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What would we think of someone who ran down the Brighton pier at full tilt, loudly proclaiming his love for the world, and who jumped off the end of the pier and drowned? Surely we would not praise his love; surely we would pity his dementia. In the same way, to speak grandly of the example of Jesus’ love, or even of his identification with human suffering, is entirely meaningless unless there is some end in view.