the answer is no...Love is based in senses, human beings cannot love what they have never seen nor experienced with any of the known senses.
So "loving god" is nothing more than a figure of speech, an empty idea, as Hamlet says "words, words, words".
Or else, a delusional fantasy.
2007-02-10 11:51:21 · 13 answers · asked by whoknows 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
loving is not a volitional action...one cannot say "i want to love that person" and immediately one feels love. Love is based on physical perception.
2007-02-10 11:54:30 · update #1
ricky i dont want to change anyone´s believes...i am just talking about psychology...Why would you take your children to the psychologist if they turn 17 and still`playing with their imaginary friends?
2007-02-10 12:00:13 · update #2
when you say : I love to read you mean you like reading a lot it doesnt mean you are in love with a book...
2007-02-10 12:09:42 · update #3
Hello whoknows.. :)
Yes..I can and I do..for the Love one receives from God is a gift from the Holy Spirit, which is not based on feelings but on Faith..we do not walk by sight..but by Faith.. :)
I can honestly say I Love you and all here.. :)
In Jesus Most Precious Name..
With Love..In Christ.. :)
2007-02-10 12:00:49 · answer #1 · answered by EyeLovesJesus 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
God has revealed Himself to me and to many, many millions of others who love Him, so it's absurd of you to tell us we "can't" love Him. And since when is love based solely on sensory perception? What you describe as "love" is really nothing more than animal procreative motivation, shared by even the lowest creatures. You seem to have no concept of human capacity for real love. How sad for you. Furthermore, by demonstrating your own inability to distinguish between love and lust, and presuming that everyone else is under the same handicap, you may be reinforcing the stereotype that some people have of homosexuals as low-minded and presumptuous twits. How sad for them.
By the way, little lost sheep, Arihiko Ayuri is a Japanese name, not Chinese.
2007-02-10 12:06:31 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
When one accepts a particular faith (say Jesus), it's similiar to falling in love. It's a relationship, maybe more real than as with a physical sense. Have you interacted with anyone who have recently been 'born again'. Check out the glow :-).
2007-02-10 12:01:49 · answer #3 · answered by seeker 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have not seen the ocean, or humpbacked whales, neither have I seen the frozen tundra... but I love the idea I have of what all of these things are like. You can love the idea of something or someone... for example if you told me that this Arihiko Ayuri, was kind and good and loved all animals on this earth and never even killed the smallest spider I might love him for that..
Incidentally I dont believe in god/s, but I understand how people can love the idea of god/s who care for everyone and love everyone equally. These people dont actually love god/s they love the idea they have of whatever god/s they believe in
2007-02-10 12:02:38 · answer #4 · answered by Kelly + Eternal Universal Energy 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why do people, of ANY belief feel the need to try to change other peoples beliefs? It is an exercise in stupidity.
No, your only point in this was to try to make people question their beliefs. Nothing more, nothing less. Your 17 year old kid scenario is a specious argument.
2007-02-10 11:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Your right, i twould be impossible to Love someone I dont even Know, But I know Jesus Christ, I have a personal relationship with HIm and the gift of everlasting life. It will help you to understand How this is possible, by looking at the Ten Commandments.
have you ever told a Lie? have you ever stolen something? have you ever looked with Lust? have you ever used Gods name in vain? if you have said yes to these three questions, then by your own admission, your a lying theiving blapshemous adulterer at heart. A day is coming in which God will Judge the world in righteousness, He is perfect and Holy and will demand the same for us when we face HIm on the day of Judgement. ON that Day, God wont see you as a good person, but as a lying theiving blapshemous adulterer at heart. The penalty for your sin is Hell. The good news is that Christ died for your sins, You broke the Law and sinned against God, but instead of Having his wrath poured out upon you, he poured out Hi wrath Upon Jesus when he died upon the cross. You can Now be forgvien and granted the gift of everlasting life if you will repent (turn from sin) and place your faith and trust in jesus. The Bible promises that God will forgive and reveal himself to all who Love and obey Him. this is the ultimate challenge to any skeptic. if you repent and trust in Jesus, you will Know his forgvieness and everlasting life and have a lasting relationship with HIm. I know this is true, because I have repented and trusted in jesus and I have have this gift of everlasting life and a true relationship with Him. its not a distant relationship with a stranger as your speaking of, But a personal relationship. Its not delusionary, God's offer is very real, and anyone who has his forgivenes Knows it is real, because God Not only saves us, but continues to grow is in Our relationship with him every day. This is my challenge to you, repent, turn from your sins and trust in Christ and see for yourself that he is real and that his offer of forgiveness still stands.
God Bless
2007-02-10 12:07:12 · answer #6 · answered by Rated J for Jesus 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Speak for yourself. God tells me to love everyone so I am. I will have love for everyone. If you truely think that way you may want to talk to your pastor about weather you are truely saved or not.
2007-02-10 11:58:20 · answer #7 · answered by Laura D 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I love Hamlet!
2007-02-10 11:54:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
You just do not know God or you would know real love
2007-02-10 11:57:11 · answer #9 · answered by Jesus Freak 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sweetie, go to Wal Mart and buy you some clothes..... you look so gay standing there.
2007-02-10 11:54:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋