![]() ![]() ![]() By contrast, an atheist or agnostic sometimes mistakes love for desire-in particular, the desire for ownership. Second, and more importantly, believing in God is the ultimate form of “humble love.” A Christian who loves an all-powerful being knows how to love others selflessly. A human being who believes in God, and therefore infinite goodness, will be capable of treating all other human beings with goodness-there is, in a sense, no upper limit to their capacity for goodness, kindness, and morality. First, he suggests that to believe in God is to believe that infinite goodness is possible. While Lewis never explicitly states why it’s necessary to believe in and love God in order to be truly good, his argument takes two different forms. ![]() The Great Divorce, following Christian theology, posits that true morality is only possible if it comes from God. ![]() But why, then, must humans love God in order to be saved-and why is it often so difficult to love God? According to the novel, the only way for a human being’s soul to be accepted into Heaven is for the human to love God above all other things. ![]()
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