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With this in mind, I ask: Are an all human beings called to love God and all things in God? My answer is Yes and No: Yes, in the sense that, from a Christian (or theistic) standpoint and in Christian (or theistic) concepts/ terms, all human beings are indeed called to love God and all that God loves; but No, in the sense that "God-talk," properly so-called, does not provide the only concepts/ terms in which to think/speak about the universal human calling, but only one particular set of such concepts/ terms among several others. Recognizing this, I think one is well advised to follow Paul's lead and distinguish between "God" in the strict and proper sense, on the one hand, and "what can be known of God," "the invisible things [of God]," and "[God's] eternal power and godnessgoodness" (Rom 1:19 f.), on the other.

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