On The Fallacy of Unconditional Love
by Vincent Ryan Ong

I am not a religious person but let me quote something from the Christian Bible:

"For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."

As you know, this is probably the most popular bible verse in the history of mankind. This passage exemplifies one kind of love that the supreme being gives. Unconditional love.

Now, as I have said, I am not a religious person. In fact, I am an agnostic. Given this fact, I am impartial to anything and will not side with the atheists nor with the devout Christians.

They said that the best kind of love is unconditional love. Love without boundaries. Love without if's and but's. Love without a second thought. Literally, love without conditions. Love is something I believe in. Unconditional love is a fallacy that borders on the ideal state of men. Much like Utopia, unconditional love is impossible due to the very nature of men.

A parent's love would have come closely to this state but there is a large chunk of the parent population who does not love their children. The premise that "Parents have unconditional love for their children" is then proved false by this fact since not all parents are included in the set.

As with all Christians (yes, I am generalizing here), the automatic response would be to point to God saying that He alone can give unconditional love. Why not? Just check out the passage mentioned earlier.

Well my Christian brothers, if there is indeed unconditional love exemplified by God, then why do we need to believe in Him before having an everlasting life? Simply put, IF we don't believe in Him, His existence, or His supremacy, we will have eternal damnation in hell. Now, if that's not a condition, I don't know what that is.

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Author's Note
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I am expecting to get some flaming from die-hard Christians here but do open up your minds to my reasoning. I will not argue with any Christian about religion simply because it will all boil down to an answer of "faith". (Corner a Christian in a debate about God and religion and you'll be fed with "faith" reasons - which ultimately makes the debate stale.)