Is love real or is that just an illusion that came from the bible?

Question

I mean, you can't see love. You can't really prove love exists, because you never know what they are thinking. You can't even know if they are lying. Does that exist?

Answer 1

Love is real. It is real chemical and physical attraction that bonds us. Fidelity and monogamy were illusions that came from the Bible.

Answer 2

OK, I see you want to prove a point. Love is a feeling, your god is a being. I got no problem changing to" hunny l feel I have a close bond to you! Sounds corny :o) Actually I think it is proven that there are body changes going on when your in love. Otherwise you might want to ask that question someone that has been together for 60 years and argue that they don't know what they're thinking or if they're lying. I've only been with my husband for 20 and I'm already getting good at it. Well then you didn't mention love for your children, even animals show that. So yes you can see love even feel it, and most importantly you can show it to your fellow neighbor. I just happen to manage to do that without god as a motivation.

Answer 3

The bible may talk about love, but love didn't come from the bible. Love is one of many emotions that humans and other animals have. Ever heard of "puppy love"? Dogs love their owners. Their love may not be a full and rich as human love, but they do love all the same.

By the way, I think you will learn to be able to tell when someone really loves you. If you can tell they lust after you, but can't tell for sure that they love you, odds are pretty good that they haven't really fallen fully in love. Only time will tell.

Answer 4

Of course love exists. You can feel it. And you can't see it, but it's there. Have you ever felt happy? Warm? Sleepy? Satisfied? Full? You can't see any of these things but they are there for you to feel. Your statement about never knowing what they're thinking is very telling. It sounds like you were in love but the other person was not. He or she was thinking something else, something that you could not trust. It sounds like you've been burned. Take heart. Love does exist. You felt love for this person who burned you. It doesn't negate your love. It just makes you mourn for that love and feel sad. You've been hurt and you want to stop feeling. That will pass and you will be ready to feel and to love again. It's not all bad.

Answer 5

As for seeing is beleiving, I've never seen the state of Florida, but I'm pretty sure it's there.

I think love, real love, does still exist, but I think it's a lot more rare than people like to think. How many people do you know that are "in love" with someone, they break up, and two weeks later they are "in love" with someone new. Real love does not work like this, on and off like a light switch.

I truly beleive that as far as romantic love goes, a person is extremely lucky if they find real, true love once in thier lifetime.

I also used to think that love between parents and children was real, but in many cases, when I see so many examples of people abandoning their kids, or abusing their kids, I wonder about that sometimes too.

But, if you have love in your heart, and can feel it for someone you care about, that proves it exists....doesn't it.

Answer 6

Razor Girl, if love is an illusion, it came from somewhere other than the Bible.

Surely--certainly--people loved each other before the Bible was written.

But anyway, illusions don't come from books.

Moreover, you can prove that love exists to yourself if you love. You may not be able to prove that someone else loves, but what's your point?

Answer 7

Love is real.

While others will say that love existed before the Bible- the Bible is God's story of His love for people.

There are 4 different kinds of love explained in the Bible:

Eros- Erotic love shared between a man and a woman.

Phileo- Friendship sort of love. Most certainly we have people that we know, love and care for.

Storgae- Love of things. (ie: ice cream)

Agape- the kind of unconditional love that God shows.

i think you will find that everyone has experienced one of these 4 kinds of love- and many places where the Bible talks about love it is important to understand which of these 4 kinds is being referred to. Man is able to love in the first three ways- but need to know Jesus to love with the kind of love that God loves us with.

Hope that helps,

Nickster

Answer 8

Love is an emotion and/or relationship. Love is in the bible, but the bible is not the original source.

If you were in love, you would not ask this question. You would know the answer.

So if you have never loved, nothing that I can say will help you understand love. My advice, get ou there and live. If you are really love you will experience love.

Answer 9

I think love is definately real! Just because you can't tell if someone loves you doesn't mean that you can't feel what's in you heart and what YOU know to be true! No one can tell you what you feel; if you don't feel love, then it's not there, but if you DO feel love, you know it. Just because you can't see, hear, or taste oxygen doesn't mean it's not there.
I think I remeber something in my biology class that had to do with dopomine. It's a chemical reaction that takes place in your brain and I think that's a lot like love. It's a chemical reaction that takes place in you brain and that's what makes you feel a certain way about someone.

Answer 10

I would have to say that love is real, simply because I love my husband! We just got married. When I met him I thought that he would make a good friend. I didn't know what God had in store for us! I got to know him very well. We have been married for almost two weeks and I am enjoying every minute of it. Love does exist and I am living proof.