-- Posted by The Last Magister at 12:03 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 I was reading Dante's Inferno and is it really considered a sin to love another human being more than God? If so, why? -- Posted by Tubbz at 12:04 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 There is a passage, I suppose because of the creation and father thing. -- Posted by King Kong at 12:04 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 I wasnt aware that i was -- Posted by x3Giselex3 at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 ye its strange..........they believe theres no better person than god and other people will go behind your back or do bad things to you and god will never do that to you. haha -- Posted by sub800 at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 well 1st: Dante is not God so he doesn't always know what's best 2nd: ...just like every other holy writer. they get confused sometimes. mixed up. they're only human. -- Posted by picklez118 at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 i don't think it is a sin at all. he gave us free will. i think as long as you love god, then it is just fine to love someone else more then him. -- Posted by Rachel21 at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 No other human being loves you like God, what human being would do what he did for you? -- Posted by Aaron1231 at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Quote: from Tubbz at 12:04 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 There is a passage, I suppose because of the creation and father thing. I think your right, thats what it has to deal with isnt it? -- Posted by Lord Cat at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 I am more powerful than a god... -- Posted by Monroe at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Quote: from TheLastMagister at 12:03 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 I was reading Dante's Inferno and is it really considered a sin to love another human being more than God? If so, why? because God is supposed to be almighty. You shouldn't put anyone or thing before God. -- Posted by Lally at 12:06 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Its a sin because God is supposed to come before eveything else. He is our Father. -- Posted by In Our Eyes at 12:07 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Yes, idolization is frowned upon.  Loving a human more than God is considered a sin because that human is a creation of God, all things come from God, so he should be loved the highest. -- Posted by Destinys Child at 12:33 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Look up the different kinds of love. The love a person may have for God is different from the love they have for, say, their parents which is different from the love they have for a lover/spouse which is different from the love they have for a child. So, to answer your question from my perspective, no, I don't believe it's a sin... -- Posted by jonny5 at 4:36 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Well, I'd say it's easier to love something you can actually see... -- Posted by LogicandReason at 5:31 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Quote: from lally at 12:06 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Its a sin because God is supposed to come before eveything else. He is our Father. Thus it makes it easier for those who follow the meme blindly to kill other people.  Of course God of the OT is basically a megalomaniac. Logic: What Creator needs the love of his/her creation but a narcissist? -- Posted by LogicandReason at 5:35 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Quote: from In Our Eyes at 12:07 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 Yes, idolization is frowned upon. Loving a human more than God is considered a sin because that human is a creation of God, all things come from God, so he should be loved the highest. Or maybe your God would benefit from some Leo Buscaglia videos.  If any form of loving is 'sin' then our meaning of the word 'sin' is obtuse.  Why would the Almighty Creator be so insecure? -- Posted by amber1991 at 10:50 am on Dec. 30, 2008 Quote: from Rachel21 at 12:05 pm on Dec. 29, 2008 No other human being loves you like God, what human being would do what he did for you? Well said in my opinion. -- Posted by Afu at 10:50 am on Dec. 30, 2008 What level of hell would that be punished with?