Divine love is one-sided while human love depends on reciprocity

Evidence

Agape is an unconditional, one-sided, and freeing Love, in contrast to human love, which is a conditional, two-sided (meaning it has to be returned in order to be kept alive), and bondage love. — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory, 838

Categorization

  • XREF: connects to: Fruit of the Spirit is reducible to Agape love — Chuck Missler, The Kingdom, Power and Glory: The…, 870; Authentic love requires reciprocal recognition of both partners’ freedoms — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1883; Belief in divine omniscient punishment does not reliably sustain cooperative behavior — Diego Gambetta, Trust - Making and Breaking Cooperative…, 204

Broader Connections