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I heard an interesting quote I caught from snippets of Bruce Almighty on TV. It's a conversation between Bruce (played by Jim Carrey) and God (played by Morgan Freeman).

"How do you make someone love you without affecting free will?" asks Bruce.
"If you find an answer to that, let me know." God replies.

I really like that quote as it sort of resonates with how I think God, if God exists, wants us to form a relationship with Him/Her. He (pardon as it makes me type less) is the ominscient and omnipotent, but what is great is He allows us the opportunity to explore, and hopefully, come to love Him. I'm not Christian, but I think if a God did exist, this would be His way. It's almost human, in a way. After all, I don't think most parents would force their children to love them. But by actions and words, a successful parent will have children who love them because they loved their children to begin with. Similarly, in any relationship, one cannot force another's love. It grows and comes because of a mutual understanding that is developed gradually. Of course there are also varying degrees of love. Love does not have to carry any sexual implications. One can purely love another because the friendship is true; so this could apply to any friendship between two guys, for example.

I guess to sum, a successful relationship is one where love is reciprocated. But they don't have to begin that way. Definitely, God's love is there, and in the end, it is His hope that we return that love. I suppose those who end up in heaven are those that really from the bottom of their heart, do.

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