Can God not like you even if you follow all his commandments and live as he wants you to live?
And even if you fully believe in him and accept him as your Lord?
I mean, can God take a dislike to certain individuals?
And if he doesn't like you does that determine what happens to you in the afterlife?
I mean, can you be a (for instance) perfect Christian but still end up in Hell because God doesn't like you?
Dear Eddi,
People like/dislike things, feelings, situations, actions, individuals, etc., but it may not make great sense to think in terms of “like/dislike” regarding the Divine.
Each individual is the only one able to experience their particular take on the unique circumstances they were born into. Those circumstances are the results of the actions/choices of their predecessors, but only they themselves can choose what to do with those circumstances going forward. Experiencing the effects of one’s choices, is part of experiencing one’s unique part in the whole.
One could say that God has “love” for every experience in the whole, because it is of value in its own right. This is not the same as claiming that everything is “liked” in the way that a person likes/dislikes things. And, it is different to saying that things are “good/bad” also.
Most of whom have experienced the Divine (or Its perspective) speak instead of all being “as it should”. That, I think is a closer description of this aspect.
It is not that you are good or bad, nor that you are liked or disliked, but that your unique circumstance, approach, perspective and outcome is of absolute value to God and that they therefore have love for it.
Humbly
Hermit