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Shaydow 06-14-2009 08:21 AM

Re: Love, what is it?
 
Pure love is a selfless devotion of one's person to the well being of another. Or, if you truelly love someone, your only thought and desires toward that person are simply to make them happy.

Someone asked earlier for an example of an act of pure love, and no one gave one. As a father I can tell you that if I had to make a choice between the life of my child or my own life, I would instantlly choose to die so my child could live.

Some say this may be instinct, but if that's the case, then is love nothing more then the strongest of primal instincts? I don't belive so, otherwise we ( and other animals ) would not greive over the loss of one we loved. And even if it is just a strong natural instinct ment by nature to keep bonds in place for the betterment of the survival of the species, it still makes the chemical reactions no less meaningfull.

Almost all animals will grieve over the loss of one of thier own. Some animals have even been known, after lossing thier own offspring, to care for another, even ones outside of thier own species. While this may seem more chemical and instictual then emotional and spiritual to some, it STILL retains the emotional and spiritual elements, regardless of the cause and effect.

Just my 2 cents.

8Shade8 06-18-2009 05:50 AM

Re: Love, what is it?
 
Plain and simply put: Love is the spirit of dedication to the people closest to you such as friends and relatives.

Based on this definition, you cannot 'love' a physical object such as your Game Boy or a computer. You feel attachment and the need to have it, however it is not a person, so it does not meet the criteria of the definition; it is not love.

devonin 06-18-2009 12:33 PM

Re: Love, what is it?
 
Quote:

Based on this definition, you cannot 'love' a physical object such as your Game Boy or a computer. You feel attachment and the need to have it, however it is not a person, so it does not meet the criteria of the definition; it is not love.
"I bring you love"
"Is that the love of a man for a woman, or the love of a man for a fine cuban cigar?"
/Simpsons

We clearly use the word in relation to non-persons all the time. I don't think we're just -misusing- the word, I think you're being too restrictive in your definition.

Cavernio 06-19-2009 11:03 AM

Re: Love, what is it?
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Frozen Beat (Post 3075839)
If my mom sold me into slavery, then okay. I hate her then. No love left at all.

Missing the point of the example. Would you hate your mom more than your slaver?
Do you honestly think you'd only hate her, and not love her anymore? What would you feel if you were to think about times when she protected you, showed her love for you, after you'd been sold into slavery? Thinking things like that would hurt like hell, and it would fuel my hatred for her even more.

richhhhhard 07-14-2009 09:29 PM

Re: Love, what is it?
 
This is an easy one!
Love is selfishness. You can make it as flowery as you want, with beautiful words and emotions, but in the end love is just a strong desire for something. When you want something so bad that you can't see living without it, it is often called "true love." Is dying for something really selfless though? You are still doing it for yourself. You WANT that person to live more than yourself. That's not very beautiful though is it? But just consider WHY you would rather give up your life than a loved one. If they died in your place how would you feel? Wouldn't you be miserable? Why would you want to continue living knowing that you would be miserable? In the end, isnt dying for someone pretty selfish too, cause how are they going to feel after you die? You can say that they will get over it, and get to continue living, but you don't KNOW that they will get over it. You don't consider their thoughts or feelings on the situation, because your own mind is all you understand.

In the end there is nothing "selfless" about love, or any other emotion for that matter.

AssNinja4759 10-2-2009 01:31 PM

Re: Love, what is it?
 
haha, love.. i'm going to sum this up (if it hasn't already) in a sentence.. Love is the connection that two people feel towards each other, regardless of age, sex, race, creed, religion, etc etc etc.
so yea. doesn't really take a whole lot to think about love when it really comes down to the X's and O's of the topic, eh?


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