God is love. Discuss
The formula ‘God is love’ is often used as if it were a trump card that enabled its user to win every ethical and theological debate. Moreover, it is appealed to in person-to-person communication and behaviour, so that everything that is said and done is evaluated according to whether the other person feels loved. The flip side of this is, of course, seen in the current interest in ‘hate speech’ and its associated attitudes and behaviours.…