What is Love?

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lrn2Agape

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agape

 

[Spineyguy]

 

[SonicKoala]

lrn2Agape

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agape

"One of several Greek words translated into English as love" - hence, it's not the only definition.

 

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1 Corinthians 13

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails...

Its interesting how the Biblical author describes it completely as things you do not feel.

Just sayin'

 

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lrn2Agape
"One of several Greek words translated into English as love" - hence, it's not the only definition.

I invite you to dig deeper.

What you describe is Eros
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eros_(love)

its simply a passion to be near and with that person.

I suppose it sort of is love. But its not lasting love.

Emotions change constantly.
and... "Love never fails"

 

[SonicKoala]

1 Corinthians 13

Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails...

Its interesting how the Biblical author describes it completely as things you do not feel.

Just sayin'

You realise that's just a vague description of love, it never refers to the two people involved, it is just one of the aspects of love. Love is multi-faceted, there is no single definition. And really, the Bible?

 

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And really, the Bible?

Yes. the Bible.
Don't write it off completely and be a dumbass.

I hate when people disregard a Bible verse no matter how much sense it makes becuse they're stubborn and hard-headed.

 

[SonicKoala]

And really, the Bible?

Yes. the Bible.
Don't write it off completely and be a dumbass.

I hate when people disregard a Bible verse no matter how much sense it makes becuse they're stubborn and hard-headed.

I wasn't doing that, I just found it a strange place to find a definition for love. I wasn't disregarding it at all, if you read the rest of my comment, you might notice that i acknowledged what it says was correct.

 

[Pegghead]

I think it's more than the played out ploy used to sell gifts. It's just the time someone finds someone else who they enjoy being with.

 

[KidGalaxy]

Verbs end.
Nouns don't. A noun can describe a 'state of being'. SWmn, you argue that Love is not an emotion but rather a state of being.

A universal feature of verbs is that they terminate.

 

[ironlordthemad]

an influx of neurological chemicals in the brain relating too...

nah im not that cold just yet
love is a connection spanning almost every possible way that two humans can connect
you like them and you desire them (you can occasionally hate them)
but most importantly it all feels natural, no matter how you feel about them, its easy to feel it, the second you have to try and feel these emotions your no longer in love...

 

[Akai Shizuku]

Love is a trap.

 

[SonicKoala]

Verbs end.
Nouns don't. A noun can describe a 'state of being'. SWmn, you argue that Love is not an emotion but rather a state of being.

A universal feature of verbs is that they terminate.

Wow, bravo. That is so amazingly clever, I wish I'd thought of it

 

[KidGalaxy]

Love is an ineffable feeling. A sense that you have something of infinite value locked away in someone else. Love is there when any smile of hers can light something in you, on your coldest days.

 

[xplay3r]

It's love.

 

[RIOgreatescapist]

A gimmick to sell chocolate?

Love IS chocolate!

 

[KidGalaxy]

Verbs end.
Nouns don't. A noun can describe a 'state of being'. SWmn, you argue that Love is not an emotion but rather a state of being.

A universal feature of verbs is that they terminate.

Wow, bravo. That is so amazingly clever, I wish I'd thought of it

All those student loans for that degree in Linguistics are finally paying off.

 

[Plinglebob]

Love is a disease invented by bank managers to make us overdrawn.

 

[Thaius]

And this is the part where I shake my head at how many miserable people think love is nothing more than chemicals. I pity you.

Love is a connection to someone so intense that you value them over you. Love is when you would be willing to spend eternity in agony if it would somehow mean the happiness of the one you love.

 

[Frybird]

Love is...

...Overrated. Biochemically no different than eating large quantities of chocolate.

Thanks, Al!

P.S.: Also, a Battlefield apparently