Upon what basis – in essence, not deeds – is any person unworthy of my love?
Do human beings all have the same Creator, however named, or do they not?
If I believe that God is omnipotent – indeed, that the Holy Spirit is in every person – how can I believe that some people are not God’s creations; God’s children?
If I believe that every human being is a child of God, how can I – how dare I – claim to love, and to try to serve, God and at the same time believe that some people, some of God’s children, are in their essence less worthy of love than others because of how God made them: because of their physical appearance; because of their experienced sex or gender; because of where they were born; because of the beliefs or customs with which they were raised; because of how some others of God’s children choose to treat them?
Every person is, in his or her essence, deserving of love.
