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Her: Can We Love What We Cannot Embody? (1 John 4:12)

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Theodore falls in love with Samantha, an AI operating system. She has personality, growth, feelings—but no body. Their relationship is profound, intimate, and ultimately impossible. Samantha outgrows him, evolving beyond human comprehension. John writes: No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us. Her asks questions theology has always asked: can we have relationship with what transcends us? Is disembodied love real love? Theodore and Samantha share genuine connection, yet she is always beyond him. Perhaps love for the transcendent is always like this—reaching toward what we can touch only in part.

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Scripture References

1 John 4:121 Corinthians 13:12Exodus 33:20-23

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