unconditional love?

Question

does it exist or not,surely everything has its conditions.

erm chickey_soup thanks for the advice but i have two,i just wanted to know other peoples thoughts on the subject.

Answer 1

nope, doesn't exist.. everyone has the ability to be upset to the degree they will not love that person any longer.. someone above said "yes, I have a kid" but I will tell you that if that kid turned around and murdered or commited some sort of sick crime I question that you would still love them the same

Answer 2

Well A good thing to remember is that love is an action and not a feeling. Love is about accepting someone, regardless of conditions, hence the name UNconditional love. So the question is can you accept someone regardless of the choices they make? A key to acceptance is forgiveness. When you forgive someone you are thanking them for giving you a certain experience. You can accept them because you know that even if choices they have made have affected you, you can learn and grow from those experiences. Another key to acceptance is to know that they are capable of change. Accept them for who they are now because they may not always be the same person. Whether it exists for you is a decision you make.
Sincerely,
Ken Seavert

Answer 3

Unconditional love exists or not??
The question itself is a condition.
When we say unconditional it should not be conditioned by existence or nonexistence.
There is no such love like mothers love in the world.
But still it has its own conditions
When the love of a mother is only unconditional towards her child itself is a condition.
Unconditional love should be unconditional in infinite aspects.
So everything in this world is conditioned by something or the other.
But there is something which is unconditional and which is infinite in infinite aspects and that’s GOD.
So the purest love towards GOD is the only unconditional love.
Don’t love GOD for wealth or health or for your family or friends
Not even for heaven or hell.
Love GOD for Love sake.
That only we can call as unconditional Love.

Answer 4

Unconditional love? I do believe it exists, but it only exists in families (parents, siblings). No matter what a family member does, it may get you mad, take some time, but when your close, you forgive.
In personal relationships (boyfriend, girlfriend, marriage), I think it is probably pretty rare. There is always a limit, something that will put you over the edge and can't deal with that person anymore.

Answer 5

Try to consider this concerning unconditional love:

I could place a marble in my front yard and it can be rained upon, stepped on, kicked around, buried, get hot under the heat of the sun and yet through all that it never changes. Regardless of what others may do around it or regardless if anyone even acknowledges it, it never stops being a marble.

It being a marble is not dependent on anything else going on around it or it being recognized as such.

Now try to make the leap to an understanding of God's nature which is love; unconditional love. Regardless of how God is treated, regardless of whether or not God is beleived to be or regardless of what others do with their own lives, the very nature of God does not change. Regardless of how others try to portray how God works does not change the inherent nature of God. It is not a matter of thinking that God says, "I will love you if you do so and so or beleive so and so." No, it is a matter of God just saying, 'I love you. That is my nature and nothing you can do or say changes my nature."

The same goes for parenting. If a parent truly loves their child, then no matter what that child does has no bearing on the love a parent has for that child. Now, the child may make some free choices that put them in bad situations but the choices made are not connected to the nature of the parent's love. Even if the choices the child makes sends them to prison for life that does not change the true love of a parent for a child. The same goes with God. We can become the most vile of all sinners on earth and that would not change the nature of who God is.

It is our choices that determine to what extent we experience God's love, God's nature.

Someone once said. "I don't feel as close to God as I use to."
Someone responded with, "Look at who actually moved."

Answer 6

I truely beleive this depends on the individual dispencing the love.

For me, I 100% believe in it and practice it daily. I am a mother with 2 children and nothing in this world could make not love them. They could do anything or be anything and would still love them.
Other family for instance, I love unconditionally no matter what. I have parents who are completely off the chain as far as their behavior, however I still love them. I also choose not to associate with them.

To me, that is where confusion begins for some people regarding this question. Do you still love someone even if you choose not to be a part of their life. I think so, and that's what I do.
For me it has to do with the way I interepret the Bible and understand God's love. Now, don't get me wrong, I'm no Bible thumper and far from it actually. But I still believe in loving people regardless. Loving people doesn't mean you have to have them as an active part of your life. You can love safely - from a distance.

Love is what you make of it. Love is a choice. Love is actions and behaviors. And unconditional love is real if you choose it to be.
I choose to love unconditionally.

Answer 7

Its unconditional up to a certain point; I think unconditional love is more easily obtained for your children because of evolutionary instincts to protect them and put their needs first (the next generation is more important than the current.)

However, even that breaks eventually. Contrary to what some say, children can do things that make the parent not want to know them or love them anymore.

Answer 8

Unconditional love, or Agape, does indeed exist. If you believe in the creator of the universe becoming a man to die for you (as a way to save you from eternal death,) then the answer is most definetly yes.

John 3:16
For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son, that whosever believes on him shall not die, but shall have everlasting life.

It might sound like that's a condition, but you have free choice, and you can choose to believe or not. Nobody is forcing you to believe, and even if you don't, the father gave the son for you.

Answer 9

It does exist but not in this world. An unconditional love can only come from a being outside of this world, a complete manifestation of love embodied. Only in the Judeo-Christian worldview will you ever see this.

"And God demonstrates His love for this in that which, while we were still yet sinners, Christ died for us"--Romans 5:8

"In Christinaity, love exists BEFORE life, in every other relgion, life exists before love"

Answer 10

I think domestic animals can have it for their owners. Babies have it with whomever they bond with. There are parents who love their children no matter what they do. But most people are much to self involved to be unconditional.

If you tried to spend one day being selfless, truly selfless. You would see how impossible it really is. Don't judge, don't think bad thoughts, give every single experience, every single person a pass, give them the benefit of the doubt. When someone cuts you off, say to yourself, "thats ok, maybe they're having a bad day, maybe something bad happened this morning/afternoon/evening". Try not to think badly of anyone no matter what happens. Check yourself constantly. You'll be amazed.

Answer 11

I believe unconditional love only exists as a mothers love towards her child.