[MF] MOQ: valuable or not?

[Steve Mack]

Hi all; I went for a long drive in the country today, and took notice of a very common sign outside of a church;

It simply said 'GOD IS LOVE'

...I wondered as I pondered it, where that would fit into our [typical] MOQ discussions...
I wonder what Pirsigs' stance on that statement would be...Anyone?

~Steve

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There was an earlier thread today, by Steve who was responding to  Marsha:
 
You're talking it seems, of the TYPICAL 'High & positive quality'  concept of 
love, as in male/female [or same sex] 'extreme' liking of the other  person 
and ideally of each other.  What if one was an abused [sexually,  physically or 
mentally] child and HATED the actions of a parent/guardian, yet  throughout 
one's life, is still able to [honestly] state, that they 'loved'  their abusing 
parent, despite these actions?

I tend to lead toward Steve,  here.  If you imagine love to be a lot like c
aring, I think it's easy  to see that one can care for, and love, something that 
is not positive.   The act of loving, and caring, seem to be always positive 
acts, almost  by definition.  
 
  Thus, it is quite possible to love (a verb) something you  'hate', in fact, 
that is the advice of Ghandi, and also Jesus, if I have it  right.    It may 
be the trick is de-verbifying 'hate'.  It's a  bit harder to love something 
you are actively "hatin' on."  First let it  be.  Then love it.