God loves all people, for He only see's the goodness of their being. Its as if, He can not see lesser than himself. Hence the need for Christ. Christ was given to us, both as the example, as well as the Soul of Man. That is why it is said, that no one can get to the Father,but through Christ.

As for God once, Adam and Eve, disregarded His will, His only connection to His wayward children would be to develop a Savior who was the Best part of Himself. But who could relate to man and his sins. 

The Christ in His purpose alone, dismisses the idea of a God, who lacks emotion. For Christ is expressed and can relate to both the Heart and Soul of man. 

So to ask if God loves all people , I believe the answer is YES! For He only sees their Good.  

The Truth would be more like: the Heart of God (through Christ) can be effected by good and the indiffence to that good, that only lives in man.

Man makes that choice daily, to live for the Good of God, or choose the way of selfish indifference. Christ's Love feels that choice daily.

Andalublue,

to get a complete view one has to harmonize both monistic and dualistic views. Gaudiya Vaishnava Vedanta therefore teaches that God and soul and qualitatively same but quantitatively different. God and His creation are partially knowable to the soul, God's higher energy (para prakriti, Bhagavadgita 7.5).

Rgveda samhita 1.164.20-22, Mundaka Upanisad 3.1.1-2 and Svetasvatara Upanisad 4.6-7 give the famous two-bird analogy: "The soul (jiva) and the supersoul (ParamAtmA) are in the heart of the embodied soul, like two birds on the branch of a tree. One of these birds is God (Isvara), who awards the results of actions (karma), and the other bird is the jiva, who is tasting the fruits of his actions."

Hope this helps. Hare Krishna

"This Krishna Consciousness is a science to understand what is the difference between a dead body and a living body". (A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada)

Your servant, bh. Jan

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Jul 27, 2009 -- 7:46PM, Bob_Bennett wrote:

Hello,

God loves all of his sons (and daughters) equally and does not judge.

Welcome, grab your favorite libation and a chair and join the conversation.

If God IS love, and I believe that He is, He can only love and only acts from love. Is there a heaven and a hell? I believe so, but I think that God loves all in both places because He IS love, in other words, He loves all of us because of who He is rather than because of who we are. Then why is there a hell? Because God separates the good from the evil to protect the good.  Heaven is heaven because the good choose to submit to the Lord's laws of love and justice (love God and others). Hell is hell because it is where those abide who choose not to submit to the laws of love and justice. Hell is not a punishment created by an angry, vengeful God but a choice by individuals who refuse to forsake forbidden behaviors and submit to the laws of love and justice. Indulgence in the forbidden behaviors by those in Hell is what makes Hell so terrible.

Dear Neomonist

I like your statement, and would only make a small change...hell is in the Presence but we have turned our back to Him and, therefore, cannot see Him. I believe that our God is too loving to turn His back on anyone. Please do not be offended by this post, I love where you are coming from. :)

PS  I also love your standard disclaimer, may I adopt it? :)