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    It is not the case that God does not love all created persons equally.

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    Reasons For

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    Reason for 1 of 2
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    • 1.Classical theism (Aquinas, Summa Theologiae I.20.3) holds that God loves all things insofar as they exist, with no privation of being excluded from divine love.
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    • 2.If God's love is identified with his will that beings exist and flourish, then differential attachments among persons do not entail unequal foundational love.
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    Reason for 2 of 2
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    • 1.The inference from 'deep attachment to some' to 'unequal love for all' conflates preferential love (amor amicitiae) with universal benevolence, which Aquinas distinguishes as compatible.
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    • 2.A perfect being can exhibit special relational bonds while sustaining a universal, unconditional willing of the good for every created person without logical contradiction.
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    Reasons Against

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    • 1.If God has deep attachments with some created persons, it follows that he does not love all of them equally.
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    • 2.Being a perfect being, God would have loves of the deepest kind.
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