It would be even worse if I encouraged them. It would be completely unloving of me to stand by and do nothing. Should I as their parent just stand by and do nothing? Would it be wrong of me to try to draw them out of a dangerous lifestyle? No, it wouldn’t. For example, let’s say one of my kids decides to travel down a path that is immoral or illegal. In Catholic theological language, we describe authentic love as willing the good of another. To truly love someone, you want what is best for them. Most parents, however, do love their kids unconditionally.īut, what does this mean? Does it mean that I have blind tolerance of anything or everything my children do? No, it doesn’t. They withdraw love if their kid embarrasses them or goes down a path with which they don’t agree. They shower more love if their kid is making them look good or impressing them. Now, I do understand that there are some parents who do claim to love their children unconditionally, but when it comes down to it, their love seems conditional. I love them totally, fully, and as completely as I can as a fallen human. I also tell them that there is nothing they could do to make me love them more–they can’t win my love, they will always have it. I tell them all the time that there is nothing they could ever do to make me stop loving them. He thinks he understands the One True God, but as is often the case with non-believers, he reduces God down to merely a human invention.Ībout the closest you get to truly, fully understanding unconditional love is through parenthood. Today, I want to talk about why “God’s” meme misses the point. It’s something I’m going to have to work on the rest of my life. Whereas, I used to want to put someone in their place, now I desire to teach and clarify. Granted, most of my life I’ve done it poorly, but I’ve been working on humility, charity, and developing wisdom. A friend of my posted it who happens to be an atheist. Once I saw this meme, I felt compelled to challenge it. It is not uncommon for the most confident and cynical voice to be accepted as right.
Since “God’s” memes seem intelligent and witty, many people think they speak the truth. It went something like this: “God loves you unconditionally, under certain conditions.” I’m paraphrasing, but you get the idea.
Recently, I saw a meme by “God” that attempted to speak about God’s unconditional love. This person that presents himself as “God” is not a believer. On social media there is a figure who calls himself “God.” I’m not sure who is behind this persona, but I’ll just refer to that person as “he” to make things easy.
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