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2007-03-11 22:07:01 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Can our desires to love and be loved, for truth and goodness lead us to a knowledge of God?
2007-03-12 13:27:59 · update #1
A very simple answer to that is to love and to be loved.
Love here is defined as wishing, willing, and working to secure the goodness and happiness of the other person as another self because that other person's goodness and happiness is as important as your own|
To be inclined towards another like that and have another inclined towards you like that is what we most truly want|
That love can take the form of love between a man and a woman, love between friends, love between family members, and love between man and God.
The tragedy of this age is precisely in the fact that so many people do not love but *use* one another instead.
The most dreadful thing of all is the hypocrisy of those who pretend to care, leading their victim to think that they care, but in reality, all the time, they are sucking their victim dry to dump and leave him high and dry when the time is right|
That is very common now and that precisely is why God's just wrath is coming to earth| (just look at what is happening in the news now, it is a process on a build-up| Many people have predicted that the hammer of God's wrath will fall sooner or later due to humanity's crimes - i.e. hundreds of millions of unborn killed for our own convenience -, and now it is in progress)|
Dante put the frauds in the lowest circle of hell, below the sensual, below the murderers, and even below the homosexuals|
As Scripture says, each one will be rewarded in accordance with his works (Rev. 22:12)|
If we read the book of Revelation, chapters 21 and 22, what is emphasized is that it will be above all the *liars,* the *deceivers,* and all those who *love what is false* - and the murderers and depraved - who will end up in the Lake of Fire for eternity (the second death)|
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2007-03-11 22:47:09 · answer #1 · answered by Catholic Philosopher 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are three inate an inseparable human desires.
1. The desire to SURVIVE. Every human being takes steps to reduce the risks of ...or to delay death. Except those who are mentally ill and commit suicide. The desire to eat and drink is included in survival.
2. The desire to LOVE and BE LOVED. All humans do this. It has become a physical need for most people I think.
3. The desire to express our SEXUALITY. This includes the drive to reproduce as well as to simply mate...which humans do in an incredible variety of ways.
Oh yeah, also the desire to be rich and punch Osama Bin Laden in the throat are universal human desires.
Good Luck!
;o)
2007-03-12 05:19:07 · answer #2 · answered by tahunajcw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The deepest desire of human nature is the seeking of pleasure and the avoiding of pain. Because no matter how advanced we are now, our genes root back to cavemen, whose whole point of existence is to survive, by avoiding being attacked or eaten, and seeking pleasure, like sex, food, shelter, etc. From pleasure and pain comes selfishness, the advanced form of human nature, in which we only care about our own existence and lives (we only care about others if it helps us in some way). I don't know how original my idea is, but it covers a lot of territory when you apply it to human ideals.
2007-03-12 12:33:56 · answer #3 · answered by Dr. Psychosis 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The deepest desire of our nature is probably to be filthy rich.
2007-03-12 12:12:29 · answer #4 · answered by nellie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge.
Because from the start of human race, it's been the greatest motor to make history, being what we now are, in the good as in the bad. Knowledge gives us the ability to do everything we want to.
2007-03-12 06:08:44 · answer #5 · answered by ombra mattutina 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To create
I think the main difference between man and other phenomena in the nature is creativity. The dippest satisfaction happens when you create a new idea. By definition you are a man just when you are creating.
2007-03-12 05:12:02 · answer #6 · answered by mhrhashemi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
base on secular standpoint, i think the deepest desire of our nature is to be recognized or appreciated....well..that depends on the person involved...because i believe that we have our own desires different from the others....i cannot answer your question in general...but as i've said...one of the common desires of human nature i think is to be recognized or appreciated..
2007-03-12 06:10:56 · answer #7 · answered by yucanzee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Happiness.
2007-03-12 13:07:50 · answer #8 · answered by mediahoney 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To be recognized, and loved.
When one is loved, he is shown recognition. When one is praised, he is shown recognition. When one is soothed and caressed he is shown love, and recognition. When one achieves a task, he is complimented thereby shown recognition.
Without recognition, or love we are considered dead within ourselves, that is why recognition, and love are our deepest desire of our inborn nature.
2007-03-12 06:04:40 · answer #9 · answered by michelebaruch 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To confirm we exist...it's played out in so many ways - I could not make a list of it in my life time.
The real question in my mind in regards to your question is - "why does the desire to confirm we exist exist so deep in our nature?"
Our confirmation far out weighs our survival instincts...as desire and instincts are not one and the same.
2007-03-12 05:19:54 · answer #10 · answered by karadansu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋