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How are we expected to love God when 'God' is an abstract concept?

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@brush said
How are we expected to love God when 'God' is an abstract concept?
You show love for God by keeping his commandments

For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments:.. (1 John 5:3 KJV)

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I think the man is capable of replying for himself.

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the dart hits the wire
and deflects off the board
a just missed bullseye
what a dissonant chord!

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@brush said
How are we expected to love God when 'God' is an abstract concept?
You could love and care for Gods creation and everything in it, if you believe in that model.

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@divegeester

I was thinking that we have lots of accounts of God's working but these are all man made. We never actually see God, we only hear of him/her/it from scriptures.
I think we can admire, appreciate nature and all the automatic things we don't have to think about; breathing, blood circulation and plants growing etc.

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@brush said
We never actually see God, we only hear of him/her/it from scriptures.
Maybe the laws of physics are "God". In which case, we can see it all the time all around us.

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@divegeester

I do agree except for the blind belief in 'the creator's hand'. This suggests a belief has already been consolidated?

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@divegeester

Belief without evidence. I don't intend to continue this topic, there will always be arguments for and against.

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@brush said
@divegeester

Belief without evidence. I don't intend to continue this topic, there will always be arguments for and against.
The great thing about that excuse, is that it works for most topics. 🙂