God is Love?

I see the statement God is Love* often, and wonder if we can make such statements. If we say that God is something, aren't we implying that God isn't everything else other than that something? Basically, by saying God is love, we are defining limits to God, implying that He (She/It) is x,y, and z (e.g., lover) and not a,b, and c (e.g., destroyer). How can an Infinite Being have limitations?

An Infinite Spirit can have many attributes - like Krishna, the lover, and Maha Kali, the destroyer. It makes sense to me if we say I choose to pray to the loving attributes of the God. This way, we are not ruling out the existence of Kali.

I believe that, logically speaking, the statements God is love and God is destroyer have the same weakness (we can't prove them) and the same strength (they are not falsifiable). We choose to believe that God is love with absolutely no basis, because it comforts us.

* One might argue that a statement I am going to movie on Monday doesn't mean that I am not going to movie on any other day than Monday. I say, this analogy wouldn't apply for the statement God is love. Because, many believe that God is love, and only love. In my opinion, all we can say about God is, we don't know, and then just pray for the wisdom. I don't think that we can even say that God is infinite. Wouldn't it be an arrogance on our part to say, if I can't comprehend it, it has to be infinite?

Georgia's Rain Prayer

From Daylight Atheism:

Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue stepped up to a podium outside the state Capitol on Tuesday and led a solemn crowd of several hundred people in a prayer for rain on his drought-stricken state.

"We've come together here simply for one reason and one reason only: To very reverently and respectfully pray up a storm," Perdue said after a choir provided a hymn.

The logic behind intercessory prayer makes no sense. Does Gov. Perdue suppose that Georgians' prayers will bring to God's attention a need of which he was not previously aware? Is God forgetful, so that he needs to be reminded to send rain each year? Or did God knowingly cause the drought for reasons of his own - and if so, what arrogance it would be for a Christian to assume that they know better than God what God should do and that they can persuade him to alter his plan!

About 20 years ago, I had the same though process. Now, I believe that God is everywhere and hence He (She/It) is within us too. So, I think that our thoughts can result in physical manifestations.

Technically, I am with separation of church and state; faith-based initiatives shouldn't costs tons of tax payer's money. However, I prefer to see these Atheists show some compassion and respect the beliefs of these poor farmers who are desperately looking for some comfort; faith is a great healer. Unlike wars, this prayer didn't cost billions of dollars. If it resulted in even a slight relief to a segment of adversely-affected population, shouldn't we all be happy for them?