[SeekAndFind]

The problem with Any Stanley’s statement is this — he uses the word “Love” without going into detail.

How do you “Love” someone? There has to be some moral guidelines by which you exercise your love, otherwise you could also commit adultery with someone because you “love” that person.

Without the 10 commandments as guide, each person defines HOW he is going to exercise his love and that is a recipe for moral chaos.

[Steve_Seattle]

"How do you “Love” someone? There has to be some moral guidelines by which you exercise your love, otherwise you could also commit adultery with someone because you “love” that person."

I've been re-reading C.S. Lewis's "Mere Christianity," and he talks about this. For many modern people, "love" is restricted to an emotion, and so the command to "love your enemy" seems impossible and therefore hypocritical. But, according to Lewis, the commandment does not require us to imagine that we have emotions that we don't have, but to disregard those emotions and treat people with respect even if they are in some way our "enemy." It sometimes happen that behaving in this way actually changes our emotions over time, so that we no longer need to "pretend."

Lewis elaborates on the possible objections to this, such as the claim that loving your enemy means making excuses for them, or letting them get away with crimes.