Kyle, while you won't get an argument with over this, I think philos love is
natural, Agape love is the love which is unnatural, which has to be learned;
Un-SELF-ish love.
Mike (relying on my 4.5 yeays of seminary... lol)
"Cleveland, Kyle E." wrote:
> I was going to get to that eventually, Linda. The point I wanted to make is
> that human-kind is not intrinsically good--as most people want to believe,
> but intrinsically bad. Self-interest is the natural state of all. Philos
> (Gr: "brotherly love") is something that is taught/learned. This really
> pisses off the new-agers. ;>)
>
> -Kyle