Why I've learned to avoid the term 'God'

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

And a happy new year to you, as well!

I didn’t know that I asked a question.

@Relates

That means we must have an interdependent, two-way connection with others, which means a complex one.

I’m not sure “which means a complex one” necessarily follows, especially within the Trinity. Interdependent and two-way (if not Three-way) is an apt description of the mutually shared love within the Trinity.

@Relates

In fact some theologians said that God the Father could not love, but could only be loved because they said God the Father is Absolute.

I don’t follow that at all. God the Father does not love the Son?! He is the Original Loving Father, the Prototype, if you will.

[Dale (evolutionary providentialist)]

I have posted this at BL before, I believe, but you may not have crossed metaphorical paths with it :

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear…

It’s not our perfect love! It is our Father’s, and he only does what is good for both him and us. The most frequent mandate in the Bible is “Don’t be afraid” or one of its several variations: “Be anxious for nothing”, “Fret not”, etc. So whenever I catch myself being anxious about ANYTHING, I can go crawl up on Father’s lap even when court is in session in the throne room, so to speak, and his strong arms will comfort me and shield me.

[ProDeo (Ed)]

God is Love, Just and Holy.

Happy New Year.

[Relates (Roger A. Sawtelle)]

Roger: “God is Love, because God is Trinity.”

Roger: “God does not have to love, because love is a choice.”

@Dale

I find those contradictory, sorry. I don’t think love is a choice within the Trinity.

1. God is Trinity, Three and One. The Trinity is contradictory or is a paradox. Therefore we can say that God is contradictory, but so what? That is Who God Is.
2. I have a problem with those, and they are many, who seek to elimination the paradox from the Trinity by saying that God has a Head, and God’s Head is Simple. While I recognize the theologians use the God Head to try to reconcile philosophy with the Trinity, so they mean well, but they cannot do that. The Trinity cannot be compromised. If God has a Head, then God also has a Body.
3. What do you mean by you “don’t think love is a choice within the Trinity?” If you are saying that God must love because God is God, that cannot be true because humans are unable to judge God. I would agree that God does love, but how can we say that God has no choice, because God can do whatever God chooses to do?
4. Not every one of God’s creatures can love. Those who are not people co not love and do not hate, because they cannot think like we can. Creatures like dogs can give affection and receive affection, but they do not love. This is because love is more complex than affection and lasts forever. Only God and humans created in the image of God can love because they are both triune beings.