Relationship

Connections List
 * Community
 * Trinity
 * Gender
 * Family
 * Mawage
 * Relational Roles
 * Marriage illustrations
 * Human Metaphysics
 * Love
 * JC death house
 * JC Husband
 * Children
 * SonsandDght of God
 * Friend
 * Raw theo objects
 * Relationship with God

Scope
 * Relationships between persons (which includes humans and God)
 * The word and concept "relationship"

Topics
 * What is a relationship? (1-3)
 * 1) Relationship object use
 * Keeping God first
 * 3) Keeping close
 * Relationship examples
 * Intimacy and positivity model

Rel definition
 * 1) Relationship is umbrella object to which multiple people belong
 * 2) Set of exchanges, behavioral protocols
 * 3) Proximity, intermingling (soft version of #2)

Relationship object use God usage
 * Threaten the relationship
 * Sacrifice for the relationship
 * In marriage especially, the relationship object is also like a person (one flesh), and this can be devoted to God
 * As for me and my house (family relationship object) we will serve the Lord
 * God did not just theo transact for us, he committed to rel object? Is this true? If it is like marriage or family then yes... Future in heaven... If we are members of this umbrella and represent it to the world it must permeate our lives.

Keep God first
 * In context of human romantic relationships - can use idea that relationship object is subservient to God
 * Other method - we are gifts to each other from God. God is to thank for it all and continuously sustains. Also basically we are interacting with God via each other. Don't let this get atman or humanist. Also depends on metaphysics (see human metaphys).

3) Keeping close
 * Over the course of a relationship, measure distance. Must be mindful to always take steps to move closer (literal and soft) if you want to grow it.
 * E.gs:
 * Satan fell (away)
 * Tiredness. If God is complex energetic construction, then tiredness moves us away from God.
 * Sin as degeneration to subcomponents / his gifts, because God is a complex construction (e.g. Rob Bell, progress of time towards complexity).
 * Generally in good rel, just stick together. Like family stick together. Lovers bond bodies in a very physical sense.

Relationship examples
 * Rel w/God
 * Marriage
 * Family
 * Trinity
 * Master-slave
 * Parent-child, teacher-student
 * Father/parent-heir/son
 * ... any other major ones?

Intimacy and positivity model
 * Model - 2 dims graph
 * (1st) Intimacy starts at 0 and goes to 1
 * (2nd) Positivity starts at 0 and ranges -1 to 1
 * Instances (see also "relational roles")
 * 0.0, 0.0 Random netural person
 * 0.2, 0.2 Aquaintance
 * 0.4, 0.4 Friend
 * 0.7, 0.7 Close friend, family
 * 1.0, 1.0 Spouse
 * 0.2, 1.0 Tactcal ally
 * 0.2, -1.0 Tactical enemy
 * 0.2, -0.6 Political disagree
 * 0.4, -1.0 Normal enemy
 * 0.6, -1.0 Friend who betrayed
 * 0.9, -1.0 Abusive, dependency