The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #148075   Message #3442921
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
27-Nov-12 - 05:01 AM
Thread Name: BS: Afterlife new exciting proof?
Subject: RE: BS: Afterlife new exciting proof?
I agree with the excellent consequences you list as a result of 'love', but I would call all that simple 'kindness'. As a Christian, I do myself beleive it comes from and is initiated by God. I suppose another word for it all is 'Goodness'. But 'love'? Not sure.
I deplore the 'Lurv' sung about by youngsters. To me, that is just sexual attraction, a very powerful force, but essentially a way to reproduce the species. Maternal 'love' is an instinct to protect ones genes. There are many words I like and would wish to practise:- loyalty, protectiveness, selflessness, kindness, empathy, holiness, purity, fidelity etc. In fact, all the usual graces. I just seem to have trouble with the word love. Semantics again I reckon.