Comments on: Today’s Question by Aart Hilal http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/ Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:59:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Maria-M http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/#comment-35110 Maria-M Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:22:49 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1177#comment-35110 Leaf Thank you for reading my comment. I agree with you, hell is the absence of love. I know in my heart we are all God's creatures and that He loves all of His creation, because I agree with you God is Love. I think we are both saying the same thing, you say "His hell is that maybe ‘we’ don’t love him when we, or other humans, don’t acknowledge his presence, power, Love etc" That’s why I said "God’s love for his people could be his hell, because we have all failed him in one way or another." When I read the passion of the Christ, His sacrifice in the cross, taking all the sins of the world for our salvation, that's when I feel we're not worthy of this sacrifice, but I also understand this sacrifice is the ultimate act of love. He is showing us how to love "Love one another as I love you", but look around you, look to all the wars, famine, destruction of our planet, killing in the name of God! This earth that God created to be an Eden, but we have turned into a living hell. This must be hell for Him. Leaf

Thank you for reading my comment. I agree with you, hell is the absence of love. I know in my heart we are all God’s creatures and that He loves all of His creation, because I agree with you God is Love.

I think we are both saying the same thing, you say “His hell is that maybe ‘we’ don’t love him when we, or other humans, don’t acknowledge his presence, power, Love etc”

That’s why I said “God’s love for his people could be his hell, because we have all failed him in one way or another.”

When I read the passion of the Christ, His sacrifice in the cross, taking all the sins of the world for our salvation, that’s when I feel we’re not worthy of this sacrifice, but I also understand this sacrifice is the ultimate act of love. He is showing us how to love “Love one another as I love you”, but look around you, look to all the wars, famine, destruction of our planet, killing in the name of God! This earth that God created to be an Eden, but we have turned into a living hell. This must be hell for Him.

]]> By: wanbliska http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/#comment-35052 wanbliska Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:45:06 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1177#comment-35052 Magic words. yes, Nietztche... Ok I won't besmirch his name, but he made a disaster in my brain, and moreover to some of my brother's one. I mean friends. I don't think my real brother read it. Dare. This is the key. Dare what Heart beats. Thanks. -- I laughed a lot yesterday reading that your title "11 minutes" means the approximative time for the act of love. I just wanted to say it's 4/5 minutes for my neighbour. Ah, statistics... Maybe they have long preliminaries. Who knows? I hope for her... :) Magic words. yes, Nietztche… Ok I won’t besmirch his name, but he made a disaster in my brain, and moreover to some of my brother’s one. I mean friends. I don’t think my real brother read it.
Dare. This is the key. Dare what Heart beats.
Thanks.

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I laughed a lot yesterday reading that your title “11 minutes” means the approximative time for the act of love. I just wanted to say it’s 4/5 minutes for my neighbour. Ah, statistics…
Maybe they have long preliminaries. Who knows? I hope for her… :)

]]> By: Leaf http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/#comment-35041 Leaf Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:11:57 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1177#comment-35041 Maria m I think we do deserve God's Love, or he wouldn't give it, it's unconditional, as you say, and undeserving is a human doctrine, if you don't mind my saying. The way I see the quote, of His hell is that maybe 'we' don't love him when we, or other humans, don't acknowledge his presence, power, Love etc it is hell in the same way that it is for us humanly, to be ignored or feel unloved then we try our unconditional selfless love and we realise, it doesn't come in before it goes out. If God is Love (and I prefer to call it It rather than He, whatever) then hell/satan is NotLove, lack of Love we feel the reality of this as sin, in our bodies, as pain/illness, physical or emotional, and I believe that it is only this that leads to death. xxxx Maria m
I think we do deserve God’s Love, or he wouldn’t give it, it’s unconditional, as you say, and undeserving is a human doctrine, if you don’t mind my saying.
The way I see the quote, of His hell
is that maybe ‘we’ don’t love him
when we, or other humans, don’t acknowledge his presence, power, Love etc
it is hell
in the same way that it is for us humanly, to be ignored or feel unloved
then we try our unconditional selfless love and we realise, it doesn’t come in before it goes out.
If God is Love (and I prefer to call it It rather than He, whatever)
then hell/satan is NotLove, lack of Love
we feel the reality of this as sin, in our bodies, as pain/illness, physical or emotional, and I believe that it is only this that leads to death.
xxxx

]]> By: Maria-M http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/#comment-35032 Maria-M Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:54:24 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1177#comment-35032 "Hell for God is his love towards people" I'm not sure what Nietzsche meant by this. Is he is defining hell as an eternal futile exercise then, hell is doing the things that we know from the start can only lead to failure. In this case God's love for his people could be his hell, because we have all failed him in one way or another. We are not worthy of his sacrifice. I know God loves me and he made the ultimate sacrifice for me, for all of us, and sometimes I question it, why? There is no hell for God, he knows human nature, he knows of our capacity for love; for hate; for compassion; for apathy, for action; for lack of action; the list could on and on, it all describes “human nature”, but that's not the point. God is love, unconditional, whether we deserve his love and his sacrifice is irrelevant. “Hell for God is his love towards people” I’m not sure what Nietzsche meant by this. Is he is defining hell as an eternal futile exercise then, hell is doing the things that we know from the start can only lead to failure. In this case God’s love for his people could be his hell, because we have all failed him in one way or another. We are not worthy of his sacrifice. I know God loves me and he made the ultimate sacrifice for me, for all of us, and sometimes I question it, why?
There is no hell for God, he knows human nature, he knows of our capacity for love; for hate; for compassion; for apathy, for action; for lack of action; the list could on and on, it all describes “human nature”, but that’s not the point. God is love, unconditional, whether we deserve his love and his sacrifice is irrelevant.

]]> By: Alexandra http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/#comment-35013 Alexandra Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:40:52 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1177#comment-35013 I do not want to give marks, but "The devil and Miss Prym" is one of your best books .It happens that I read it before the others written by you.Very good construction of the plot and characters.Maybe the most fantastic one,I had the feeling you are very sharp, good qualities in understanding the human mind.Fear is dangerous because leads us straight to the disaster.Faith should be the salvation, we do not expect help from the others always, and also action could be a key to many situations.In that novel ,greed and desire to revange are well presented to be the things one have to avoud. I do not want to give marks, but “The devil and Miss Prym” is one of your best books .It happens that I read it before the others written by you.Very good construction of the plot and characters.Maybe the most fantastic one,I had the feeling you are very sharp, good qualities in understanding the human mind.Fear is dangerous because leads us straight to the disaster.Faith should be the salvation, we do not expect help from the others always, and also action could be a key to many situations.In that novel ,greed and desire to revange are well presented to be the things one have to avoud.

]]> By: Annie http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2008/04/28/todays-question-by-aart-hilal-58/#comment-34973 Annie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:18:54 +0000 http://paulocoelhoblog.com/?p=1177#comment-34973 Dare....to break the pact with routine, with this mundane world..and finally make the bet to live your dreams..and never abandon them..for they are the reason we are here..they are our connection with the Universe... Love Annie Dare….to break the pact with routine, with this mundane world..and finally make the bet to live your dreams..and never abandon them..for they are the reason we are here..they are our connection with the Universe…
Love
Annie

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