What is love?

There are many different kinds of love. Love is a deep caring for someone or something. It's hard to put into my own words, without thinking of many different quotes about love I have heard. Love for friendship caught fire. Love is putting the needs of someone or something before your own needs. That is the best I can do right now.

Love's that thing that fudges up the world.

Life.

Love is Gozaru.

Love is when you take someone inside you,so that when you're alone you're not really alone because you have this person in you as well.You miss them in the same way you miss sugar if you don't eat enough of it.It's not much eating them,which would be a bad way to saying it,you have to absorb them.And it's hopeful they absorb you too.I know,it's a very taurean way to think about love,it isn't?

Oh,and that is for every kind of love,mother's love,friend's love,sexual love.In the case of sexual love,between two people of the opposite sex (which means me and Mr.X for this survey)he has to make his way through my soul and I have to take him in.So the emotional/spiritual side is the same as the physical side.

Getting fudgeed up sometimes is quite good,it isn't?

Unique and indescribable.

The absence of hate.

Is it?

What about indifference? That's absence of hate,but not love.Maybe you meant "the contrary of hate",did you?

Love is patient, love is kind. 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.

I think love is A deep, deep careing for someone, when you know their faults, but are able to overlook them in favor of their positives. Love is what keeps you up at night, crying, for the one person whom you feel holds up your life, whom without your being will crumble into oblivion.... or maybe its just me.

I think love is a deep, deep caring for someone, when you know their faults, but are able to overlook them in favor of their positives. Love is what keeps you up at night, crying, for the one person whom you feel holds up your life, whom without your being will crumble into oblivion.... or maybe its just me.

a feeling

Love is patient,
Love is kind,
And is not jealous;
Love does not brag
And is not arrogant,
Does not act unbecomingly;
Iit does not seek its own,
Is not provoked,
Does not take into account
A wrong suffered,
Does not rejoice in unrighteousness,
But rejoices with the truth;
Bears all things,
Believes all things,
Hopes all things,
Endures all things.
Love never fails.

1 Cor. 13:4-8

The opposite of apathy.

Indifference technically doesn't exist. You can't have the absence of everything, which is what indifference really is. Just my opinion.

Me

It does.Like I don't hate you,I don't love you.I'm indifferent.

A physcological response caused by a desire to become whole and to feel significant in relation to the world around us.

Hate is not apathy,but sure ain't love.

I like it!!

My love for my parents is the deepest of gratitude, respect and awe.
My love for my friends is the kinship and familiarity.
My love for partners is the warm fuzzy feeling I have when I see them, or even think about them.
The common factor is the length to which I would go for these people, the fact I would die for them.

Love is a profound feeling of attachment, based on respect and admiration.

Nice to see that you credit your quotes...unlike some people...

Uhmmm, you don't understand, then. We are supposed to love everyone. Love everyone like you loved your brother (or whoever). I love you, I love everyone here because God has wiled it.

Now romantic type love is a little different, but even there, if it's with the right person, true love still exists, the type of love God has for us and he wants us to have for each other.

i think i answered a similar survey question before i have a very cynical view, to me its an illusion i call it the three C's compromise-comfort-complacency but on the other hand it can be what ever you want and strangely i still hope to find it

I don't love everybody.I'm not a Christian,I'm not religious at all so I think I don't understand really.

Heh, no, not really.

I'm sorry for you. I hope that someday you do find God in your heart, for he is there.

I understand but I don't agree!!

Or were you talking about something else?

Were you talking about the fudging up thing?

I'm confused.

I didn't say hate was apathy.

I think hate is closer to love than apathy is.

But you said that the contrary of love was apathy.So the opposite of love is apathy,not hate for you?

Neither do I.

Opposite is closer,in the sense that is on the same line,while apathy is on a different level.Hate/Love show marked interest in someone,while apathy is well..apathy.I think I'm getting your point.

Love is what happens when two people are more lonely than they are afraid.

Yes, that is my point exactly!

And where did you get that unattributed quote from, cody??

I wrote it, you fudging butt-hole. If you touch it I'll have a lawsuit on you in fifteen minutes.

Though, I'm flattered that you liked it.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=%22love+is+what+happens+when+two+people+are+more+lonely+than+they+are+afraid%22

Just in case someone believed you.

Actually, the more I think about this, the more I realize what a compliment that was. Did anybody else like it?-- I'd never considered it more than so-so.

If you believe in the Christian God, Anodd, you lack good sense. Please realize that the emotional testimony you have to the truth of your religion is just a relic of the lower order limbic system known as 'self-hypnosis'.

That being said, the love you talk about is the Greek 'Agape' as opposed to 'Philia' or 'Eros' or 'storge'. Much of the bible's real meaning was lost as these translations were made to English. Particularly there is a discussion between Jesus and... Peter?? (wow, I'd hate to be wrong about that. I am fairly sure.)... after Jesus has come back and the Apostles are fishing, and Jesus says, 'Peter, Lovest thou me more than these?' (pointing at the fish.), and Peter says, 'Yes, thou knowest I love thee' or something to that effect, to which Jesus responds 'Then Feed My Sheep' (or maybe lambs?) in the KJV, anyway. The discussion is repeated twice.

In the original text Jesus asks, "Peter, AGAPEN me?" "Peter, do you love me?"

Peter responds with the verb philia instead of agape, indicating that in fact he does not LOVE Jesus as God loves man, but rather that he considers him a good pal and REALLY appreciates him. Jesus is offended and asks again. The situation repeats.

On the third occasion, Jesus asks the question using the verb philia, and Peter responds using philia as well. Peter never says agape to Jesus, and this has IMMENSE significance in understanding the true relationship between he and the lord. It was lost in the English translation. The word 'Eros' doesn't, in fact, come up at all in the bible, I don't believe... but philia and agape are both oft-used, and mean entirely different things.

Luckily, in the 20th century someone decided to invent a collection of English words for different types of love. Unfortunately none of them work as verbs, so you can't use them in declarations, but to clarify you can add the word.

I don't remember them all but the interesting ones are,

Ludus- Game-playing love... like a player feels for his girls, more a conquest than an adoration.

Mania- Posessive love. Maniacal. Like a stalker.

Pragma- Logical love. I don't really like her but I know we'd be good for each other, or I don't want to upet the kids by getting a divorce. When people get desperate and want kids in their mid thirties they often fall victim to a pragma.

Agape- Selfless love.

Storge- As in the greek, friendship/companion.

Eros- Passionate, but NOT necessarily a sexual connotation (nor does it have one in greek, interestingly.). Just intense and immediate. More means 'heart fluttering' than dick-throbbing, if you know what I mean. There WAS a greek word for lust (actually a few), so this word does not translate as lust, but rather... infatuation maybe? Excitement, staying up all night, just met someone love.

Consider reading "a natural history of love" or "a general theory of love" if you are interested in more discussion on the issue.

God would not let miscommunication get into the Bible. Sure, we have to study it a little bit, but he would not put the wrong "verb" in there for the common man to have to go and study it, but rather one that gets his correct point across to everyone who has comon sense and some intellegence could understand. What is in there now, I'm sure it's what he wants to be in there, no matter what translation, no matter what version.

Just FYI:
Yes, it's Peter. He asks him three times,"Peter, do you love me", and the first two times, Peter responds with, "Yes, lord". But on the third time, Peter says, "Lord, you know I love you, why do you ask me?", and then Jesus says, "Then feed my sheep". That's the exact 'basic' story.

Philia is friendship in the highest sense of the word and something else.The Greeks thought that it could only be something between man and man,who often also had a sexual relationship (see Achilles and Patroclus...)---the only woman they believed showed "philia" was Alcestis.

I think that "passion" is a good translation for "eros",even though maybe not exactly accurate.

And,please,stop trying to drag faithful souls into rational atheism.You don't believe,they do.Leave them alone.I think they are...uhm..wrong too.But if someone is wrong and nice that's better than being right and rude.Sure you won't agree.You think you have a mission,right? I just say LET people live!!

Love is unexplainable

It differs significantly depending on the version. You aren't reading the KJV, obviously. There are cases where the text DIRECTLY CONTRADICTS other versions. "God," presuming he even exists, certainly had nothing to do with the various translations. We are left to assume that if even is some of them were divinely inspired, not all were. See the Joseph Smith's bible used by the Mormons (not anymore, they now use the KJV) for a clear case where the book was bastardized by a translator.

I entirely disagree. Truth, not love, conquers all.

See,the problem is that you want to conquer,instead of letting go...there's nothing to conquer...

Nothing to do with the translations"? God has to do with everything! God would not let wrong material get into the bible, even if the same exact scripture in one version said something totally oppisite than another version. It still says what God wants it to say, no matter how it contradicts. No matter what the text is in the bible, it would not be put in there, no matter what the version and contradiction between and within versions, because God would not let it. Understand what I mean now? God does exist. It's fact. Fact,, faith, and belief.

Love is when there is a certain person you know very well and like them for who they are.You are so proud of them in whatever you do and will go to the end of the world just to see them smile.You'll be there when they are sad, and share good experinces.Love lifts you up and makes you happy and want to be with this person whenever you hear them call your name.

So, you are saying, that God intended each and every contradiction within the various versions of the bible? Interesting... would you care to offer a motive.

No, Dora, the problem is you want to see a problem where there is none :). Contradictions exist in the world; bickering, arguments, etc. These, to you, may be huge impediments to personal success and happiness. To me they are part of life, neither good nor bad. I do not believe we all just get along, nor do I believe we should. I believe differences should be emphasised, not ignored. I believe in 'letting live' only insomuch as I believe in not infringing on people's personal freedoms-- letting live though, doesn't mean letting people cross your path with silly ideas and not mentioning the fact that they are silly.

Perhaps conflict makes you extremely unhappy, or uncomfortable. Or maybe not-- I'm not you and can't say for sure. To me, such minor conflicts as bickering over truth or lack of truth of religious and scientific statements... particularly here on the internet... are not 'something to be avoided' or undesirable.

See?

God would not let false or misleading information get into the main vehicle for his will. Think about it.

So, assume I were to TRANSLATE the bible myself, and intentionally mix things up in it. Would my version be inspired, too, or would it be apostate?

See my point? Clearly, it would be apostate, no? Just like Joseph Smith edited the bible and changed it to support his beliefs...

I don't know LatinGreek, but I'll bet you Dora does. Ask her about all the differences.

No,Cody,you didn't understand nothing about me.

How many Joseph Smith Bibles do you see in churches? None. And besides, there is this guy we call satan that yes, could mess things up. But for the most part, God would have control over this stuff. If you were intellegent and mature, which I believe you are, you would be able to think about this and realize I have a point. I'm through argueing.

Love is a beautiful flower that smells really bad! (Spock in Star Trek episode, "I, Mudd").

something about ice weasels... I forget

Quote from an anonymous source:

"Love isn't asking yourself, 'Can I spend the rest of my life with this person?' and saying, 'Yes;' love is asking yourself, 'Can I spend the rest of my life without this person?' and saying, 'No.'"

Love is something out there everyone has, however somehow they do not know they are giving it out....

love is chaos

i really dont know what love is so when you find out give me a bell lol

Love is a state of mind

Cody, you have a really good point Love is when
two ppl are more lonely than afraid, but what I
have to say MIGHT just change your mind I think
that love is just a state of mind. It's a feel-
ing and if you think about it you touch love. You can't see it you can't smell it and you can't feel it. Peace!

*It's a feeling and if you think about it you can
*feel* love. You can't see it.....and you can't
*touch* it. SORRY

SEX. And trust is good too

So do you love everybody you have sex with? It must be really heavy! And what about your mother?...
I suppose you don't think "sex" when you think about her even if it's a physical thing of course...
but "sex" in the average everyday meaning of the word is not love though they,especially in "romantic" love, are strongly linked...but there's still a difference between casual sex and sex with someone you love.

A deep desire to be with someone who makes you feel special.

Love can be described in a simple phrase.
The absence of selfishness and the presence of compassion.

When souls and hearts join together. You can feel it. You can see it. It's like a spirit. Something extra from God (just be wise enough to know the difference between love and lust.) Experience is a good teacher and a wise person won't confuse love with lust.

You can feel love and you CAN see love(no you can't smell it.) You can see it in their eyes. If you've ever been in love or had someone really love you. You would know this. It doesn't always have to be said. EYES NEVER LIE.

Love is something we are Taught to feel. It is learned. You are forced to love or you are said to be ungreatful. Love doesn't exist truely. No one really knows what love is. You don't come born how to love you are taught.