love is an emotion

if love wasnt real then how can u prove hate or sadness or happiness was real?

u can clearly see someone with an emotion. "he's in love"

... religion well, if i see someone in a "religious" state of mind, they're probably high on drugs, or just crazy.

what is the definition of love? what does it mean? what is it?

fuck i feel like i have to repeat myself... =/

love isn't an emotion. the emotions we feel are the side effects that might be "love", but it doesn't mean its really love. just because you think it is love, doesn't mean you KNOW it is love. how many times have you heard someone say "I love XYZ" only to find out it wasn't real and they broke up etc etc

we all as human beings have an ideal of what love is, but it doesn't exist "out there" in the objective plane. its the same as people believing in God. nobody knows what God is and whoever says they know what God is, is a damn liar. this is why people rather say that they believe in God rather than of affirming the fact that God exists. now i don't want to bring in organized religion, but if you look at the christian nicene creed, it starts with "WE BELIEVE". So really, God is a belief. Its not to say God doesn't exist, we don't know. we can only choose believe or choose not believe. same thing as love.

this is where i see the fallacy in atheism. they would only choose to believe in something if it is proven. you can't prove the existence of love. its impossible. you can only believe that's it that's all. i can't say whether or not love exists. i can only believe in its existence. love is not a fact. it is a belief. and this is why atheists that believe in love without proving its existence in the first place are contradicting their personal philosophies.

*whew*

You should really stop posting

omg i have no love for you because in my own opinion you start stupid threads and i can't get points for saying my opinion right?

so like you think you can be all pseudo-intellectual and stuff but you just have like this really flimsy argument that we're all TOTALLY tired of reading. you're obviously trying to convince us of something that we're not wanting to be convinced of.

like you want to come off so smart right? thats what you're trying to do right? well then suck it up and know that there are other opinions aside from yours. we all know that you're like some wannabe philosopher and thats why you post threads where you try to start these soooo deep topics but you just come off like you're waving some sort of flag saying 'listen to me! listen to me!'

smart people totally listen, not talk. two ears, one mouth. thats how "GOD" made us.

what is love?

Baby don't hurt me

don't hurt me

no more

Points for everyone

I think you just havn't experience love. ppl nowadays in our generation tends to fling around the word love too much. pretty much 99% of the time they do not mean it or probably just say it becuz they feel its necessary to confirm the validity of the said relationship.

So did you just look back at all your gfs and conclude that love doesn't exist?
Love exist in many level, have you not have a dog before? or parents or sibling?

I stop believing what i hear since my first gf. Love is not what you hear with your ears, it is felt you felt heart.

Hell everyday I see my dog I know without a doubt that it loves me with all its heart even though he never say it.

Look around, you are not a robot.

GRRRR!!

how many times do i have to say I'm not saying love does not exist. I don't know. But I believe in its existence. And its a belief is emotional based!!! Its not a fact that love exists in this world. When i say fact, I mean something that is empirically and physically and scientifically based.

The firing of brain chemicals is not proof that love exists. people pop pills at raves and hug each strangers and and they feel the love. is that really love then?

to BE in love, you have to take a leap of faith to believe it exists. Its also for the things that we believe but we can't verify:

- i know God exists because when i sing in church and speak in tounges and i foam in the mouth, that's me speaking directly to God. i can feel it
- i know that the global elite are reptilian because i saw something flicker on the screen
- i know christianity is a sun-worshipping religion because all the symbolism points towards it and the pope is a child molestor that practices black magic. some guy that wrote a book told me so. i believe it
- i know zionists have a plan for global domination. I can feel it. the news verifies it. look at the economic crisis. look at global politics.

these are all emotional assumptions and then we use "logic" to justify it. its the same reasoning as

"I know me and XYZ are in love because she makes me feel wonderful and I can't imagine my life without her"

now all you guys are saying wait... yeah you can verify love. go look at ABC and XYZ. they are so wonderful with each other and they are so happy. isn't that proof?

well then i can also use the same reasoning. yeah I had a friend that used to be a drug dealer and bad-ass and then he turned himself to jesus and look at how his life changed. that is proof that God is real.

anyways fuck, this topic is getting ridiculous

F = 1 / (RC) P = 1 / F thus time = RC. basic oscillator circuit :p



it's always been rediculous, you're not making any damn sense man. you want a scientific proof of love? I'll give you one:

girlfriend + swallowing = love

done.

Your major is useless. Change it now!

Oh and from what I hear about philosophy logic courses: BAHAHAAHAHA!

Your question was answered within an hour of your first post. Instead of making posts on the internet, try getting with a girl. You might learn a thing or two about love.

Listen to the replies or GTFO. You are not Joe_45 and your question has been answered.

:haha: QFT

I'm an atheist and I believe there is love out there. Love is an emotion that you feel for another human being ; and I don't fling around the word easily like many others out there. Never have I said or felt love for another person until my current relationship (other than love for my best friends). On the other hand, I perceive God as a figure that watches and guides people and it's a difficult concept for me to grasp.

An example of evil: why are so many people stealing during the Katrina disaster. God tells us to love one another and if people would be able to show compassion and help people who are in need during earthquakes, famines in africa, even people stuck in the snow, there really wouldn't be this evil means of steaing the best TV at best buy cause the katrina flooded the shopping malls.

1 mth ago, you got a broken heart and broke off a wedding might be a huge deal and you're crying, 2 mths later you met a guy that you say is yoru soul mate and you're counting ur lukcy stars and praying and saying thank you God for giving you a second opportunity. everything happens for a reason. Sad break up gave me an opportunity to become stronger.

It is an interesting question.

Love is in some ways a learned feeling. Love is very much a human created emotion. Does it really exist? that I think is up to the individual to decide, just like the belief in a god, or other spiritual powers.

For the sake of argument....I kinda understand what ZF is trying to say...

The belief in 'love' that he's talking about it only about two complete strangers falling 'in love'. In order to do all the acts of 'love'...ie kissing/hugging/protecting each other...etc etc....you must first 'believe' in this so called love.

So if you are able to believe in this 'love' that is not scientifically proven...ie....the stranger will not be 'in love' with you forever.....how come you are not able to believe in a religion that is also not scientifically proven?

god scares me, i just think that hes the ultimate stalker.

Exactly. You can only believe in love. But you know what, sometimes faith can supercede logical certainty.

People who believe in God have made that first step to take that leap of faith that God exists.

I think its just the same thing as atheists that take that leap of faith to fall in love with another.

This is how I see things though.

This is more subjective than objective. Which is why this topic sounds psychotic hahahahaha.

What if you can prove emotions are a function of the brain?

Just like knock suppression is a function of your ECU or kicking a ball is a function of your leg? Then what?

Zhang Fei it sounds like your question is where do concepts like love actually intersect with matter that can be quantified/observed/measured in concrete terms

that is a tough question because people dont know where to find the connection and, possibly, the connection cannot be deduced through matter. Which perhaps allows space for 'faith' if you want to call it that.

Do some research on consciousness and the causal properties of matter/the brain. People have been asking questions about where the feeling of consciousness intersects with the brain for decades. That might help you answer your questions more fully

First of all "Belief in God's existence" & "Belief in the existence of Love" are two totally different things therefore we should just stop talking about it already.
To most religious people god is the one who created everything, to some, god is a word used to describe everything around us or how we came to be.
Love is a word that describes the feeling, the interaction between two things.

Lets just make things simple and look at it this way. Love is an emotion, a feeling within yourself when things happen. Maybe there is no way to proof emotions (love) exist scientifically as it's almost like our thoughts but if you're a smart person which I will try to believe you are, you can logically and rationally see that emotions (love) do exist from facial expressions, how we treat eachother, how we react to eachother, etc.
Ask yourself this question, "Is it a big leap of faith to believe that when a person is crying over the death of their parents that they love them?". Does that not show love and emotions that someone has for someone important to them? Big leap of faith?? hm...

The many reasons that people use to explain why they believe god exist, can all be responded with, "shit happens", "you're hallucinating (crazy), or it has a scientific explaination.

Why don't I replace what your original post said with...
Believing that gay people exist takes as big a leap of faith as it does with believing that god exist. Honestly I can't prove to you that Lance Bass is gay even though he has come out. There is no scientific explaination for this that I know of but we all know Gay's exist.

It does not take a leap of faith for me to belief that gays exist. (Lance Bass wants to pound a guy) logic
It does not take a leap of faith for me to belief that love exist. (Lance Bass pounding that guy) logic
It does take a big leap of faith that for example the Christian God exist. (a being who exist beyond time and space created everything in a short matter of time, who punishes people with eternal torture but loves you, and will let you play with his son who was born from a virgin and who is really him for eternity if you belief in his existence and worship him.........yea I can believe that... not)