i think the love we have for people is supposed to mirror the love we have for God and his love for us, you can do some browsing in the Bible, and Ben has a really good book about Catholic views on love/marriage/sex, so if you want to read it you can borrow it, one of the main messages is that the love of a married couple is supposed to reflect the love of Christ and the church, which is a self-sacrificing love, and can be better explained by the author. the type of love society tells us is ultimate, i believe, is often more selfish than the type of love God designed for us, and it is easy to get caught up in, i think i was in that type of "love" with sean, so in a way, you were duped, but that doesn't mean your world has to turn upside down, you just have to readjust your thinking about it. i love you brother :?)
Have you ever been told about how Greek has about four different words of love just like the Inuit have many words for snow. If I can remember them right one is eros love, the romantic love with which you are familiar. It is between two people who are romantically/sexually attracted to each other. Secondly, there is familial love. This is the love you have for your family. No one (well anyone that follows cultural norms) has eros love for let's say a mother. It's just a different kind of love. Next, there is the love for friends and pets and what not. (I have forgotten this one's name.) Once again, (anyone who follows cultural norms) does not have eros love for their dog. Perhaps, you could use familial love, but for simplicity's sake, just use it the way I described previously. Finally, there is agape love. This is the unconditional love that God has for you and you strive to have for God. For me, I think of God like a father and hero that sometimes you don't understand why He does what he does, but you trust Him and you love Him and
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But that doesn't have to be taken literally. Like the parables, the idea is a metaphor for something greater. Like a bridegroom Christ looks after his bride. Like a bride, the church awaits the day of the marriage (Christ's return). That doesn't mean that the church is romatically involved with Christ, but it is a deep, strong love like that of the bridegroom and his bride.
Personally, I have a hard time thinking of God in eros love. I mean he's the creator and his son is my savior. It seems almost degrading to use eros love. Eros love evokes thoughts of physical/sexual attraction between partners. Agape love works best for God. Although it is not the same as eros, and for that matter philia (thanks for the work ahina_gold) love. It is a stronger and unconditional feeling.
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But that doesn't have to be taken literally. Like the parables, the idea is a metaphor for something greater. Like a bridegroom Christ looks after his bride. Like a bride, the church awaits the day of the marriage (Christ's return). That doesn't mean that the church is romatically involved with Christ, but it is a deep, strong love like that of the bridegroom and his bride.
Personally, I have a hard time thinking of God in eros love. I mean he's the creator and his son is my savior. It seems almost degrading to use eros love. Eros love evokes thoughts of physical/sexual attraction between partners. Agape love works best for God. Although it is not the same as eros, and for that matter philia (thanks for the work ahina_gold) love. It is a stronger and unconditional feeling.
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