Is it better to love and lost than never love at all? I fear that in aiming for a higher form of love we deny ourselves any love whatsoever! We get caught in a Puritanical trap, denying ourselves any feeling. Too closed off to our feelings, we then erupt into extreme forms of love and hate, and are easily manipulated by others. Regardless of how one might want to classify, rank and evaluate erotic love, it does teach us much about love in general, even God's love for us! At least that is my experience. Eros revived my interest in love as an important and powerful emotion, one central to the human experience. The filial love I witnessed in China also touched me deeply, too. Love is central to Christianity, which is one reason I have come back to the church. Nevertheless, I am frustrated by the general lack of discourse on love, even in the church. I laud the poets for giving expression to love and the prophets for holding us accountable to it!
Tad
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