decade ago
I think the premise of God is that he's a father... If he is a father, he loves all unconditionally.
However, like a father, some of his children may disappoint him. He may not like what they did but he will still love the person.
- 1 decade ago
God loves everyone in the world in the present, past, and future. He made all of us, and no matter what we do he will love us! Get a Bible and read it.