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  • Siggie
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    Re: What is Love?

    Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
    I said no such thing.
    Sure you did. "There is no love without Christ" is pretty unequivocal. You didn't say it's one way to love.

    Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
    Christ taught self sacrifice. That does not mean someone can't learn it on their own. Teachers don't need to teach everyone, they are just there to teach those who have difficulty learning. In the same way a person can't learn to tell the truth without first knowing how to lie, a person has to learn to be selfless even though it's far more practical to be selfish.
    It isn't. Human beings are not solitary. They've never been. We rely on others, therefore it does not further us to be selfish. There are advantages (including adaptive ones) to altruism.

    The hominids didn't survive for thousands upon thousands of years by being selfish. There had to cooperation and sacrifice for the "greater good."
    That was not a new lesson that needed to be taught.

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  • KanadaHye
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    Originally posted by Siggie View Post
    You didn't answer my specific question: Are you saying that non-Christians can not love and that people did not love prior to Christ?

    Ergo...

    (1) Being Christian is in and of itself is a means of "sacrificing [oneself] for the sake of others"

    (2) There are no other means by which to "sacrificing [oneself] for the sake of others"

    These are the two assertions you're making... Do I have that right?
    I said no such thing.

    Christ taught self sacrifice. That does not mean someone can't learn it on their own. Teachers don't need to teach everyone, they are just there to teach those who have difficulty learning. In the same way a person can't learn to tell the truth without first knowing how to lie, a person has to learn to be selfless even though it's far more practical to be selfish.

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  • Siggie
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    Re: What is Love?

    You didn't answer my specific question: Are you saying that non-Christians can not love and that people did not love prior to Christ?



    Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
    Love requires sacrifice. If an individual is not willing to sacrifice him/herself for the sake of others, then they have chosen not to love.
    Ergo...

    (1) Being Christian is in and of itself is a means of "sacrificing [oneself] for the sake of others"

    (2) There are no other means by which to "sacrificing [oneself] for the sake of others"

    These are the two assertions you're making... Do I have that right?

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  • KanadaHye
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    Originally posted by Siggie View Post
    In other words, non-Christians do not experience love and nor did any human being before the last couple thousand years?
    Love requires sacrifice. If an individual is not willing to sacrifice him/herself for the sake of others, then they have chosen not to love.

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  • Siggie
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    Re: What is Love?

    Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
    There is no love without Christ.
    In other words, non-Christians do not experience love and nor did any human being before the last couple thousand years?

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  • KanadaHye
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    There is no love without Christ.

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  • Siggie
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    Re: What is Love?

    Originally posted by Gaya View Post
    I disagree. I guess, we can't say that love can not be generalized. It is something, which can not be controlled by your brain or muscles. It is something which makes you sink. And better, when you sink in the ocean)To sink in the pool isn't that pleasant)
    What part are you disagreeing with, Gaya?

    Maybe it cannot be consciously controlled, but it is controlled by the brain. I think the area(s) responsible for the feeling, as well as the neurotransmitters involved have been identified. It involves some of the same neural pathways (in the "pleasure center") as are activated with the use of many drugs, food, gambling, etc.

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  • Gaya
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    Originally posted by Odysseus View Post
    love is just a chemical reaction in your brain that creates a bond with another human in order to improve both your chances of survival as you will have cooperation instead of competition and care for one another and come to their aid when in need. it also creates a bond with a mate so that you can reproduce and raise your offspring, and protect the female during pregnancy when she is vulnerable. Its a simple yet very clever and intriguing program. Everything else that can be said about it is rooted from this core definition or is a fantasy perpetuated by Human society's illusions.

    This doesn't mean Love isn't a good thing, it is still one of the greatest things in our life's, but that doesn't mean it is magic. But of course i will be called a heartless machine or someone bitter from a past love for saying the truth. Eh, that's cool.

    I disagree. I guess, we can't say that love can not be generalized. It is something, which can not be controlled by your brain or muscles. It is something which makes you sink. And better, when you sink in the ocean)To sink in the pool isn't that pleasant)

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  • Odysseus
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    love is just a chemical reaction in your brain that creates a bond with another human in order to improve both your chances of survival as you will have cooperation instead of competition and care for one another and come to their aid when in need. it also creates a bond with a mate so that you can reproduce and raise your offspring, and protect the female during pregnancy when she is vulnerable. Its a simple yet very clever and intriguing program. Everything else that can be said about it is rooted from this core definition or is a fantasy perpetuated by Human society's illusions.

    This doesn't mean Love isn't a good thing, it is still one of the greatest things in our life's, but that doesn't mean it is magic. But of course i will be called a heartless machine or someone bitter from a past love for saying the truth. Eh, that's cool.
    Last edited by Odysseus; 05-30-2011, 02:11 PM. Reason: addition

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  • Tali
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    Re: What is Love?

    I wouldn't say it's indescribable. We all can think of ways to describe it. There's the love between parents and child, the love between siblings (inbetween fighting), the love between a couple, the love of a food/item/object... and so forth.

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