[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":88},["ShallowReactive",2],{"footer-links":3,"content-\u002Fshema\u002Fconcerns\u002Feternal-love":12},[4,9],{"path":5,"title":6,"type":7,"isExternal":8},"\u002Fabout","About","link",false,{"path":10,"title":11,"type":7,"isExternal":8},"\u002Fdisclaimer","Disclaimer",{"id":13,"title":14,"body":15,"description":79,"extension":80,"meta":81,"navigation":83,"path":84,"seo":85,"stem":86,"__hash__":87},"content\u002Fshema\u002Fconcerns\u002Feternal-love.md","Eternal Love",{"type":16,"value":17,"toc":74},"minimark",[18,22,31,43,48,51,54,57,60],[19,20,14],"h1",{"id":21},"eternal-love",[23,24,25,26,30],"p",{},"All Christians agree that God has this characteristic of love. However, since God is an eternal God with no beginning, it would imply that ",[27,28,29],"strong",{},"there were a period before Creation where God was alone",", because He had not created anyone else yet.",[23,32,33,34,37,38,42],{},"The argument against unitarianism is that since ",[27,35,36],{},"love cannot be love unless there is an object to love",". They reason that ",[39,40,41],"em",{},"God would need at least 1 more eternal divine person to love",".",[44,45,47],"h2",{"id":46},"rebutal","Rebutal",[23,49,50],{},"Nowhere is the bible is it taught that God has to have someone else to be loving. This is actually a philosophical argument.",[23,52,53],{},"The philosophical argument itself is also wrong. Anyone, even humans, can have characteristics which are not revealed until the opportunity arise. For example it would not be apparent if a person is patient until he comes in a situation that require patience. The one can say yes, that person is a patient person or not.",[23,55,56],{},"Another example, let's assume there is a person who steals something from a store everytime he passes by. At the moment that person is nowhere close to the store and currently not stealing. Would you say he is not a thief even if you know when the opportunity arise he would steal again?",[23,58,59],{},"Likewise God could have the characteristic to be a loving God even if before Creation. Just because at some point in time there was no object to love, does not make God not loving.",[61,62,64],"markdown-alert",{"type":63},"tip",[23,65,66,67,42],{},"This rebutal is based on a ",[68,69,73],"a",{"href":70,"rel":71},"https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FE9Onc-lAg38?si=r7gRs90BWKrF5fLQ",[72],"nofollow","Biblical Unitarian argument discussed in detail on YouTube",{"title":75,"searchDepth":76,"depth":76,"links":77},"",2,[78],{"id":46,"depth":76,"text":47},"The claim that God needed another eternal person to love raises questions about love, creation, and God's character.","md",{"keywords":82},"eternal love, divine love before creation, unitarian argument, object of love, God's character",true,"\u002Fshema\u002Fconcerns\u002Feternal-love",{"title":14,"description":79},"shema\u002Fconcerns\u002Feternal-love","dwc-As4FVQTENHmCLcO04J8zGsElaQSoWXsGIgSxiCo",1794459726117]