> BG: Your interpretation sounds something like The Velveteen Rabbit, in which a child's love gives a toy's existence meaning
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Well, your reference sounds something like Toy Story 2, in which a child's love gives a toy's existence meaning... (Okay, so now we know where Pixar got the plot from ;-)


> The continuing metaphysical question: Is a person (or thing, perhaps) significant because God loves one, or does God love one because one is significant?
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I would say "both" answers are correct, though the position expressed in both Scripture and traditional Christian liturgy suggests the former concept is superior: the universe exists only because God loved it *first,* even before it was made -- and even before it had any value of significance. The world intrinsically is significant because God declared it good at the beginning.


> Believing in the Creator, i think existence confirms significance, because a thing could, otherwise, have been left unmade.
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That is a circular argument, but I think I can appreciate the sentiments expressed. :-)

Wolfspirit