{"id":16002,"date":"2021-09-15T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T23:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=16002"},"modified":"2021-09-16T17:20:53","modified_gmt":"2021-09-16T21:20:53","slug":"is-god-love-why-love-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/09\/15\/is-god-love-why-love-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Is God love? Why love matters?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AW09152021-3-1-rotated.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"176\" height=\"168\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/AW09152021-3-1-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"Is God love? Why love matters?\" class=\"wp-image-16004\"\/><\/a><figcaption>Is God love? Why love matters?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;God is love&#8221; is the equivalent of saying: you don&#8217;t have to merit love to be loved. That kind of love is called (by many Christians) <em>agape<\/em>. <em>Eros<\/em> is a different kind of love, based on the merits (beauty, humor, intelligence) of the beloved. When you love someone, you&#8217;d do just about anything for them. If you&#8217;re indifferent, you&#8217;re likely to do nothing. The world is a better place when we&#8217;re all driven to act for the benefit of others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;God is love&#8221; is the equivalent of saying: you don&#8217;t have to merit love to be loved. That kind of love is called (by many Christians) agape. Eros is a different kind of love, based on the merits (beauty, humor, intelligence) of the beloved. When you love someone, you&#8217;d do just about anything for them. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2021\/09\/15\/is-god-love-why-love-matters\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Is God love? Why love matters?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16002"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16019,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16002\/revisions\/16019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}