Darkdale
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Angama said:I asked a Christian friend of mine the same question and she said 2 words:
CONTINUAL SACRAFICE
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Then love sucks.
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Angama said:I asked a Christian friend of mine the same question and she said 2 words:
CONTINUAL SACRAFICE
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Nah. A willingness to sacrifice might be part of love (we sacrifice our time to be with someone, or we sacrifice energy to do things for them--sometimes we sacrifice the option of being with someone else, etc.) But this isn't all, and love would be a pretty lousy institution if it was (does anyone else get the impression that the majority of Christians are masochists?--maybe I'll start a thread on that).Angama said:I asked a Christian friend of mine the same question and she said 2 words:
CONTINUAL SACRAFICE
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Bingo...painted wolf said:So if you arn't continuously sacrificing then you don't know what love is?
hmm... love isn't very common then is it?
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Hitler was probably happy and received tons of pleaure. Means nothing.Faint said:Nah. A willingness to sacrifice might be part of love (we sacrifice our time to be with someone, or we sacrifice energy to do things for them--sometimes we sacrifice the option of being with someone else, etc.) But this isn't all, and love would be a pretty lousy institution if it was (does anyone else get the impression that the majority of Christians are masochists?--maybe I'll start a thread on that).
To me, one of the most important aspects of love is the amount of happiness and pleasure that someone else is able to bring you, and which you also return in kind. Without that, what's the point? Commitment without enjoyment is a self-created prison.
Careful about dehumanizing him. Hitler was a human and could feel the emotion of love just like anyone else. The fact that he ended up causing so much hate doesn't mean, like the Emperor from Star Wars, that he was incapable of love.Hitler was probably happy and received tons of pleaure. Means nothing.
So Ants love then?I asked a Christian friend of mine the same question and she said 2 words:
CONTINUAL SACRAFICE
Fatmop said:How did love evolve? I sure don't know, but it raises a really interesting question for theists who accept evolution: at what point did God give humanity the ability to love? At what point in evolution did God grant humanity the soul?
Not when that sacrifice is for the betterment of others. One of my pastors told us that the opposite of love is not but selfishness. It is thinking and doing for others that qualifies love.Darkdale said:Then love sucks.
Scripturally, before He gave us a body (Ex. 1:5).Fatmop said:At what point in evolution did God grant humanity the soul?
No. The opposite of love is apathy.Not when that sacrifice is for the betterment of others. One of my pastors told us that the opposite of love is not but selfishness.
Then what is philanthropy.It is thinking and doing for others that qualifies love.
Without getting into a debate about the supremecy of one god over another does anything your gods say contradict the statement by Christ that greater love has no man than this that he lay down his life for his friends?FeathersinHair said:So, therefore, if I were to post a quote from one of my gods, it would be a fact and not an opinion?
I would think the opposite of caring is apathy.JerryL said:No. The opposite of love is apathy.
It probably is. Why can't two things have the same opposite. Love is a type of caring (so is selfsihness... it's caring for yourself).sandy whitelinger said:I would think the opposite of caring is apathy.
That I agree with, but I believe the sheer idea of heaven and hell promotes selfishness.sandy whitelinger said:Not when that sacrifice is for the betterment of others. One of my pastors told us that the opposite of love is not but selfishness. It is thinking and doing for others that qualifies love.
I am going to argue that love is not sacrificial. It is reciprocal. Selfishness is a necessity in order to live a happy and healthy life. I think it is important to be motivated by self interest, but at the same time, consider the welfare and interest of others.sandy whitelinger said:Not when that sacrifice is for the betterment of others. One of my pastors told us that the opposite of love is not but selfishness. It is thinking and doing for others that qualifies love.
It can be activated by a stimulus. Love also involves a very complex informational process in the brain, in which processing in the limbic system leads to the release of such hormones (of the endocrine system) such as oxytocin into the blood stream.sandy whitelinger said:Are these chemicals the root cause of love or are they activated by something else?
Perhaps it didn't and it was created along with everthing else.A feeling can't evolve.Because everything that evolves needs something to evolve from.Does it not?sandy whitelinger said:So, just how did love evolve?