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    It is not the case that Christians are required to love even wicked people in this life.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Aquinas distinguishes between loving a person's nature qua creature and approving of their will, permitting hatred of the latter in the wicked.
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    • 2.The command to love enemies applies to personal injury, not to the moral condemnation of those who actively oppose divine order.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.Epistemic uncertainty about God's disposition toward a person does not logically entail an obligation to adopt a positive disposition toward them.
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    • 2.Augustine argues that ordered love (ordo amoris) requires proportioning affection to the moral worth of its object, not treating all persons as equally lovable.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.We have no way of knowing in this life who is, and who is not, an object of God's eternal hatred.
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    • 2.We know not but that God loves them.
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