God Is Love, But He’s Also…

A man looks in the mirror after most of his hair has been shaved away, with the text “G3D is love… but He’s also…” illustrating how theological qualifications can undermine the claim that God is love.

This meme satirizes the familiar theological qualification, “God is love, but He is also…,” often followed by an explanation that seems to contradict or limit the meaning of divine love.

The disastrous haircut illustrates the tension created when love is affirmed first but then reshaped by doctrines of wrath, punishment, or exclusion until very little of the original claim appears to remain.