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Originally Posted by romansh 
I am interested in "your" evidence that god is love.
I do not expect anyone to prove god's existence or non-existence; but I could be pleasantly surprised.
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"My" evidence is that He 'moves' through me whenever He 'talks' to me directly which is not often. It's happened less than like 10 or 15 times. But here's the deal: "My" evidence is crap to anyone else. That's called 'witnessing' in some circles. It won't work for you and honestly, not to be too brutal, but according to Big Smile, we all really have GOT to stop asking other people about their take on God and start getting on with our own path to reuniting with Him. Looking outside of yourself for your answers about Him can be, well, dangerous -- in some really far-reaching, global ways I've been shown, too. I CAN tell you that you can trust that He's real, and Agnosticism is a pretty good starting point, but trusting me and not yourself is just one step away from faith, and faith leads to believing, and believing can get you in all kinds of trouble. Next thing you know, you'll be back to wondering if God's real! A person could lose all hope that way! And many do, as you know. Maybe personally.
I think the key here is the simplicity of "God is Love". Let it set for awhile. Don't push it, try not to over-intellectualize it right off the bat. Looking for a one-size-fits-all, cookie-cutter relationship with God is what got a lot of us so disenchanted with deity and here on the Agnostic forums (I presume) in the first place.
There's so much more to 'know'... maybe your 'answers' will become apparent if you delve a bit further and broader with me/us.
BTW, things like lust and greed are NOT Love! The word 'love' may be used euphemistically in the vernacular, ie, 'the love of money', but that isn't a proper usage. I think you knew that when you threw that into your last post, but just to clarify for anyone who might get confused unnecessarily -- Love, real Love, need not be suffered for.
In service to Love
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