Outside Reading

Ashley Frost
Outside Reading
Conditional Unconditional Love

"Is there such a thing as unconditional love? Is unconditional love desirable? Isn't our way of loving, our philosophy of love (including unconditional love), always conditioned by our cultural, religious, and social mores?" (236) -Socrates in Love by Christopher Phillips

The idea of unconditional love, or agape, is quite the interesting topic.  I personally believe that this pure, selfless, unconditional love can only come from Jesus Christ, and that as humans we cannot love people in this way... at least fully.  We can have the purest of intentions, and truly believe that we are doing it unconditionally, but is it unconditional if it gives you some sort of satisfaction?  Is it unconditional if you're doing it because you "should love unconditionally"?  Or is Jesus the only one that is able to truly, 100% of the time love in this way.  Jesus does not love us to make Him feel better about himself, nor does He loves us because He "has" to, or was told to.  It's simply in His nature.  Is it in ours?