If so why?
If not why?
How do you define it?
Do you think that mankind possesses the ability to express this kind of love?
2006-10-16 08:47:25 · 17 answers · asked by buttercup 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
If it is not unconditional
It is not love
2006-10-16 09:02:58 · answer #1 · answered by skeptic 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The concept of unconditional love is nonsensical. Christians in particular apply the notion in silly ways asserting that the same God that has given them an entire book full of conditions loves them unconditionally. To claim to love someone and burn them in hell is just hypocrisy in anything but a delusional religious context. "Love the sin but hate the sinner." Hypocritical humbug.
All love is conditional and has a breaking point. You can call charity and selflessness "love" I suppose, but I certainly know that when I act in ways others would say are charitable and selfless, more at that moment than any other, I am full of self, because I am being who I am and being true to my philosphy of life, and I am not doing it simply for the other person, but also to adhere to my own principles and standards and not let myself down. People lay down their lives for strangers every day, not out of some kind of affection for the stranger, but because it is who they are and they are being true to themselves. It's righteousness in some sense, heroism in some circumstances, cahrity for sure, but often impersonally so.
I think the Biblical Greek with love in three flavors only demonstrates how vague this whole category of thinking becomes.
2006-10-16 16:10:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I do not believe in unconditional love. As much as I love my son, there are circumstances that could cause me to turn away from him. They would be drastic and unlikely circumstances. A parent for a child is the only love that comes even close to unconditional.
2006-10-16 15:55:16 · answer #3 · answered by Gorgeoustxwoman2013 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
God's love is unconditional.
Most people love you if you follow a certain criteria in their lives. Most can use their so called love as a weapon.Which is not Agape love. I will love you if you do this and not love you if you do that is how most people react. If you have God in you then you know that it is okay to not like an action someone may be taking but it is only right to still love them. It is very hard to do at times which is why God is still working on me. Wouldn't it be nice of we can do this? Praise Jesus!
2006-10-16 16:01:27 · answer #4 · answered by The_answer_person 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All love is conditional. It's an emotion that is triggered by external events. The existence or non-existence of that trigger is teh condition.
People who wander around saying how they have unconditional love for everybody seem to be the least emotional people I know. They remind me of religious zombies.
2006-10-16 16:05:10 · answer #5 · answered by nondescript 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This kind of love is agape love. This is the kind of love Jesus has for us. He was sacrificed for all man kind not just a few. Mankind can possess this ability to love but only through Jesus Christ.
2006-10-16 15:56:17 · answer #6 · answered by B"Quotes 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NO. Some false Christians would like us to believe that God's love for us in unconditional. That is simply not true. Proof? The Bible is thick. In it you will find God's requirements for Him to love us.
2006-10-16 15:52:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Unconditional love is when a person loves another no matter what. Yes i think i do believe in unconditional love but tomorrow if my child did something wrong and i knew he or she did it. I would send him/her to jail...but i would still love him or her.
2006-10-16 15:52:40 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I define it as exactly what it says. Love without judgement or condition. I believe it is a reality but only for the enlightened such as Buddha or Christ, but the path to enlightenment is open to anybody who wants it.
2006-10-16 15:50:01 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Certainly there is, it is expressed by parents daily.
What is the definition? It's the love of one for another without conditions; no matter the circumstance the person is in, no matter what they have done, love is still there.
What it does not mean is love without consequences. If my child hits another child, my child will suffer the consequences of hitting another in anger, but I will still love my child. In fact, it is because of my love that I will discipline her. But my love for her is unconditional, that she will always have.
2006-10-16 15:53:57 · answer #10 · answered by arewethereyet 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Jesus' love is unconditional. Our love usually has conditions attached. Although we usually have unconditional love for our children I think or grandchildren for that matter.
2006-10-16 15:51:06 · answer #11 · answered by jworks79604 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋