tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post2669475704260598368..comments2024-03-29T15:13:42.610+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: What is Love? (For Christians)Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-72538780612046831732016-10-18T06:04:36.038+01:002016-10-18T06:04:36.038+01:00@SC - The difficulty is in having a concept of lov...@SC - The difficulty is in having a concept of love which is both personal and objective and also universal - and I don't think this is provided by mainstream secualrism, or Christian theology. Lacking which love tends to be devalued in practice. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-40222926441212567062016-10-18T01:14:03.236+01:002016-10-18T01:14:03.236+01:00Most Christians don't approach God via the Gre...Most Christians don't approach God via the Greek mode anyway, so I don't think it's much of problem. The predominant biblical model of love is a Father's love for his son and vice versa. But I don't see a need to limit it to one model when there are many others that express it well (the Church as Bride and Christ as bridegroom, etc). The actual problem today is viewing love and God in the magic genie sense as offering material provisions on-demand.Scooter Downeynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-36919743681049060492016-10-17T22:09:30.500+01:002016-10-17T22:09:30.500+01:00@SP - I don't say so - you presuppose the vali...@SP - I don't say so - you presuppose the validity of a division in the concept of love which I do not acknowledge as valid. <br /><br />https://charltonteaching.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/cs-lewiss-four-loves-this-re-reading-it.htmlBruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-30494469177982616182016-10-17T21:27:20.157+01:002016-10-17T21:27:20.157+01:00Wrong. Eros is not the basis of Caritas.Wrong. Eros is not the basis of Caritas.The Social Pathologisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927698533626086780noreply@blogger.com